How did you find the game?

[KevinW42]

I was watching a video of the Mercury-Redstone 1 launch failure and someone made a comment along the lines of "When you mess up your staging sequence in Kerbal Space Program." I could have sworn I had heard of the game before then, but I don't remember where. But that's what got me to check out the game.

[bv1]

I saw this xkcd comic: https://xkcd.com/1356/

I used to like to play around with a program called Gravity Simulator (http://www.orbitsimulator.com/gravity/articles/what.html), and so I thought that it might be interesting. I couldn't have been more correct.

[BarackOshizzle]

I think I found KSP through Youtube (I'm not sure)

[Torquemadus]

I was trying to get some mates of mine to read The Case For Mars by Robert Zubrin (check it out, you'll never look at a mission to Duna the same way). Every time I raised the subject, they kept saying to me: "Three words; Kerbal Space Program!" I kept up my end of the bargain, they didn't keep theirs. They still don't know what "in-situ propellant" means.

[ImJake]

I noticed it being mentioned every once in a while in XKCD comics, so I googled it. I read some of the wiki to try to figure out what it was, then started watching some Scott Manley on the YouTube. Soon after I got the demo and finally bought the game when .22 was released.

[RazorWolf19]

I Initially saw KurtJMac play it back in 0.12, it looked interesting but I'm not one to purchase something so quickly. However, as updates came out and it's popularity grew, so did my desire for it. I downloaded the 0.13.3 Demo and played for a while until eventually buying the full game after KerbalKon 2 (when 0.18 came out). I would've bought it in 0.17 after seeing the planets for the first time, but no one in my family had a credit card. I managed to convince my dad to get one after he told me he'd been considering it for some time; KSP was my Christmas present that year (greatest $20 ever spent).

[kStrout]

Friend told me about it a while ago.

[MK3424]

I found the game when i was looking for a more immersive game than the great space simulator "Orbiter".

liked the sim, but it lacked "editability"; i wanted to build my own spacecrafts, and after a while, i found this little gem.

It was back then still a very crude version (with the old ugly parts) it was fun, but i lost interest.

I became very interested in the game again when they added docking capabilities (0.18) and i never missed a release version ever since (hence you might see me yelling Yaaay!! in the comments of a new build video).

[Axelord FTW]

It became /v/'s flavor of the month game.

I jumped on because SPACE.

No regrets.

[smysha]

Honestly, I can't remember. But I do believe that I saw video on YouTube. Build, Fly, Dream trailer, some russian guides, mr. Manley's videos - and I'm addicted.

[qromodynmc]

I cant exactly remember how I found the game but,From what I remember,It was summer,I was boring to death and searching new games,Probably looking for games about planes. I played so much that day,After ksp I tried to play war thunder (I was playing it so much before) I directly crashed my plane to ground.

[bartekkru99]

I was browsing for some Youtube videos, when I saw it, I though "Editor looks a bit like in Spore" and that's it

[harald705]

A friend of mine showed me the demo. I thought it was cool so i bought it a few days later.

[Floppster]

I actually have no idea.

I've been playing for more than two and a half years, it has just been there.

[michaelhester07]

I saw it on Fark, googled it, and was hooked ever since.

[capi3101]

Somebody posted about the 0.18 demo on the Wing Commander CIC forums - so I checked it out. Bought the full game once landing on the Mun became old hat - this in the days before I had KER and before the Mun was so bumpy...

[cha_cha_man]

I had a friend at work tell me about it since I was always talking about space and such. Within a week I had surpassed his play time and it was all I could talk about. Needless to say I was a little more obsessed about it than him.

[iFlyAllTheTime]

I don't know if there is a thread like this, but how did you find the game?

I found it with Nerd³'s Free Games!

Same with me as well!

[Slam_Jones]

Saw it on Steam a number of times, eventually got curious enough to check it out.

Didn't buy it immediately, but I'm glad I did in the end.

[xtoro]

Playing Eve Online, a friend told me he'd been playing it a lot so I tried it. Haven't played much Eve since!

[JayKay]

Over a year ago I was trolling through some You Tube videos and came across a comment about a failed amateur rocket launch; the comment was simply "Kerbal Space Program!!" I googled it, and well, you know the rest.

[pauldbk99]

Was watching something called "Ship sinking simulator" or something like that. KSP was in the recommended videos.

[CarlosMaximus]

Saw a mate's picture on Facebook of a station he'd just put into orbit, exclaimed "WHAT. IS. THAT!?!?!", the rest is history.

[Srpadget]

Chalk up yet another "convert" due to repeated references on xkcd, over here!

[Jr6150x]

Saw a vid on the game. Was some Cccrrraaazzzyyyy rocket plane. Been playing ever since there were only 5 parts. .11 maybe?