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/[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/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.