Update 0.2.0 – Mission Mode, New Propellants & Pro DLC

🚀 Meco Rocket Simulator – Update 0.2.0

Our biggest update yet: Mission Mode launches, the simulation engine deepens, new propellants arrive, and the optional Pro DLC opens for supporters. Thanks for helping shape the burn profile of Meco Rocket Simulator!

✅ What’s New in 0.2.0

Mission Mode Comes Alive

• 3 new onboarding missions culminating in a thrust-performance finale.

• Mission Hub to view and replay completed missions.

• Step-by-step mission objectives with clearer progression.

• Guidance by Miku Aoyama, your fellow propulsion engineer.

• Mission introduction videos.

Simulation Engine Improvements

• Initial nozzle-performance monitoring including flow separation and species mass fractions.

• Enhanced fluid property models (specific heat capacity, condensate temperature).

• New propellants: Methane, RP-1, and Nitrogen (cold-gas).

Internationalization & Telemetry Foundations

• Integrated i18n translation system (more languages coming).

• Sentry crash logging + Amplitude telemetry to improve stability and tune gameplay.

Media & Pro DLC

• Music Manager with a default soundtrack track.

• Optional Pro DLC

Refactors & Quality of Life

• Modular mission components for future arcs.

• Faster run-model threading.

• Critical area bug fix.

⭐ Introducing the Pro DLC (Supporter Extras)

Support development and get a pack of extras:

• Official soundtrack

• Technical papers used in the development of the Meco

• Educational turbopump component 3D print files

• Hi-res Miku wallpapers

Early buyers are automatically upgraded — thank you for supporting Meco from the start!

💡 Why the Pricing Pivot?

Players wanted a more approachable base price, while supporters asked for deeper ways to contribute. All gameplay remains in the Base game. Pro is an optional supporter pack. A bundle provides a smooth upgrade path.

🗺️ Roadmap Glimpse

Next Release

• Missions 4–6: Valve Ventures, Combustion Catastrophe, Cooling Crisis

• 3D Nozzle Geometry Design

After That

• Missions 7–9: Gearing Up, Pump It Up, Turbine Trials

• Plans up to Mission 15+

• 3D Pump Impeller Design

• 3D Turbine Stator & Rotor Design

🔍 Feedback We’re Watching

• Mission briefing clarity.

• Sampler discoverability & cancellation usage.

• Which telemetry variables players monitor most.

❤️ Want to Support? (30-Second List)

• Leave or update a Steam review.

• Share a mission screenshot.

• Post your sampler table + favorite chart variable.

• Tell a rocket-sim friend about the new pricing model.

Onward to 0.3.0 — your feedback and telemetry shape every stage of this burn. 🧡