So excited to play this but also sad that they didn't get the IP to use Kerbals. Not loving the cutesy baby kittens.. should have gone with a more serious animal like capybaras.
Day -1 mod will bring space frogs back.
“Kitten Space Agency”, a Spiritual Successor to “Kerbal Space Program” (2025)
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Re: “Kitten Space Agency”, a Spiritual Successor to “Kerbal Space Program” (2025)
#62Earlier quoted context omitted.
I think the angle is at least partially that "Kitten"/"Kerbal" both start with a 'K' and are 2 syllables making the game names sound very similar (in both full form and abbreviation). Of course, I'm sure there will be Kerbal mods if the game proves anywhere near as popular!
The main reason for them being kittens is to incentivize valuing the astronauts lives without forcing a gameplay related penalty for killing or losing them. The disposability of astronauts is something the devs of this game think was a mistake in KSP. But at the same it's not a game about forcing the player to behave a certain way, so making them kittens is the middle ground.
Rescue missions were one of the funniest and challenging parts of KSP, and a cannonical meme of the community.
Re: “Kitten Space Agency”, a Spiritual Successor to “Kerbal Space Program” (2025)
#63Earlier quoted context omitted.
Mechjeb does a lot of automation for complex maneuvers like planetary transfers, ascent autopilot, target interception, etc.. You can even do a porkchop plot for interplanetary transfer. but lagrange points are not possible in KSP because of the Sphere of Influence Model. and orbital slingshots are not included, I assume because they require an intense bruteforce calculation.
Aha ok! Ambition reignited, it's not that it's trivial but it's very possible to simulate these things and there are plenty of valid shortcuts. The "BMW" astrodynamics books I learned a large chunk of it from was published in 1971. "Sphere of influence" is a lot more "things you have to do with pen and paper" than things you're forced to do with modern computers.
There’s a KSP mod called Principia which does some kind of n-body simulation in which Lagrange points do exist iirc.
Re: “Kitten Space Agency”, a Spiritual Successor to “Kerbal Space Program” (2025)
#64space.com huh...
2s of visiting the site, before I've even had a chance to read the article: - consent for trying to enable notifications - modal for trying to get me to subscribe to emails Then skim, try to leave - Hijacks back button for a "before you leave" thing
Absolute trash.
Re: “Kitten Space Agency”, a Spiritual Successor to “Kerbal Space Program” (2025)
#65Earlier quoted context omitted.
What secret sauce APIs are there to protect on the consoles? I guess the DRM side they might want to keep as secret as possible, but everything else strikes me as boring standard stuff. Here is how you draw a triangle, register an achievement, pop up the console store, whatever.
Who knows what some enterprising hacker might be able to glean about the workings of the console by looking at the APIs. I think that consoles shouldn't be locked down, but it's sensible granted the premise.
All of them you can already find on the internet with only a bit of searching btw. With the docs and headers and everything.
The only people who this stops are the people who want to do things "by the book". :P
Re: “Kitten Space Agency”, a Spiritual Successor to “Kerbal Space Program” (2025)
#66Re: “Kitten Space Agency”, a Spiritual Successor to “Kerbal Space Program” (2025)
#67Earlier quoted context omitted.
Who knows what some enterprising hacker might be able to glean about the workings of the console by looking at the APIs. I think that consoles shouldn't be locked down, but it's sensible granted the premise.
All of them you can already find on the internet with only a bit of searching btw. With the docs and headers and everything. The only people who this stops are the people who want to do things "by the book". :P
Well, all it takes is for e.g. Nintendo to see that you're violating NDA and poof your game is gone from the eShop. So while in practice you can get the API docs, woe to the company that leaked them.
So if e.g. Wesnoth got ported to eShop they'd legally have to publish the source but Nintendo would instantly delist and sue for NDA violation.
Again, I hate the companies that do this. Nobody should buy from them. But that's what they do.
Re: “Kitten Space Agency”, a Spiritual Successor to “Kerbal Space Program” (2025)
#68Let me know when I can run it on my Mac. I realize I'm 1% of the world but I can't even be bothered to unfuck the gaming machines I own that are gathering dust. Just let me use my main workstation and I'll play the shit out of it
My son and I both lost interest in KSP 2 even before its demise for exactly this reason.
Re: “Kitten Space Agency”, a Spiritual Successor to “Kerbal Space Program” (2025)
#69Earlier quoted context omitted.
All of them you can already find on the internet with only a bit of searching btw. With the docs and headers and everything. The only people who this stops are the people who want to do things "by the book". :P
Well, all it takes is for e.g. Nintendo to see that you're violating NDA and poof your game is gone from the eShop. So while in practice you can get the API docs, woe to the company that leaked them. So if e.g. Wesnoth got ported to eShop they'd legally have to publish the source but Nintendo would instantly delist and sue for NDA violation. Again, I hate the companies that do this. Nobody should buy from them. But t…
I don't follow, sorry.
1. In order to publish a game to a console, you do need an agreement with the console manufacturer. (Unless you're doing homebrew but then the point is moot.)
2. In that case, you do get access to the official documentation, everything is solid.
3. The word "legally" has a lot of bearing there. Sure, they have to. And if they don't, what? Will the other contributors sue them? If they aren't willing to do that, then they can get away with it.
4. The context is about someone trying to hack the devices. ("Who knows what some enterprising hacker might be able to glean about the workings of the console by looking at the APIs.") They certainly won't be bothered by NDAs.