What I've done so far (in demo)

[Wachman]

So I downloaded the demo and started playing around. After some fun, some frustration, some confusion, I watched some of the excellent tutorials here and my ambition was stirred.

We landed on Mun!

Not perfect, but it didn't fall over with the leg broken off.

Actually there was an earlier touchdown that broke two legs off. But some quick panicking and the some full throttle the ship blasted off again as it was falling over.

We successfully launched and landed a SSTO:

Again with the landing leg!

No hardware for docking in Demo so what can we do? We sent 2 ships in orbit to rendezvous and exchange pilots.

unfortunately the really cool shot of the Kerbalnaughts exchanging high 5's in orbit as they change ships didn't turn out.

SO now I think it's time to bite the bullet, admit I'm hooked, and get the full game.

[dudester28]

You definitely should get the full game. I got it some time last year and I knew I made the right choice within the first few days.

Compared to some others that have played the game as long as you have, you appear to be doing quite well as many people have trouble with the rendezvous. Congratulations!

[roosterr]

Pay for the game, it is extremely CHEAP entertainment, you wont be disappointed.

[Pbhead]

Pay for the game, it is extremely CHEAP entertainment, you wont be disappointed.

Ya. KSP is one of those rare games where the cost of the electricity used due to playing ends up being higher than the cost of the game.

[Rahtof]

Yeah, I'm still in the demo..haven't gotten nearly as far. Been playing around for the last 30-35 hours. Finally started orbiting the Mun after doing the tutorial. Had lots of fun just building rockets to see how fast I could get. I think I've topped out at 30km/s...orbiting Kerbal. Little nervous, I still can't seem to figure out the initial orbit of Kerbal, to launch myself onto the Mun.

All in all, seems fun, just a little worried about content for me to do stuff with.

[little square dot]

All in all, seems fun, just a little worried about content for me to do stuff with.

The game is still in development, so you can be sure of two things:

1) Squad will continue to add content.

2) The price of the game will rise as the game nears completion.

Also, you can find mods for just about anything.

In short, buy it. =)

[roosterr]

.... and I realized you were able to rendezvous alread, wow, excellent, that is probably the hardest part of the game to learn. NICE WORK!

[StevoP80]

I played the demo for all of 20 minutes before I purchased the full game from Steam. It has been the best video game purchase I have made in probably 4+ years. I purchased in May of this year and currently have 325 hours logged according to Steam. You will not regret your purchase.

[RoCkEtZoMbIe]

definitely a great buy. I played the demo for about a half an hour before i realized I needed this game in my life. now its basically the only game I ever want to play unless I force myself to take a break from it.

[RocketYeah]

A must buy for sure! I remember downloading the demo, not even playing it, deleting it, and then buying the full game seconds later haha!

[KD3]

40% off on Steam now so even more reason to buy it.

[SRV Ron]

While you can make it to Mun and back in the demo, you can do so much more with the full program. From small light probes

to monster thousand ton launchers,

the sky is the limit.

[Whackjob]

I will contribute some small Whackjovianesque motivation.

Also, this thread echoes mine own humble beginnings. The link to my version is in my signature. The infamous coffee thread. Read it, learn along as I did, see my mistakes before you make them yourself.

Also, welcome aboard!

Edited September 14, 2013 by Whackjob

[SpaceSphereOfDeath]

Yes, I highly recommend buying it! Theres so much more to learn in the full game:

Docking

Interplanetary encounters

MINMUS

More 'whackjoavion' landers and launchers (bigger parts and MOAR STURTS£

Probes

Reaction wheels

Rovers

PLANES

Power

EVERYTHING THAT I'VE FORGOT GOES HERE

So buy it

NOW

[Kasuha]

Things I accomplished with the Demo:

- Landing on Mun (after many lost legs and touch-and-go's)

- Orbital rescue mission (initially intended to be training rendezvous exercise but then I crashed the two ships together and one of them broke; luckily I used 3-capsule ship so there was plenty of room)

- Crashing to the Sun

And when I found out I can pay for it with PaySafeCard, I just bought it.

[Jacob01]

You should definitely buy the game! I think you will be quite talented in the full game, looking at what you have done on the demo.