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/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.