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“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)

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Post by goda90 »

rowanseymour wrote: post #2

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.

Perhaps it will be moddable to have whatever animal a modder might choose to put in there.

Re: “Kitten Space Agency”, a Spiritual Successor to “Kerbal Space Program” (2025)

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Post by zamadatix »

rowanseymour wrote: post #2

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.

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!

Re: “Kitten Space Agency”, a Spiritual Successor to “Kerbal Space Program” (2025)

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Post by throwaway27448 »

Let 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

Re: “Kitten Space Agency”, a Spiritual Successor to “Kerbal Space Program” (2025)

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Post by RankingMember »

libraryatnight wrote: post #3
rowanseymour wrote: post #2

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.

I don't know why but I found myself thinking "Capybaras would make much more sense." And I meant it.

Something about their resolute "ok I'll deal with this" facial expressions while being absolute units body-wise seem right for comical astronauts.

Re: “Kitten Space Agency”, a Spiritual Successor to “Kerbal Space Program” (2025)

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Post by amarant »

Zee2 wrote: post #6
rowanseymour wrote: post #2

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.

Giant tardigrades would have been fun. Serious, authentic space travelers... not so much on the cuteness factor, though.

The next spiritual successor should allow us to customise the species, and let us deal with whatever consequences that might bring!

Like, you might have a aquatic space-faring species, which requires you to bring lots of water into space. More rockets (and struts!) will be needed, but at least you get really good radiation protection out of it!

Tardigrades ought to be a cheat code, you can just glue your crew to the outside of the booster and they'll probably be alright so long as you don't glue them to the fiery end!

Re: “Kitten Space Agency”, a Spiritual Successor to “Kerbal Space Program” (2025)

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Post by zamadatix »

throwaway27448 wrote: post #13

Let 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

I wonder what they'll do in that regard, has anyone seen an official comment on the intent? I know they already have a Linux build but they didn't have to create a new graphics API target (they use Vulkan) to do that.

Re: “Kitten Space Agency”, a Spiritual Successor to “Kerbal Space Program” (2025)

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Post by nerdsniper »

zamadatix wrote: post #12
rowanseymour wrote: post #2

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.

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!

"Kapybara"

Re: “Kitten Space Agency”, a Spiritual Successor to “Kerbal Space Program” (2025)

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Post by throwaway27448 »

zamadatix wrote: post #16
throwaway27448 wrote: post #13

Let 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

I wonder what they'll do in that regard, has anyone seen an official comment on the intent? I know they already have a Linux build but they didn't have to create a new graphics API target (they use Vulkan) to do that.

You can target Macs with Vulcan. It's not ideal but it should be fine.

Re: “Kitten Space Agency”, a Spiritual Successor to “Kerbal Space Program” (2025)

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Post by JLO64 »

I’m primarily a coding instructor but I also teach lessons based around Kerbal Space Program. From that angle I’m pretty happy where these devs are going with the sandbox and level of freedom they plan on giving users. One reason my students seem to really like KSP are all the different things you can do/build (especially space planes). While it does have a high difficulty curve when it comes to the controls, once they master them they all seem to appreciate the level of control they have. From my perspective, I feel that instead of trying to make certain systems more accessible/simple they should go in the opposite direction and offer more control/options (preferably with a decent tutorial though).

However, something I really hope the developers plan on making a macOS port. I use a MacBook myself, but I’ve noticed the vast majority of my students also have Macs. I have no hard data to back this up, but I suspect a larger than average segment of users interested in this game are on Mac.

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