News Kerbal Space Program 2 announced for 2020.

[Juniper]

Guys are definitely doing their research. It all sounds very interesting and promising. And that like/dislike ratio is quite something

OK, I was nervous about this because of the new developer / publisher thing... would it live up to the name?

That video set all my concerns to rest. They look like they know what they're doing & they're doing it right.

Can't wait.

 

[PiLhEaD]

...Can't wait.

Riding a screaming white torch of death?

Sign me up!

 

[Shinji Ikari]

So... Are they going to finish the first one?
Or are they planning to have two eternal early access games side by side?

(the trailer is epic as hell, though)

How would the first one be "early access"? It's well past 1.0

 

[Chris Simon]

How would the first one be "early access"? It's well past 1.0

I meant "early access" as in "still not finished"

I'm probably overreacting a bit in the light of games like Ark, where developers basically took the funding people gave them to finish a game A and made a game B, instead so now they have twice the funding source and no finished product. I find it kind of scummy.

Now, KSP is not exactly that - the devs definitely delivered more than they initially promised in the first game so technically they're off the hook but still, I'm going to look at this practice a bit squint-eyed. I would say the same thing if Fdev stopped the work on ED and announced ED2 instead.
It's just a bit weird, simply.

 

[Shinji Ikari]

I meant "early access" as in "still not finished"

I'm probably overreacting a bit in the light of games like Ark, where developers basically took the funding people gave them to finish a game A and made a game B, instead so now they have twice the funding source and no finished product. I find it kind of scummy.

Now, KSP is not exactly that - the devs definitely delivered more than they initially promised in the first game so technically they're off the hook but still, I'm going to look at this practice a bit squint-eyed. I would say the same thing if Fdev stopped the work on ED and announced ED2 instead.
It's just a bit weird, simply.

Ok but that is not what early access means:

Early access, also known as early funding, alpha-access, alpha founding, or paid-alpha, is a funding model in the video game industry by which consumers can purchase and play a game in the various pre-release development cycles, such as pre-alpha, alpha, and/or beta, while the developer is able to use those funds to continue further development on the game.

 

[Juniper]

Riding a screaming white torch of death?

Sign me up!

Pink.

 

[PiLhEaD]

Pink.

6:30 - '...a torch you ride, screaming white death...'

No one would ever say they were riding a screaming pink torch.... ...uhmmm... ...well......... I mean... which is to say.... uhmm... oh dear....

 

[Surefoot]

Now, KSP is not exactly that - the devs definitely delivered more than they initially promised in the first game (...)
It's just a bit weird, simply.

Not only did they over deliver by quite a few miles, they extended free support for years..
Now buy a regular AAA game, you'll pay for DLC and that will definitely finance their next game, this is not even weird as it's the way to run a business and pay salaries...

 

[jasonbarron]

I meant "early access" as in "still not finished"

I'm probably overreacting a bit in the light of games like Ark, where developers basically took the funding people gave them to finish a game A and made a game B, instead so now they have twice the funding source and no finished product. I find it kind of scummy.

Now, KSP is not exactly that - the devs definitely delivered more than they initially promised in the first game so technically they're off the hook but still, I'm going to look at this practice a bit squint-eyed. I would say the same thing if Fdev stopped the work on ED and announced ED2 instead.
It's just a bit weird, simply.

It would take Frontier making an ED2 to get me to even boot the game up again. When I fell out of love with it I fell hard.

 

[Chris Simon]

It would take Frontier making an ED2 to get me to even boot the game up again. When I fell out of love with it I fell hard.

I'm sorry to hear that. My life would feel kind of empty without ED.

 

[Lone_star]

Really - the only thing KSP needs is engine improvements so you don't eventually slow down once you have a bunch of ships/stations/etc. Mods help (A LOT) and the GC issues have gotten much, much better over the years... but it can still bog down (granted, I haven't played the latest greatest release quite yet).

Will KSP2 provide that? Eh, we'll see.

KSP is freaking awesome though - so many mods, so much to do.... one of my favorite all time games.

 

[Lone_star]

The final KSP patch is coming 6/24..... woot! I'm going to have to dive back into KSP (once all my favorite mods are updated to the final patch).