In surprise move, Squad and the European Space Agency (ESA) have banded together to provide a special treat for players. Advanced piloting, science gathering and spacecraft repairs are just a few of the things Kerbal crews can do as they gain experience.
Kerbals have gained specialized skills that players can improve by taking them on missions. Speaking of progression, the new Kerbal Experience system allows for the Kerbals, themselves, to progress as they never have before. Players will unlock new capabilities and bonuses as their career path progresses. It’s the first major step in the process of growing out of early access and into a fully launched game.īuilding upon a long term project that was introduced with the last update’s destructible facilities, players will now have the ability to start from the ground up with a basic space center and turn it into a sprawling compound in the new upgradable facilities feature. While still in active development for PC, Mac and Linux, KSP: Beta Than Ever marks a major milestone, as it is the game’s first beta release.
Kerbal Space Program, the award-winning, indie space agency sim game from Squad, released its latest update, Beta Than Ever and it’s available to download today through the KSP Store, Steam and other participating online retailers.
Schools and other educational institutions interested in KerbalEdu can purchase the educational version of Kerbal Space Program for a discounted price and schools who do decide to use the software will also have the opportunity to offer their students a discounted price on the regular version of Kerbal Space Program.
Scenarios: Students can learn more about subjects like motion and energy conservation through a number different gameplay scenariosĮducational professionals and students can go to for more information on the game, which is available on compatible Windows, Mac OS and Linux computers. Mission Library & Mission Editor: Teachers can create and edit missions or lesson plans and upload them into the mission library for others to downloadįorce Arrows: A part that shows what forces act on a craft during flight using multicolored arrowsįlight Recorder: View data about flights in graphical form and save them in a variety of file formatsįunction Tool: Evaluate real-time mathematical functions during flight
Teachers and students are really going to have fun with this.”Īmong the many notable features in this update are: They’ve modified things to where students can grasp onto some of the game’s concepts in an easier, more practical way. TeacherGaming takes KSP to the next level and makes the educational aspects as important as the gameplay, if not more so, in the best ways possible. “While we’re proud of inspiring so many players who’ve learned through KSP, we’ve always been a game first. “We always hear about how much our players have learned through playing the game,” Kerbal Space Program Producer, Miguel Peña states. TeacherGaming, developer of KerbalEdu, as well as the notable MinecraftEdu, have worked alongside Squad, developer of Kerbal Space Program, to ensure that this update not only distinguishes itself as a fun tool for students, but also maintains the spirit of what has made the regular version of the game one of the most popular indie titles today. KerbalEdu, an educationally-enhanced modification of the popular, award-winning space agency game, Kerbal Space Program, has launched its first update which fully integrates features that are exclusive to the classroom.