Educational KSP Comic

[zarincos]

For an English class assignment, I had to make an instructional comic about anything I chose, and I chose KSP. Here's a basic 8-page comic that talks a bit about a number of semi-basic things, like asparagus staging, gravity turns, and aerobraking. The image quality decreased when I uploaded but I think all the words can be made out, and someone might get a kick out of a couple of the jokes or maybe learn something. Also, if there's anything I put in that was wrong or could be better (including the pictures and design) don't hesitate to say so. Without further ado, here's Bill and Jeb talking about how to reach other planets, using Eve as an example.

http://i.imgur.com/APLAHCn.jpg

[Sof]

lol at "most of my landings are spontaneous and unintentional"

[RocketTurtle]

OMGBBQLOLROFLLMFAO. That made my day. Hope you get an A.

[Commander Zoom]

Very nicely done.

[deker13]

tell us the grade pls

[Tw1]

Your dialogue is brilliant.

But I suspect you need something else to explain terms like retrorockets and aerobreaking, as your English teacher may not know what they mean, and it is supposed to be explanatory.

[kahlzun]

I couldn't make the text out..

[zarincos]

Thanks for the input, everyone. For general information, I got a B-, but I've got a week to revise it on his (and your) comments to improve it, and I think I can pull it a fair bit closer to the A range. His main comment was on the readability of the text, and I agree, but I don't know how to clearly show text flow without either shifting both kerbals off to the side, therefore putting far less emphasis on the pictures, or obscuring at least part of said pictures. I'm also working on getting more than 3 kerbal shots; does anyone know how to make the kerbalizer do emotes, or force the in game kerbonauts to do different emotes?

On a different note, I'm sorry you couldn't read it kahlzun, I tried re-uploading and the text was the same quality; can I force imgur to accept a higher resolution?

[RocketTurtle]

If the Kerbak is ragdolling, they look unhappy, if the have their jetpack out, they are exited, if they are just standing they are happy, and if they are jumping they look really exited.

[Tommygun]

Thanks for the input, everyone. For general information, I got a B-, but I've got a week to revise it on his (and your) comments to improve it, and I think I can pull it a fair bit closer to the A range. His main comment was on the readability of the text, and I agree, but I don't know how to clearly show text flow without either shifting both kerbals off to the side, therefore putting far less emphasis on the pictures, or obscuring at least part of said pictures. I'm also working on getting more than 3 kerbal shots; does anyone know how to make the kerbalizer do emotes, or force the in game kerbonauts to do different emotes?

On a different note, I'm sorry you couldn't read it kahlzun, I tried re-uploading and the text was the same quality; can I force imgur to accept a higher resolution?

You might try breaking the image up into 8 separate pages. It might not degrade the quality of the images that way.

Also have you tried different text fonts or using bold letter settings?

I would recommend 300 dpi for this kind of work if you are not doing so right now and png files also do not degrade text as much as jpg files.

[Mr. Pseudonym]

Nice comic! The readability of the text is a big one, but since I haven't done anything with text like this, I can't really help. I think Tommygun got it right though, try breaking it up and/or using bold font.

Good luck on getting a better grade!

[Top8]

Hello,

I am also working on an educational project and invite you to be a volunteer dev.

http://forum.kerbalspaceprogram.com/threads/67002-Visions-of-2070?p=924612#post924612

All the information is in the thread and document - would be great to have you all aboard!

Cheers,

Chris

[Thomas988]

I hope this gets a good grade! It is awesome!

[Top8]

This is a great comic - also hoping the grade is good. I am actually doing mine as an extra curricular - our plans could really help inspire many students through great gameplay, etc.

You are creative - please do put in some ship desgins at Vision 2070

Edited January 25, 2014 by Top8

[The Destroyer]

Memories! I remmeber this great one.