A downloadable game for Windows

Introduction:

This is a realistic simulation of the solar system, both in scale and time. it has 10k object. It has a basic search engine, two camera mods(free flight and orbit) and control over the time scale. it models movement using the six Keplerian elements. it also models moons, planetary surfaces and axial rotation. 

Personal note:

This is my third solar system simulation, hopefully it shows. this is by far my most complex project, been working on it for about a month and a half. I am hoping to use this as a base for a more complex project.

Controls

  • TAB- open and close menu.
  • E,Q- Forward and backwards.
  • W,S- Up and down.
  • A,D- Left and right.
  • P,;- Shortcut for time scaling.
  • O,L- Shortcut for flight speed.
More information

Download

Download
SolarEngineDemo.zip 81 MB

Install instructions

Download the zip, unpack and play!

Development log

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Starbuilder1 year ago (1 edit)

Eh, idk. Looked up "Arrokoth" which turned up nothing (a minor annoyance, being a big fan of the dented peanut rock), and the planets seem to have some texture artifacts as well as just a level of blurriness that shouldn't be possible if LOD is being applied (there are high-res images of many of these objects I'm pretty sure, surely there's high-res textures too?). Scale seems aight. Controls are atrocious. GUI is almost unreadable. Not sure if this is unique to WINE. I'd ask for the source but I don't, can't and won't use Unity.

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Acoolusername16691 year ago

Hi! I appreciate the criticism, will try to improve the experience in the future. 

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