why make simple rockets 2 when juno can be both?

[upsetkiller]

as the title says, as per my understanding simple rockets 2 already had everything simple planes had, and the renaming to juno and expanding the game could have easily advanced the plane making capabilities in the game.

so why a sp2 when juno can already be used as something that can do both?

just curious at the decision to do a new thing from the ground up rather than focus on juno as a space and air game

[toinkertoy]

Need to correct this post! I think you mean “Simple Planes 2” (in the title) but typed “Rockets” instead!

Actually I think SR2 was lacking some parts that were in SP, but then after the name change they began improving the game for aircraft and adding in parts to better make planes. I sort of thought this was the path they were going down when they added those updates, just merge them into one game…. I guess not?

[Taehl]

Wonder if they're going to rename it "Juno: Old Origins" or some ♥♥♥♥ half-way through development, leaving a bunch of outdated references to "SimplePlanes2"...

[HuskyDynamics]

The main difference is that Juno is much more in-depth in terms of complexity and physics simulation, whereas SimplePlanes is (by definition)... simple. That's actually the main reason that Juno was renamed from SR2, because it outgrew the name. Building planes in Juno is much more of a hands-on engineering task than in SimplePlanes, which is very fun in its own way but lacks some of the accessibility and slight whimsicality of SimplePlanes, which I'm hoping the sequel will continue to focus on.

In short, Juno is the game for people who want the true next step in terms of complexity and detailed simulations, while SP2 is probably going to be the game for people who just want what SimplePlanes offers, but bigger and better (and not a decade old). Both can be equally enjoyable and both have their place in Jundroo's games roster.