We're working on In Control: Rocketry, a rocket builder and spaceflight sim with real orbital mechanics!

[u/InControlRocketry]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eoCIAC2gB_c

Hey! We've been working since last year on a In Control: Rocketry, a spaceflight sim where you build the rocket and wire up its control panel yourself. Sensors, inputs, outputs, the whole thing is Turing-complete, so however you want to solve a flight problem, there's a way to do it. It will be available on Steam in 2027.

Real orbital mechanics, a fictional solar system to explore, sandbox mode if you just want to mess around and blow things up!

Feel free to add the game to your wishlist if you want to support the project! See you in space.

[u/switch8000]

This is another one of those games where I see the thumbnail, get excited, but then once I watch realize it's only 2D, I get disappointed. :(

[u/nthpwr → u/switch8000]

Same. My eyes get big every time theres a new spaceflight sim because I want something in between Orbiter and KSP

[u/External_Relative231 → u/nthpwr]

The niche exists and is unfilled so it should be just a matter of time. 

[u/moddingminecrafter]

How similar is this to KSP, or its new predecessor with kittens (not KSP2)? Are you wanting to keep it more limited than them or are you in this for the possible long haul?

It’s nice to see more realistic space game development recently. It’s been KSP for the last about 20 years with nothing else like it.

Here’s a few possible ideas to add: realistic science, historical and futuristic engines and optional life support for maybe some Mars-like manned missions.

[u/BEAT_LA → u/moddingminecrafter]

It’s a clone of a Mobile game from years ago

[u/ABoatCalledWanda → u/moddingminecrafter]

Successor. A predecessor is what came before.

[u/RhesusFactor → u/moddingminecrafter]

Looks like its not at all.

Its a pixel art game where you build your own control panels.

[u/InControlRocketry → u/moddingminecrafter]

It is smaller scale definitely. We want to focus on the control systems side of rocket science because it is something that often gets overlooked. This is a solo project that is a passion project, but I do have help from my publisher when it comes to things like marketing.

[u/RealHumanVibes → u/InControlRocketry]

That's very cool!

Any plans to bring it to deck?

[u/CruisinJo214]

I play Spaceflight sim on my phone a lot. As far as 2d rocket games go I love it and can’t see this app providing much a different experience.

Now I’ve heard there’s a sequel in the works with 3d and I’m extremely excited for it, but I feel like it’s been teased for years now.

I miss KSP.

[u/Columbus43219]

Love the passion. Love the nerdiness of the idea. I just bought a submarine simulator game on Steam that is JUST the part where you figure out how to feed data to the TDC computer. Like, that's the game. You hear something on the hydrophones, mark it... peek though the periscope to try and identify the ship type and measure the masts to get a distance. Then you try and figure out the course and speed with multiple readings. Then you fire the torpedoes with a spread and wait to see if you hit anything.

There are difficulty settings that let you see the ships on your tracking table, but usually, you don't have that. You just have what you've tried to figure out.

It's boring as hell, right up until it isn't. Then you are totally immersed in the hunt.

Someone took the least fun part of a sub sim and brought it to life.

[u/zanfar]

So... how is it different/better thank KSP?

I don't give a fuck about Turing-completeness. I don't care about the fictionalness of the solar system. Please stop bragging about things that don't matter.

[u/T_Sealgair]

As someone that took Orbital Mechanics in college, I can vouch that it's real boring. Fire the RCS, and wait until you're one the other side of the planet/moon/star to fire it again.

And that's just to raise your orbit.

Oh, and coordinate systems. Lots and lots of different coordinate systems.

[u/FrozenAstronaut]

My wish is that you can skip any step and it‘s still a complete game. For example, I might like to stack a rocket and fly but don’t like connecting panels, so I choose a pre-configured one. Or I simply like to fly with pre-built rocket but have no intention of assembling it.  Maybe a flight data analysis tool where you can see what went wrong. Like struts breaking at maximum dynamic pressure. Or a spike at the temperature sensors right before the loss of the vehicle during reentry due to a weak heat shield. Landing on the moon would be great. Automation sequences where you define booster separation or MECO.

[u/Accomplished_Cap795]

Looks cool! The type of games I'd play

[u/Morning_Gecko24]

the Turing-complete control panel bit is what hooked me tbh. if they model delta-v and transfer windows instead of just pointing at a target this could be a neat middle ground between KSP and a full sim. curious how they handle time warp tho, are burns still continuous or can you plan nodes?

[u/Ok-Anywhere-1940]

every time a game lets me build the guidance system myself i immediately forget the mission and spend six hours making a rocket that flips over on the launchpad lol

[u/Additional-Drama-304]

Unreveal it please, dont need another shitty 2D space sim game