Superfluous J Posted November 7 Share Posted November 7 On 11/5/2024 at 12:47 PM, kerbiloid said: KSP 3pisode 4: A New Hope Kerbal Space Program 2 Kerbal 2 Program Kerbal Space Program: Orbital Drift Kerbal Program Kerbal Five Kerbal Program 6 Program 7 The Kate of the Program K9 Kerbal X (Spoiler Alert: there are hints of this one in the original Kerbal Space Program) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerbiloid Posted November 7 Share Posted November 7 Kerbal Kstar Kwars Kerbal Xtar Quarz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theJesuit Posted November 7 Share Posted November 7 7 hours ago, Superfluous J said: Kerbal Space Program 2 Kerbal 2 Program I appreciate the meme and the source of these names - the KSP2 should definitely renamed to 2 Kerbal 2 Program. That sums up the first sequel's game development! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gargamel Posted November 7 Share Posted November 7 As I mentioned in the PD acquisition thread over in the KSP2 sub, I’m now pretty sure KSA is intended to be a placeholder name for KSP3. We’re just waiting on the announcement to see. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bej Kerman Posted November 7 Share Posted November 7 4 minutes ago, Gargamel said: As I mentioned in the PD acquisition thread over in the KSP2 sub, I’m now pretty sure KSA is intended to be a placeholder name for KSP3. We’re just waiting on the announcement to see. So Rocketwerkz can afford PD and its many IPs. What does it do with all the IPs that aren't KSP? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gargamel Posted November 7 Share Posted November 7 2 minutes ago, Bej Kerman said: So Rocketwerkz can afford PD and its many IPs. What does it do with all the IPs that aren't KSP? Well, I don’t even know what those are TBH, so I can’t answer that. But that’s why I said pretty sure. The signs are all there that it’s probably right, but I could be wrong. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bej Kerman Posted November 7 Share Posted November 7 14 minutes ago, Gargamel said: Well, I don’t even know what those are TBH, so I can’t answer that. But that’s why I said pretty sure. Definitely take this Wikipedia page with a grain of salt, but bear in mind the price is a little heftier than just the Kerbal IP. The Outer Worlds alone probably makes up a good chunk of that price. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Superfluous J Posted November 8 Share Posted November 8 4 hours ago, Bej Kerman said: Definitely take this Wikipedia page with a grain of salt, but bear in mind the price is a little heftier than just the Kerbal IP. The Outer Worlds alone probably makes up a good chunk of that price. My personal theory is that someone else bought all the PD IP, and will chop it up and sell it piecemeal if they haven't already, and RocketWerkz will buy KSP from THEM. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacke Posted November 8 Share Posted November 8 Welp, a little effort keeping track of the KSA Discord is showing me more details of a game development than I've ever seen before. I have a great feeling of confidence. I think I will see if things continue being good or become not so good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Superfluous J Posted November 8 Share Posted November 8 39 minutes ago, Jacke said: Welp, a little effort keeping track of the KSA Discord is showing me more details of a game development than I've ever seen before. I have a great feeling of confidence. I think I will see if things continue being good or become not so good. Reminds me of when I was following Factorio and the developers would frequently post in the forum threads about what they were working on, and also posted a "Factorio Friday Facts" article EVERY WEEK for literal YEARS until 1.0 came out. I learned so much about how I could never succeed at game development from those posts Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerbiloid Posted November 8 Share Posted November 8 1 hour ago, Superfluous J said: Reminds me of when I was following Factorio and the developers would frequently post in the forum threads about what they were working on, and also posted a "Factorio Friday Facts" article EVERY WEEK for literal YEARS until 1.0 came out. Too excessive. The only real-time thing the community need to see is the water level in the gamedev office cooler, showing the rate of developers' coffee drinking. It's absolutely objective indicator of the developers' activity: are they lazy pigs, coming at 10 o'clock and relaxedly sucking coffee till noon instead of working, or are they trying to match the deadline by drinking buckets of coffee two hours after midnight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theJesuit Posted November 8 Share Posted November 8 13 minutes ago, kerbiloid said: Too excessive. The only real-time thing the community need to see is the water level in the gamedev office cooler, showing the rate of developers' coffee drinking. It's absolutely objective indicator of the developers' activity: are they lazy pigs, coming at 10 o'clock and relaxedly sucking coffee till noon instead of working, or are they trying to match the deadline by drinking buckets of coffee two hours after midnight. You've convinced me. They could monitize it too. Webcam and pay $0.50 and you can change the colours in the cooler. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lisias Posted November 8 Share Posted November 8 (edited) 10 hours ago, Superfluous J said: My personal theory is that someone else bought all the PD IP, and will chop it up and sell it piecemeal if they haven't already, and RocketWerkz will buy KSP from THEM. Or lease, partner with, or some other alternative. But, IMHO, if and only if Tencent (one of the RocketWerkz funders) was the one that bought it. Any other company with the money and the will to buy PD would be, probably, a Tencent competitor and, so, may be tempted to find alternative ways to profit from the IP. 7 hours ago, kerbiloid said: The only real-time thing the community need to see is the water level in the gamedev office cooler, showing the rate of developers' coffee drinking. The only real and reliable Software Engineering metrics that I had ever used. Anything else are just wishful thinking or cosmetics to pump up performance reports. Edited November 8 by Lisias (sigh) Moar tyops... