Ignition: a space sim game inspired by Kerbal Space Program and Simple Rockets

Devlog

• Godot-4.0.2 with Bullet physics support
  May 08, 2023 by litedictteam

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  #bullet, #godot4, #physics

  Godot development team has dropped Bullet physics support in favor of their custom physics engine in Godot version 4. However, their custom physics is unstable and blows up sometimes. This executable... Continue reading
• Version-0.1.0 with voxel planets has been released
  March 29, 2023 by litedictteam#ksp, #kerbal, #kerbal space program, #space-sim, #physics, #3d, #godot

  Version 0.1.0 has been released. It is a major update. 1) It is the first working version with fully voxel planets which allows making caves and overhangs. 2) Planet material is switched to texture at... Continue reading

  
• There were no updates for a while
  July 11, 2022 by litedictteam#ksp, #kerbal, #space, #space-sim, #physics, #simulation, #space-program, #simple-rockets

  There were no game updates for a few months so far. It is not abandoned. The next update just takes a lot of time... Continue reading
• Version alpha-0.0.16 has been released
  March 28, 2022 by litedictteam#kerbal, #space program, #space-sim, #space, #physics, #simulation, #3d, #simple rockets, #rocket, #ksp

  Version alpha-0.0.16 has been released Changes are the following. 1) Reworked rocket design panel. 2) Created a plugin system. Players can now create their own rocket parts (in theory). When game star... Continue reading

  
• Version alpha-0.0.15 has been released
  March 09, 2022 by litedictteam#ksp, #kerbal, #space program, #simple rockets, #space, #space sim, #simulation, #sandbox, #physics

  Version alpha-0.0.15 has been released. 1) Updated to Godot-v3.4.3. 2) Air shock waves visualization when moving through atmosphere at a high speed. 3) A few minor bug fixes... Continue reading

  
• Air shock wave visual is implemented.
  March 09, 2022 by litedictteam#ksp, #kepbal, #space program, #space, #space sim, #simulation, #physics, #sandbox

  Implemented a shock wave visualization for a body moving through the atmosphere. IRL it is caused by water vapor condensing into water drops in areas of low pressure near a body moving at high velocit... Continue reading

  
• Version alpha-0.0.14 has been released
  February 13, 2022 by litedictteam#ksp, #kerbal, #space program, #space, #space sim, #simulation, #physics, #sandbox, #solar system

  Version alpha-0.0.14 has been released 1) Improved interaction icons handling. Only one is visible at a time; occluded by a control window; centered to their parts. 2) Fixed a navball orientation bug... Continue reading
• Version alpha-0.0.13 has been released
  February 10, 2022 by litedictteam#ksp, #kerbal, #space program, #space, #physics, #space sim, #simple rockets, #rocket, #sandbox

  Version 0.0.13 has been released. 1) All rocket part models are updated to new ones kindly made by a member of OSP community "the_Demongod". 2) The main sound track is adjusted... Continue reading

  
• Version alpha-0.0.12 has been released
  February 06, 2022 by litedictteam#ksp, #kerbal, #simple rockets, #space, #space-sim, #physics, #simulation, #space program

  Version 0.0.12 has been released. 1) New fuel tank models are kindly shared by OSP community. 2) Different way of planet surface generation... Continue reading

  
• Version alpha-0.0.11 has been released
  January 23, 2022 by litedictteam#ksp, #kerbal, #space program, #simulation, #sandbox, #physics, #simple rockets

  Version alpha-0.0.11 has been released. Changes are. 1) Fuel tank capacities. 2) Rocket engine thrust. 3) Thrust depends on ambient pressure. 4) Rocket exhaust look depends on ambient pressure. 5) Mod... Continue reading

  
• Jet engine exhaust visual effects
  January 22, 2022 by litedictteam#ksp, #kerbal, #space program, #simple rockets, #space, #simulation

  Finally implemented supersonic jet engine exhaust operation modes depending on ambient pressure. Now there are visual effects such as underexpanded and overexpanded depending on the altitude. Also imp... Continue reading

  
• Version alpha-0.0.10 has been released
  January 14, 2022 by litedictteam#game, #ksp, #kerbal, #simulation, #space, #space-sim, #space-program, #sandbox

  Version 0.0.10 has been released. Changes are. 1) Distance to planet geoid indication. 2) Air pressure indication. 3) Improved attitude visualization ball behavior to some extent. 4) Some more informa... Continue reading

  
• Version alpha-0.0.9 has been released
  January 09, 2022 by litedictteam#game, #ksp, #kerbal, #space program, #simulation, #space, #space-sim

  Released version 0.0.9. Added in-game WIKI system. One can open it by pressing " Help " button in the left top corner or by pressing " F1 " key. Currently only " root " and " controls " pages have mea... Continue reading

