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SimplePlanes VR is now available
After far too many late nights of caffeine-infused coding and 3D modeling, we are proud to present SimplePlanes VR. Strap a VR headset to your face and grab the stick and throttle in front of you to fly. Flip switches,…
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SimpleRockets 2 is now available for mobile
After more than three years of development, SimpleRockets 2 is now available on the iOS App Store and Google Play. You can get it here . Steam post image As usual, here's a new trailer we put together for this special d…
Store3 changesGameplay - SimpleRockets
Aerospace Engineer Bundle
The Steam Winter Sale is here and you all know what that means! SimplePlanes is 50% off and SimpleRockets 2 is 15% off. We also put together a special bundle for all of you aerospace enthusiasts with an extra 15% discou…
Store1 change - SimpleRockets
SR2 - New Trailer and Release Date
We are getting close to releasing SimpleRockets 2. We are close enough that we are ready to commit to actual date: November 8th. In the meantime, here's a new trailer to whet your appetite. https://www.youtube.com/watch…
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Explosions in SR2
When you are building rockets, you're most likely going to run into the occasional rapid unscheduled disassembly. It happens to even the most experienced rocket surgeons. You might as well embrace it and take advantage…
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Beta Testing (PC/Mac)
We have recently started (secretly) beta testing SimpleRockets 2 for PC and Mac. We started with a very small group of people, just to ease into this and make sure nothing exploded, including our brains. So far we've ha…
Announcement1 changeCompatibility - SimpleRockets
Planned Burns in SimpleRockets 2
With rising fuel prices, we'd hate for you to waste your precious RP-1 guessing how to burn your engines to get where you want to go. In SimpleRockets 2, you can plan your burns by clicking on your current orbit and add…
Announcement2 changesMaps - SimpleRockets
Ion Engine in SimpleRockets 2
The tyrannical Tsiolkovsky rocket equation cannot be avoided. The only way for rockets to accelerate in space is by expelling some of their mass. Most engines do this with combustion, which expels huge amounts of fuel m…
Announcement2 changesGameplayBalance - SimpleRockets
Cargo Bays in SimpleRockets 2
The cargo bay will open the door to many possibilities. The most obvious being the space shuttle. There are many more possibilities, but it really hinges on your creativity. I know the creativity of our players is far g…
Announcement3 changesGameplayBalance - SimpleRockets
Pixel Pop Pictures and Virtual Tour
We demoed SimpleRockets 2 at the Pixel Pop Festival in St Louis this weekend. Since many of you couldn't make it, we decided to make this video so you could have a virtual experience of our demo. Enjoy! https://youtu.be…
Event1 change - SimpleRockets
Nav Sphere in SimpleRockets 2
The Nav Circle in SR1 made it very easy to control rockets in a 2D game. It took me a while to figure out the best way to extend the Nav Circle into three dimensions. I ended up with basically two nav circles: one for h…
Announcement - SimpleRockets
Launch Effects in SimpleRockets 2
Kevin just finished redesigning the launch site. He also built a new hangar, extended the runway, and added two additional landing pads for those of you who want to be like Elon. With the effort invested in the new laun…
Announcement2 changesGameplayUI/audio - SimpleRockets
Re-Entry Effects in SimpleRockets 2
They said the Apollo 11 command module re-entered Earth's atmosphere at Mach 36 and temperatures of the air in front of the heat shield reached nearly 20,000° degrees Fahrenheit, which is well beyond the melting point o…
Announcement2 changesGameplayBalance - SimpleRockets
Apex I Engine in SimpleRockets 2
Our newest engine, the Apex I is an absolute beast. It's heavy, expensive, and drinks RP-1 like there's no tomorrow, but it will have the power to get even your most poorly engineered contraptions into space. It dwarfs…
Announcement1 changeBalance - SimpleRockets
SimpleRockets 2 Steam Page
SimpleRockets 2 now has a coming soon page on Steam along with a new teaser trailer to entice you to come check it out! https://store.steampowered.com/app/870200/SimpleRockets_2 We're still shooting to release on Steam…
Store1 change - SimpleRockets
Photo Library in SimpleRockets 2
This past week I finished adding a new Photo Library feature to SR2. This makes it easy for players to take screenshots of their crafts at any time (in the designer or in flight) and use those screenshots when uploading…
Announcement2 changesGameplayWorkshop
