What Would KSP Be Like In 3 Years?

[Apollo1391]

After Squad announced KerbalKon might happen I started thinking what will KSP be like in the future, in 1 year, in 3 years, in 5 years, even in 10 years. Will it have some of the features that you want, will we have FTL engines and different solar systems, will 10 Million people play, Who knows! Post all of your thoughts here.

[Sof]

10 years from now KSP will become so popular that it ends up being the national past time of every country on Earth. All wars stop because people don't want to spend too long away from Jeb. Squad become the richest company ever to exist. Their wealth makes them a philanthropic force for good. World hunger is a distant memory as the people of the world unite to ensure nobody goes without KSP.

Then sometime on June 21st 2023, the Evil Galactic Xortan Hegemony attempts to invade the solar system. The attack fails when they come up against the 3rd planet from the sun whose 7 billion inhabitants are fully adept in orbital mechanics. Earthlings effortlessly defeat the invaders with skilled use of Hohnmann transfers, apoapsises and utter disregard for lagrangian points.

Humanity assumes control and brings peace and prosparity to the galaxy. Squad devs are elected supreme chancellors of the known universe and a bright future is had by all until the heat death of the universe.

[Apollo1391]

10 years from now KSP will become so popular that it ends up being the national past time of every country on Earth. All wars stop because people don't want to spend too long away from Jeb. Squad become the richest company ever to exist. Their wealth makes them a philanthropic force for good. World hunger is a distant memory as the people of the world unite to ensure nobody goes without KSP.

Then sometime on June 21st 2023, the Evil Galactic Xortan Hegemony attempts to invade the solar system. The attack fails when they come up against the 3rd planet from the sun whose 7 billion inhabitants are fully adept in orbital mechanics. Earthlings effortlessly defeat the invaders with skilled use of Hohnmann transfers, apoapsises and utter disregard for lagrangian points.

Humanity assumes control and brings peace and prosparity to the galaxy. Squad devs are elected supreme chancellors of the known universe and a bright future is had by all until the heat death of the universe.

now that is a bright future

[Scotius]

In five years? I guess we will be playing KSP 3 - in 64 bites and with full support of our 10 core processors.

[Sof]

now that is a bright future

10 years from now KSP will become so popular that it ends up being the national past time of every country on Earth.

However, trouble is brewing. The debate of mechjeb vs non-mechjeb rages on and turns violent. Brother turns against brother as a new era of darkness consumes the earth. No-one survives, and the black clouds part for a final time to reveal the crumbling ruins of what once was.

[Apollo1391]

10 years from now KSP will become so popular that it ends up being the national past time of every country on Earth.

However, trouble is brewing. The debate of mechjeb vs non-mechjeb rages on and turns violent. Brother turns against brother as a new era of darkness consumes the earth. No-one survives and the black clouds part for a final time to reveal the crumbling ruins of what once was.

oh no so sad its like a civil war

[AntonioAJC]

Squad become the richest company ever to exist.

Richer than Blizzard?

10 years from now KSP will become so popular that it ends up being the national past time of every country on Earth.

However, trouble is brewing. The debate of mechjeb vs non-mechjeb rages on and turns violent. Brother turns against brother as a new era of darkness consumes the earth. No-one survives, and the black clouds part for a final time to reveal the crumbling ruins of what once was.

This would pretty much happen. Mechjeb users and nonusers would fight each other to the death in the never ending debate, until none are left to keep playing KSP

I think that KSP would become rather popular and because of all of these years, the PC modules would be so advanced, that KSP can have things that would've destroyed any old computer!

Edited August 3, 2013 by AntonioAJC

[Scorpi15]

In ten years NASA will use KSP to test their rockets. (Mainly the abort systems for their rockets-what with all the explosions and whatnot)

[Tw1]

In 3 years, KSP breaks free from the screens of the computer, through use of 3d printing technology.

Backyard rocket launches become common place.

Confusion reigns, as many Jebs, Bobs, and Bills wander the land. Boosters also rain. Not always empty. Intact houses become less common place.

[Ralathon]

In 1 year they'll probably be starting the beta testing. We'll have career mode, clouds and all those other goodies, this is also the point the game becomes more popular.

In 3 years the game should be out proper and at the height of it's popularity. Think Minecraft but with a higher age demographic.

5 years in the future heralds the first expansions and a slow decline in popularity.

And finally in 10 years the game will be nostalgia material. Nobody really plays it anymore but a lot will have fond memories of it. The world spins on, uncaring.

[alaskafish]

10 years? Hmmm.... I don't want hate, but I will be honest. Here are my two options:

1 year) 0.26 would be out. Asusming that an update is every 2 months.