  
• Touching the Sun like Parker Solar Probe
  January 08, 2022 by litedictteam#ksp, #kerbal, #space program, #space, #space-sim, #sandbox, #game, #parker, #solar, #probe

  Parker Solar Probe will set the the solar system speed record of 191.7 km/s in 2025. I've tried to simulate Sun close encounter in Ignition sandbox game. With infinite fuel debug mode there was no nee... Continue reading

  
• Version alpha-v0.0.8 has been released
  January 08, 2022 by litedictteam#ksp, #kerbal, #space-program, #space, #simulation, #sandbox, #space-sim

  Version 0.0.8 has been released. 1) Using new astronaut model. 2) Fixed a few bugs related to orbiting the Sun... Continue reading

  
• Version alpha-v0.0.7 has been released
  January 04, 2022 by litedictteam#ksp, #kerbal, #space, #space-sim, #physics, #sandbox

  A minor bugfix version has been released... Continue reading

  
• Version alpha-v0.0.6 has been released
  January 03, 2022 by litedictteam#ksp, #kerbal, #space, #space-sim, #physics, #sandbox

  Version v0.0.6 has been released. Changes are the following. 1) Added background music. 2) Added more planets with moons to the solar system. 3) Added sun light computation. 4) Changed home planet lan... Continue reading

  
• Version alpha-v0.0.5 has been released
  December 26, 2021 by litedictteam#ksp, #kerbal, #space, #spacesim, #physics

  Released version 0.0.5. Now event like coupling/decoupling, thruster exhaust, menu button clicks have sounds... Continue reading
• An update is released
  December 07, 2021 by litedictteam#ksp, #kerbal, #space, #physics, #simulation, #3d

  An update has been released. It contains a few minor changes related to UI and UI sound. 1) On "ESC" button press an in-game menu shows up. All button presses are accompanied by an appropriate sound... Continue reading
• Surface coupling, air drag model
  November 26, 2021 by litedictteam#ksp, #kerbal, #space, #space-sim, #simulation, #physics

  Recent updates are the following. 1) Air drag model is implemented based on part mesh models. Each mesh face produces a drag force and lifting force. Parts located near each other produce shielding ef... Continue reading

  
• Implemented aerodynamic forces and atmosphere drag
  November 10, 2021 by litedictteam#ksp, #kerbal, #space, #simulation, #physics

  Added aerodynamic forces and atmosphere drag. Implemented the following. 1) Drag force due to dynamic pressure. 2) Drag force due to air viscosity. 3) Lift force based on pressure difference above and... Continue reading

  
• Version v0.0.1 pre-alpha has been released
  October 21, 2021 by litedictteam#ksp, #kerbal, #simulation, #space, #space-sim, #physics, #sandbox

  Another test game build has been released. A decoupler element has been added to the list of available parts... Continue reading

  
• Rocket parts are now destructible
  October 11, 2021 by litedictteam#ksp, #kerbal, #space, #simulation, #physics, #space-sim, #gaming

  Rocket prices are made destructible. The destruction model is simple. Each part has a maximum instant velocity change threshold. Iv part's velocity changes instantly more than the threshold, part is d... Continue reading

  
• Working on staging and docking...
  October 11, 2021 by litedictteam#ksp, #kerbal, #physics, #simulation, #space, #space-sim, #gaming

  Working on an ability to create/destroy bindings between rocket pieces in order to implement staging and docking. The modification is almost complete. The part planned to be added as a minimalistic de... Continue reading

  
• Version v0.0.0 pre-alpha has been released
  October 01, 2021 by litedictteam#ksp, #kerbal, #space, #spacesim, #space-sim, #simulation, #physics

  Released the new technology preview game build... Continue reading

  
• Vehicle orbit visualization
  September 27, 2021 by litedictteam#orbit, #ksp, #kerbal, #game, #simulation, #space, #sandbox, #physics, #elliptic, #hyperbolic, #parabolic

  Implemented vehicle orbit visualization. Whenever a vehicle is in flight, a perfect Kepler orbit is fit to vehicle instant position and velocity relative to the planet it moves close to. Result orbit... Continue reading

  
• Created LBRY channel with feature demonstration game videos
  September 21, 2021 by litedictteam#kerbal, #ksp, #space, #simulation, #game, #physics, #sandbox

  Added a LBRY channel with game feature demonstration videos https://odysee.com/@ignition:0... Continue reading

  
• Progress update
  September 21, 2021 by litedictteam

  Development status update. 1) Improved simple atmosphere shader. Now it has day and evening colors. 2) Map mode. Added a GUI checkbox for this purpose. One can zoom out and see even an entire solar sy... Continue reading

  
• Added map mode and orbits visualization
  September 20, 2021 by litedictteam#orbit, #map mode

  Added map mode. In this mode camera distance to its target is very large. One can see planets, planet systems as a whole. Added planets orbits visualization. One can enable orbits visualization (see t... Continue reading