Catto Posted February 10, 2015 Share Posted February 10, 2015 Hey guys. Considering getting my son into this. He may or may not be ready for it. The mission library has no content for the 5-6 age filter. Can someone provide any insight as to where to begin? Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sjwt Posted February 11, 2015 Share Posted February 11, 2015 Have you tried the normal Demo first? Its a good way to see if he will stick with the game and likes it.https://www.kerbalspaceprogram.com/demo.php Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greenfire32 Posted February 11, 2015 Share Posted February 11, 2015 I don't have KerbalEDU so my input here may not be what you're looking for:5yrs is, in my opinion, a little young to be getting into KSP. There are many people in their 20's that I know who had trouble playing. However, if this is something you really want him to get into, I'd just play along with him.He's going to have questions and he's going to face challenges that he isn't going to be able to overcome on his own. So instead of saying, "Here, Junior, fly me to the moon," designate allotted play times and sit there with him.Plus that way you can monitor what he's getting and what he isn't and help him along without it turning into homework-disguised-as-a-game.But again, I don't have KerbalEDU so I have no idea if there's a structured set of "lessons" or whatever. I'm basing this post entirely off of normal KSP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neamerjell Posted February 11, 2015 Share Posted February 11, 2015 With kids' early exposure to technology these days, he will be teaching you how to play within a week! "Look dad! I went to Duna!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commander Jebidiah Posted February 11, 2015 Share Posted February 11, 2015 just to say everyone that there is a 2 year old that built a rocket then realised a staging mistake fixed it and flew again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pxi Posted February 11, 2015 Share Posted February 11, 2015 When it comes to young kids, never say never. Their minds are like sponges.Play the demo in front of him, gauge his interest, see where it goes from there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commander Jebidiah Posted February 11, 2015 Share Posted February 11, 2015 out of curiosity are you the person who posted in the KSP group that you left your 5 yr old to play and when you came back he deleted your game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catto Posted February 11, 2015 Author Share Posted February 11, 2015 @sjwt great idea... didn't know there was a demo.@Greenfire32 there are lessons. That's the only way I'd really dive into it. The last thing I want to do is frustrate and discourage him.@neamerjell, pxi, CJ he can definitely do it, the concepts might be over his head... Hes pretty savvy and absolutely LOVES building stuff. LEGOS in particular. Can do 7-10 yo sets by himself. I taught him to sort and he goes through each step. I review when he's done. If I find a mistake I make him tear it down to the step where it went wrong and rebuild it til he gets it right... he gets pissed at me sometimes but it's good for him... Already teaching him multiplication with LEGO bricks It's perfectThanks for all your input guys@CJ Haha, that was not me... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
longbyte1 Posted February 15, 2015 Share Posted February 15, 2015 just to say everyone that there is a 2 year old that built a rocket then realised a staging mistake fixed it and flew again.[citation needed]But still, absolutely no problem with playing KSP at 5 years of age. If anything, playing a game/simulator at that age makes careers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commander Jebidiah Posted February 18, 2015 Share Posted February 18, 2015 You want to see this video?www.youtube.com/watch?v=fpmi1JdfXpE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lhathron the Elf Posted February 24, 2015 Share Posted February 24, 2015 You want to see this video?www.youtube.com/watch?v=fpmi1JdfXpEHe likes dem Poodles. XDAnd clouds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soluck90 Posted February 24, 2015 Share Posted February 24, 2015 You want to see this video?www.youtube.com/watch?v=fpmi1JdfXpEthanks for the link. I'll be looking into it. Hopefully something will happen in the spring semester.  Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catto Posted March 5, 2015 Author Share Posted March 5, 2015 Got the boy going on the demo last night. I walked him through the training section of construction basics. I leav him there for a bit or until her gets bored.He was so concerned that the Kerbal was going to die if he didn't safely land the command module.He also seemed to THOROUGHLY enjoy deploying his parachute at lift off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Camacha Posted March 6, 2015 Share Posted March 6, 2015 Why not just try it? There is a good chance the kid will get it, which is good. If not, there is nothing lost. Maybe it will be ready a little later.It is probably good the child finds its own limits when it comes to things like these, rather than a parent deciding it is too hard or complicated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hieywiey Posted April 2, 2015 Share Posted April 2, 2015 Man, I am surprised that he was at basically the same skill wise as I was when I first started playing KSP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pawelk198604 Posted April 5, 2015 Share Posted April 5, 2015 Why not just try it? There is a good chance the kid will get it, which is good. If not, there is nothing lost. Maybe it will be ready a little later.It is probably good the child finds its own limits when it comes to things like these, rather than a parent deciding it is too hard or complicated.Congratulations, you have such an intelligent and caring son, If you ask me, I never cared too much about the lives of kerbonauts, after all they gave thier green life in the name of science, what greater honor could meet them?, and I can always recruit new kerbonauts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fangflight Posted April 9, 2015 Share Posted April 9, 2015 Got the boy going on the demo last night. I walked him through the training section of construction basics. I leav him there for a bit or until her gets bored.He was so concerned that the Kerbal was going to die if he didn't safely land the command module.He also seemed to THOROUGHLY enjoy deploying his parachute at lift off.He sounds just like me on my first day in the Kerbal Universe. Heck, I couldn't get out of the atmosphere, but I was just having a blast seeing the fire come out of my creations as they boost into the air. Just wait until he learns how to travel to other planets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faile Posted May 14, 2015 Share Posted May 14, 2015 my 5 and 6 year olds enjoy playing KSP with me immensely, it's just a matter of framing it properly. a little bit less pieces to choose from, a little help aligning them and a little help flying them ( dad or mechjeb works ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LABHOUSE Posted May 15, 2015 Share Posted May 15, 2015 Age minimum: strong enough to press keyboard keys. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wissx Posted October 21, 2015 Share Posted October 21, 2015 Age minimum: strong enough to press keyboard keys.strong enough to breathe***** Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#Intense Posted October 30, 2015 Share Posted October 30, 2015 [citation needed]But still, absolutely no problem with playing KSP at 5 years of age. If anything, playing a game/simulator at that age makes careers!True words right there, my friend Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chadgaskerman Posted January 17, 2016 Share Posted January 17, 2016 Just go ahead and let him play it, I started playing it at 0.21 and I have been teaching my dad to do interplanetary burns and build high speed jets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HebaruSan Posted January 17, 2016 Share Posted January 17, 2016 Over the holidays, I fired up KSP on a laptop, partly to entertain myself, and partly to see if I could draw any of the extended family's younger ones away from creative mode mobile Minecraft. First, a 9-year-old nephew watched (parts of) a Mun mission and rescue. He checked in periodically but didn't get too involved. Next day, a 6-year-old niece asked if she could build her own craft. Sure! I was surprised how quickly she adapted to the editor with some at-the-elbow support. Selecting and placing parts was no problem. We launched a few simple parachute-pod-tank-engine rockets, and then the plane parts caught her attention, so off to the hangar we went. I probably interfered too much at that point---her first plane flew so well that she got bored with it and wandered off. Overall, I'm convinced that a brief guided session would be enough to allow an interested kid to become self-sufficient in the iterative design process. They may not go to orbit right away (but then again who does?), and the stuff that they do manage will be fun on its own. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidy12 Posted January 18, 2016 Share Posted January 18, 2016 My little cousin who's 6 is just like Skye from Scott Manley. She always wants me to crash . One time while I was doing my first Kerballed missioned to Jool, while I was Aerobreaking she throttled my engines up and pointed prograde and while I was turning back, it exploded. (Thank God for Quicksave). She does play on it from time to time, but as for creating rockets/planes, she just finds it boring and looses interest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ogcorp Squirrel Posted February 21, 2016 Share Posted February 21, 2016 (edited) On 2/11/2015 at 0:41 PM, Commander Jebidiah said: just to say everyone that there is a 2 year old that built a rocket then realised a staging mistake fixed it and flew again. kids playing KSP is better than kids playing Mineccraft On 10/21/2015 at 4:26 PM, wissx said: strong enough to breathe***** then USE your head Edited February 21, 2016 by Ogcorp CEO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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