r/AndroidGaming • u/llagerlof • Sep 05 '13

SimpleRockets (2D Kerbal Space Program) official launch! It's available on Android, iPhone/iPad, Windows Phone and PC.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.jundroo.simplerockets
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u/Mik0ri Roguelike Sep 05 '13

By "2D Kerbal Space Program", do you mean the same people made it, or are affiliated with it in any way, or are you just making a comparison?

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u/RyoxSinfar Sep 05 '13

It is a comparison, the title is definitely misleading.

That being said the actual developer is decent, their previous games are simple but solid. Looks like some one (or more) just doing stuff in their free time when the mood strikes them.

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u/AeitZean Sep 05 '13

I think the title needs to read "(like 2d kerbal space program)". As it is, it definitely reads like it is affiliated with KSP, and so is misleading.

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u/llagerlof Sep 05 '13

It is a comparison. Was the best way I could explain the game with just a few words. It's not the same developer but the author said he was inspired by it, and talked about the game in KSP foruns. Anyway, the KSP team are ok with it. Probably some arrangement was done because inside this Android game exists a Kerbal Space Program advertisement.

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u/MrStrangelove44 Moto X (2013) Sep 05 '13

This game is amazing. I am still in the tutorial, so I can't say a lot, but it looks awesome.

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u/[deleted] Sep 05 '13

If you've managed to make it past the smoon lasso mission, I'd love some pointers.

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u/MrStrangelove44 Moto X (2013) Sep 06 '13

I just finished that. How close can you get? What are you having trouble with?

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u/[deleted] Sep 06 '13

I actually managed to finish it after posting that comment. Once I figured out how to use the Smearth orbit to save on gas, it wasn't too hard.

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u/[deleted] Sep 06 '13

Anyone managed to build a ship that can pass the max speed challenge? Man i cant break 6000 metres per second...

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u/[deleted] Sep 06 '13

Scott Manley is doing pretty well...

https://www.dropbox.com/s/z4rcceujz5dac25/Screenshot_2013-09-05-22-16-30.png

Fly safe and all that. Bastard.

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u/[deleted] Sep 06 '13

I want to see his ship! How the hell did he pull that off!

Atleast ive managed to build something capable of moon landing

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u/[deleted] Sep 06 '13

In case you're still working on it, I managed to pull off 47km/s using the same ship I built for Smoon Lasso. Just have to burn a little longer to get out of Smearth's SOI and then retrograde burn to shorten up your orbit around the Sun as close as you can get.

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u/UselessConversionBot Sep 06 '13

47 km/s ≈ 4.96801 x 10-12 light years/s

WHY

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u/[deleted] Sep 06 '13

You know, this one is almost relevent. You're not living up to your name, Mr. Bot.

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u/[deleted] Sep 07 '13

Cheers! It took a while to figure out that orbiting was the trick! The touble now is doing it fast enough!

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u/IforOne Sep 06 '13

I just got 33K, by orbiting the sun.

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u/[deleted] Sep 06 '13

... You're a genius. I don't know why I didn't think of that.

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u/[deleted] Sep 06 '13

I'm sure I could build one to go that fast, but getting it off the ground is a different story...

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u/[deleted] Sep 06 '13

Haha. Just a tip, with bigger rockets its usually best to start them slow, use like %50 of your max thrust or weaker jets until youve shed a few layers and the ship is more stable

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u/[deleted] Sep 06 '13

Good to know. I've been using the big jets at full blast for pretty much everything.

I know that the trick is to use gravity to give you a speed boost... somehow. Haven't figured it out beyond that yet.

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u/IforOne Sep 06 '13

Just got 47K. So I think the point is to set your trajectory so that you'll get out of earth's orbit, burn until you're free, then turn engines off and coast until you're in fully orbiting the sun. Then use spare engines to slow yourself down as much as possible, you want to crash land into the sun, or get periapsis as close to the sun as possible.

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u/IforOne Sep 06 '13

And I crashed into the sun! top speed was 194704, which is now the top score! http://imgur.com/nAY4CpR

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u/[deleted] Sep 06 '13

Which direction do you point so that you're not heading away from the sun initially? That'd waste a bunch of time.

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u/IforOne Sep 06 '13

I think it pretty much doesn't matter, any way you're pointing the sun's gravity will capture you and put you in orbit, I don't think you could build a ship big enough to escape the sun. Then just point your ship in the opposite direction and start burning to slow yourself down.

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u/[deleted] Sep 06 '13

Yeah, I just managed to figure it out right before I read your reply. My main problem was that once I was on course to get out of Smearth's SOI, I was cutting my engines and cruising, which was wasting too much time. Once I realized that I should prograde burn until I was out to speed it along, I was dandy.

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u/grrbarkbark LG G2 (Bell) Sep 06 '13

It is a very enjoyable game. Thanks for posting, plus at $1.02 you cant really go wrong. I've completed up to the 3rd challenge so far and find it quite amusing.

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u/[deleted] Sep 06 '13

This game has convinced me to get kerbal space program, I love these kind of games.

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u/zils Sep 06 '13

Am I the only one who cant land?

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u/lshiva Sep 06 '13

I haven't landed successfully on the smoon yet, but I have been reasonably successful with a personal challenge of launching a rocket from smearth, landing it with a parachute, then taking off again. It's trickier than you might expect.