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PDCWolf Posted November 8 Share Posted November 8 15 hours ago, Bej Kerman said: Definitely take this Wikipedia page with a grain of salt, but bear in mind the price is a little heftier than just the Kerbal IP. The Outer Worlds alone probably makes up a good chunk of that price. From that list, they do not own Hades, Ancestors, Outer Worlds, they never owned Eternal Shards, and I could bet a good sum they don't own whatever Game Freak is working on. There's also indication that they're only publishers for Tales of the Shire. 59 minutes ago, Lisias said: Or lease, partner with, or some other alternative. But, IMHO, if and only if Tencent (one of the RocketWerkz funders) was the one that bought it. That seems most probable. Tencent buys a whole indie publishing label, and uses one of its funded studios to pursue the development of one of its titles. They're gonna hit us with that tencent-mtx-store stare: Spoiler Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lisias Posted November 8 Share Posted November 8 1 hour ago, PDCWolf said: That seems most probable. Tencent buys a whole indie publishing label, and uses one of its funded studios to pursue the development of one of its titles. They're gonna hit us with that tencent-mtx-store stare: Wondering how the new owner will deal with the current EULA... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Superfluous J Posted November 8 Share Posted November 8 2 hours ago, Lisias said: Wondering how the new owner will deal with the current EULA... Undoubtedly they'll change it in their own favor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kerbart Posted November 8 Share Posted November 8 21 hours ago, Bej Kerman said: So Rocketwerkz can afford PD and its many IPs. What does it do with all the IPs that aren't KSP? Rocketwerkz: "Not my circus, not my monkeys" From what I gathered from Reddit (disclosure: not a reliable source) they buyer was some venture capital company. Looks li,e they're just doing what's common in these cases; buy up a bankrupt company, break it into pieces, and sell the individual remains to interested parties. If we do see Rocketwerkz end up with the KSP brand (and that's nothing short of speculation at this point) then that means absolutely nothing in relation to who bought PD, unless they announce having done so. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nazalassa Posted November 9 Share Posted November 9 (edited) On 11/1/2024 at 2:35 PM, PDCWolf said: "Very rough concept, the animal or its appearance might change" "Stick Figure Space Agency"? Edited November 9 by Nazalassa Context Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerbiloid Posted November 10 Share Posted November 10 On 11/1/2024 at 5:35 PM, PDCWolf said: the animal or its appearance might change Shapeshifting Werekerbals. Or, like in Poul Anderson's Technic Civilization series,about Nicholas Van Rijn, when they found an alien ship, belonging to the civilization consisting of two races: semi-sapient strong gorilla-like ones and their smart but small neck-riders, and two sets of manual controls: very small for the riders and big-and-rough for their gorilla mounts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Kerbin Posted November 10 Share Posted November 10 (edited) Will KSA be available on Mac? (On launch) Edited November 10 by Mr. Kerbin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nazalassa Posted November 11 Share Posted November 11 I'd like to extend this question to: On what platforms may we expect KSA early access (Windows, Mac OSX, Linux, non-Linux Unixes, Haiku, ...)? What about the "complete" game (i.e after early access)? Side question: if on Unix(-like) systems, X11, Wayland, both? Maybe this was posted in the discord or in the subreddit, but I do not use any of those, hence I am asking here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Superfluous J Posted November 11 Share Posted November 11 I don't know the inside workings of KSP or KSA but I'm going to go out on a limb and guess that here isn't the place to ask those questions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PDCWolf Posted November 11 Share Posted November 11 6 hours ago, Nazalassa said: I'd like to extend this question to: On what platforms may we expect KSA early access (Windows, Mac OSX, Linux, non-Linux Unixes, Haiku, ...)? What about the "complete" game (i.e after early access)? Side question: if on Unix(-like) systems, X11, Wayland, both? Maybe this was posted in the discord or in the subreddit, but I do not use any of those, hence I am asking here. From their Discord: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lisias Posted November 11 Share Posted November 11 7 hours ago, Nazalassa said: Side question: if on Unix(-like) systems, X11, Wayland, both? Probably Wayland, leveraging the huge investments Valve is helping to make on it. But... All my systems are still on X11. I just can't wave X11 on my day to day workflows - VNC just don't cut it around here. Had Wayland a decent X11 emulation layer, I would had jumped ship on it already, the Steam Deck is a very solid piece of gaming hardware/software/firmware, Valve finally convinced me that Wayland may had a future after all. But I just can't ditch X11. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Kerbin Posted November 11 Share Posted November 11 But what about MAC? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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