ChubbyCat

So is the Mammoth II replacing the original mammoth, or will they exist alongside each other? It would be only slightly disappointing to not be able to create accurate SLS recreations anymore.

I really just hope the word gets out there about this game. Everyone on the forums, and fans of the original are already excited, but I really want KSP2 to have a bigger reach and influence. Obviously this cant happen without advertising, which so far we haven't really seen any of. However, the Intercept Games Twitter account made a post stating they are looking to hire a "Community Marketing Artist" on September 28th. Do you think advertising will start before the early access launch, or instead ramp up in time for the 1.0 release? Both maybe? Kerbal needs recognition!!

What are your opinions on the skybox/background we have been shown so far in many show and tells and feature videos? Personally, I really hope it isn't final. The bluish greenish color looks really ugly to me, and stands out too much. I feel like it distracts from the imagery of the actual planets and vehicles. In the original game, I loved looking at the bright beauty of planets floating in a contrasted black void, which was only slightly spotted with white stars. What do you think? Do you like it? Do you hate it? No opinion? Do you think it's final?

We know about the Daedalus style engine. And from inference we can assume that there will be other interstellar engines in the game than just that one. I wonder if the other interstellar engines will just be slight variations, or differently sized versions of the Daedalus. But I also wonder if there will be entirely different types of interstellar engines, that are completely different, and that use a totally different fuel/ method for moving between stars.

I have edited this post many times. I am struggling. I can only insert an image as a url for some reason, and it won’t accept Imgur urls.

hes on the west coast, why is Nate Simpson reading forums at 2AM? Get some sleep man, its good for you. @Nate Simpson

When you are traveling through the deepest parts of space, lightyears from any stars, is there any real source of light? Besides maybe the light from an engines exhaust, will we really even be able to see our ship as it travels through the black void? Does light ever dissipate through space? or can stars still light you up even when you are incomprehensible distances away from them?

Not a big deal, but it says pain instead of paint here.

I love this art so much. Especially the brontosaurus-type one. Its so awesome looking, and I love the massive scale of it. If you landed on a planet is KSP and saw that walking around, it would be so magical.

No one knows. You'll see when the game comes out.

Oh. I thought that he commented that after the dev diary. Sad

I'm really hoping for some news this Friday, given the recent silence. Nate Simpson commented on a forum post regarding this, and said that the silence is due to "their cup running over" and is not a sign of anything bad happening. He also mentioned there will be something "neat" to show us soon. What do you guys think? Any ideas? Speculation is fun.

I'm pretty sure the devs have stated it will be even more modable than the first game

I wonder if Duna will have clouds? Normally I would think no, because there’s no water, but gasses other than water vapor can clump together into clouds, right? Do you think there will be other effects implemented besides clouds such as wind or dust storms? Maybe even thunderstorms on certain planets? It would be interesting to have weather that can damage/effect colonies.

I’m having trouble understanding what the purpose of the new propulsion methods are in KSP 2. From what I can gather, Orion nuclear pulse engines allow you to get to places like Jool in just a few dozen blasts or so, but why is that so much better than just burning methalox for a bit to get there? What is the purpose of metallic hydrogen? Can it burn for a long time? Does it make you accelerate very quickly? If anyone could explain to me since I’m dumb it would be much appreciated.