3 year) The peak of the game. Game would be finished, resources, new planets, solar systems, DLC

5 years) Either not many will play, or a KSP 2 will come out recreating some sort of popularity boost.

10 years) KSP will be forgotten by most players, but some nostalgia people will come back to it.

[Sof]

In all seriousness, games like this are like lego. It'll always exist. Once complete, the formula won't need to change. KSP doesn't belong to a genre like call of duty or starcraft. There won't need to be more iterations. Sure, maybe one day KSP won't be the most played game on your computer, but it'll still be there. Even when squad has moved on to other projects, once in a while you'll boot up KSP and get hooked for a few months again. It'll age well and live on.

[Blue]

At some point in the future, the particle effects of the engines will change shape depending on local pressure, ambient occlusion will be rendered real time, there will be either a sideways planet or an object with a retrograde orbit, planetary rings are both a hazard and a wonder to behold, the game will cost $50, and somewhere in the world will be a child born whose legal name is in fact Jebediah Kerman.

[Mercy]

We'll finally have 0.22!

[Tw1]

In all seriousness, games like this are like lego. It'll always exist. -snip-

It'll age well and live on.

I agree. Take age of empires for example. A new one hasn't been out in years to my knowledge, yet it still gets played.

[Moon Goddess]

1 year: We'll still be waiting on resources

3 years: We'll still be waiting on resources

5 years: We'll still be waiting on resources

10 years: We'll still be waiting on resources

I kid I kid.... Really I think the below is most accurate.

10 years? Hmmm.... I don't want hate, but I will be honest. Here are my two options:

1 year) 0.26 would be out. Asusming that an update is every 2 months.

3 year) The peak of the game. Game would be finished, resources, new planets, solar systems, DLC

5 years) Either not many will play, or a KSP 2 will come out recreating some sort of popularity boost.

10 years) KSP will be forgotten by most players, but some nostalgia people will come back to it.

[Xeldrak]

10 years from now KSP will become so popular that it ends up being the national past time of every country on Earth. All wars stop because people don't want to spend too long away from Jeb. Squad become the richest company ever to exist. Their wealth makes them a philanthropic force for good. World hunger is a distant memory as the people of the world unite to ensure nobody goes without KSP.

Then sometime on June 21st 2023, the Evil Galactic Xortan Hegemony attempts to invade the solar system. The attack fails when they come up against the 3rd planet from the sun whose 7 billion inhabitants are fully adept in orbital mechanics. Earthlings effortlessly defeat the invaders with skilled use of Hohnmann transfers, apoapsises and utter disregard for lagrangian points.

Humanity assumes control and brings peace and prosparity to the galaxy. Squad devs are elected supreme chancellors of the known universe and a bright future is had by all until the heat death of the universe.

Sad Foodnote: Most of humanity died while returning form their glorious victory against the Xortan Hegemony because no-one mounted a heat-shield on their ships.

[antiquark]

Someone will create a "Zombie Mod" so that deceased astronauts, can continue flying!

[Guest]

It will be owned by Bill Gates empire.

[Epthelyn]

Multiplayer, War and don't forget Multiplayer.

Never mind, not happening.

KSP will be finished and Squad might still be working on it or addons. To be honest I don't really care, let's just see what happens

[colmo]

I really see Kerbalkind as franchise material, with spin-off games occupying different genres. Kerbal City, Kerbal Tycoon, Kerbal Hospital, The Kerbs, World of Kerbin...and then there's comics, cartoons etc.

Let's face it, Kerbals are cute and we all want a plushie.

[Pingonaut]

If Kerbals age the way I think they do..

[Tw1]

If Kerbals age the way I think they do..

I agree more or less with this theory...

[Flixxbeatz]

Then that would be KSP 1.0.0.

Features:

-100+ career mode missions

-Arcade mode

-Achievements System

-Dancing kerbals

-Populated Kerbin

-Kerbin cities

-Additional Space Center Buildings

-Multiple launch sites around Kerbin

-Ability to launch rockets simultaneously

-Permanent Mun Base

-1000+ hidden easter eggs

-Toggable realism mode (toggle timewarp on/off)

-Port to Cray Supercomputer and Nokia 3310

-Lots and lots of new parts

-Resource mining

-FTL travel

-Dozens of new star systems, each with own set of planets and moons.

-Improved Physics engine

-Lagrange points, n-body physics

-New planet system + ringed planets

-Moddable planets

-1:1 scale planets (!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)

-Autopilot (!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)

-Network multiplayer (!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)

NOTE: In case someone would delete this again...

If Kerbals age the way I think they do..

Age, they do not. Explore space, they must.

Edited August 3, 2013 by Flixxbeatz

[SpaceSphereOfDeath]

Unfortunaly, as all games do, they all suffer from something I call the 'minecraft effect'

I fear this may happen to KSP too.