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Is there anything like a strategy version of KSP?

Is there anything like a strategy version of KSP? - Lemmy.ca

I have been keeping an eye on Terra Invicta [https://store.steampowered.com/app/1176470/Terra_Invicta/] for interest in the space development side of the game mostly. But now that it’s released I’ve decided, reluctantly, that it is not for me as it’s basically two different games stapled together, with some deeply questionable design choices. Thinking about it gave me that spreadsheet game itch and it occurred to me that something that puts a grand strategy spin on kerbal space program would be really cool! Focus on mission planning, management, and R&D for early space flight through near future space industrial development/mining/permanent bases. Has anyone heard of anything like that? Or should I just cave and give Aurora 4x another go?

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circuitfarmer

Maybe too simplistic for what you’re looking for, but Buzz Aldrin’s Space Program Manager allows you to do some of it.

It’s based on an older title IIRC, and it’s a game more tuned towards education with relatively few graphical elements. You won’t be flying missions directly, nor do you have sandbox capabilities, but for mission planning / R and D / mission control, there is some fun to be had.

I go back to it occasionally.

Buzz Aldrin's Space Program Manager on Steam

Space Program Manager (SPM) is the ultimate game of space exploration. It is the mid 1950s and the race for dominance between the US and the Soviet Union is about to move into a new dimension: space.

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SincerityIsCool Mar 9

Probably the closest suggestion so far! Thanks

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afaix Mar 10

Looks like it’s an updated version of a dos game Buzz Aldrin’s Race Into Space I think I would try the original first, there is an open source version for basically all modern OSes github.com/raceintospace/raceintospace

GitHub - raceintospace/raceintospace: This is the GitHub home of Race Into Space, the computer version of the Liftoff! board game by Fritz Bronner. It was developed by Strategic Visions and published by Interplay as a disk-based game in 1993 and a CD-ROM in 1994. It was open-sourced in 2005 and a number of improvements have been made over the original.

This is the GitHub home of Race Into Space, the computer version of the Liftoff! board game by Fritz Bronner. It was developed by Strategic Visions and published by Interplay as a disk-based game i...

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