(04-27-2016, 11:20 PM)grue Wrote: Kerbal Space Program is 30% off on Humble Bundle Store. It's a stupid game where you try to make a spaceship to get to the moon. It allows for some incredibly inventive designs.
god damn i love this series. 1.1 came out recently and there's a bit of an issue with bugs, but they have a patch planned for the end of this week to fix it
i've played this game for 100+ hours, been to a bunch of different planets. there's not really much of a "story" but there is a campaign mode that adds limits to your funds/equipment/weight of your ship, and adds contracts to get you more money/science/reputation.
money is money, gets you to build ships and upgrade your buildings which remove limits (like being able to EVA in space, how big your rocket can be, ect)
science is gained through doing experiments, which allows you to delve deeper into the tech tree and get better rocket/plane parts, along with more materials to do science.
reputation is used to find better contracts for you. as you do missions and get to different celestial bodies you will gain rep and then more contracts related to those planets/moons will arrive, along with similarly challenging contracts for other planets
ultimately it's a self-motivating game, you'll have to be the one to build the rocket, fly it there and get the science. there's a lot of mods that can automate a lot of the flying, and mods that make the game look gorgeous. there's also a lot of parts mods and mods that let you attach things with your kerbal in space.
it's a complicated game. it's tutorial is... ok, but reading stuff about it will definitely help you enjoy it. it's absolutely a great time sink, and it's rewarding to finally land on other planets, get a shit ton of science and fly it back home.