Kitten Space Agency announced

[mreed2]

https://youtu.be/6Fk1PgTxNZY?si=1LQP89yoM-K1d2bd
I'm not involved with the project in any way -- I'm just a person who had this video pop up in his recommendations.

Sure looks interesting, however...

[Farrgar]

Thank you very much, looks class. I'm excited to see how it goes.

[ardbeg74]

Checking watch... nope not april 1st :D

Apparently Dean did a pitch for the original contract. Often wondered what things would have turned out like if he had been selected. I guess we will find out but without any take two chains.

I'd heard rumblings that he was looking to put a team together back when the layoffs were announced but didnt think anything had came of it.

Dev list looks like a love letter to ksp. Hope down the line he can tie some of the ship design and orbital mechanics into stationeers. ( Which is what the music in the vid is from )

My two fav games under the same studio... Icarus is pretty damned good too.

Nice one!!!

[Ripper]

Says other KSP2 devs involved... If Nate Simpson's one of them it's a hard a$$ pass for me, period.

[SmashT]

Originally posted by Ripper:

Says other KSP2 devs involved... If Nate Simpson's one of them it's a hard a$$ pass for me, period.

HarvestR , JPLRepo and Blackrack are on the team

[K1venom]

I want this where do I buy this I was an original backer for KSP Way before it hits mainstream And just fell in love with the game still playing it today I will support anybody who has this idea whether it's kittens or Kerdels

[Flavalicious]

Oh Dean Hall is involved?

Good luck, youll need it.

[K1venom]

Why is that a bad thing

[Ontrix_Kitsune]

FYI: The developers that worked on KSP1 (yes the people that sold the KSP IP to Take2), and the same people that also worked on this failed KSP2 project are also working on Kitty Space Simulator. Given their history with space simulators I'm sure this next one will turn out great ...............

[mreed2]

Originally posted by Ontrix_Kitsune:

FYI: The developers that worked on KSP1

Correct. Several of the developers of KSP1 are confirmed to be involved with KSA.

(yes the people that sold the KSP IP to Take2),

Incorrect. The decision to sell KSP1 was made by Squad, a mid-sized marketing company based in Mexico that had no interest in game development or publishing. They were looking to dump the IP to someone and Take-2 offered to buy. None of the management types that made this decision are involved in KSA because they are not developers.

Also, nobody predicted that Take-2 would flub the KSP2 as badly as they have, so selling it of to an established publisher seemed like a good way to extend the life of the IP.

same people that also worked on this failed KSP2 project

Incorrect -- or, at least, they aren't advertising the fact if they hired any KSP2 developers.

The majority of the KSA team are existing employees of Rocketwerkz, an established development house with several titles to their credit. In addition, it has been announced that several KSP1 developers are involved. Nothing has been said about hiring KSP2 developers.

[Ontrix_Kitsune]

Originally posted by mreed2:

Originally posted by Ontrix_Kitsune:

FYI: The developers that worked on KSP1

Correct. Several of the developers of KSP1 are confirmed to be involved with KSA.

(yes the people that sold the KSP IP to Take2),

Incorrect. The decision to sell KSP1 was made by Squad, a mid-sized marketing company based in Mexico that had no interest in game development or publishing. They were looking to dump the IP to someone and Take-2 offered to buy. None of the management types that made this decision are involved in KSA because they are not developers.

Also, nobody predicted that Take-2 would flub the KSP2 as badly as they have, so selling it of to an established publisher seemed like a good way to extend the life of the IP.

same people that also worked on this failed KSP2 project

Incorrect -- or, at least, they aren't advertising the fact if they hired any KSP2 developers.

The majority of the KSA team are existing employees of Rocketwerkz, an established development house with several titles to their credit. In addition, it has been announced that several KSP1 developers are involved. Nothing has been said about hiring KSP2 developers.

I see we found the pro-Take2 person that loves big mega corps and saying positive things about them.

Nope. Sorry there bud. You ain't explaining away this and turning this into a positive thing. They screwed up with KSP, destroyed KSP2, and now the same people are working in Kitten space simulator. I'm sure they'll screw it up just as badly as they did the past 2 space simulators.

Everyone should expect "more of the same" and this next space sim to be a complete fail for them, again. Once I heard that the original KSP developers are working on this new cat based space sim then I'm out. No more reading into it. No reading news about it. Don't care. It's doomed to fail already.

[Awesome Possum]

Originally posted by Ontrix_Kitsune:

Originally posted by mreed2:

Correct. Several of the developers of KSP1 are confirmed to be involved with KSA.

Incorrect. The decision to sell KSP1 was made by Squad, a mid-sized marketing company based in Mexico that had no interest in game development or publishing. They were looking to dump the IP to someone and Take-2 offered to buy. None of the management types that made this decision are involved in KSA because they are not developers.

Also, nobody predicted that Take-2 would flub the KSP2 as badly as they have, so selling it of to an established publisher seemed like a good way to extend the life of the IP.

Incorrect -- or, at least, they aren't advertising the fact if they hired any KSP2 developers.

The majority of the KSA team are existing employees of Rocketwerkz, an established development house with several titles to their credit. In addition, it has been announced that several KSP1 developers are involved. Nothing has been said about hiring KSP2 developers.

I see we found the pro-Take2 person that loves big mega corps and saying positive things about them.

Nope. Sorry there bud. You ain't explaining away this and turning this into a positive thing. They screwed up with KSP, destroyed KSP2, and now the same people are working in Kitten space simulator. I'm sure they'll screw it up just as badly as they did the past 2 space simulators.

Everyone should expect "more of the same" and this next space sim to be a complete fail for them, again. Once I heard that the original KSP developers are working on this new cat based space sim then I'm out. No more reading into it. No reading news about it. Don't care. It's doomed to fail already.

he didn't say a single "pro-Take2" thing in that entire post. you need to work on your reading comprehension skills, i suggest Curious George

[Awesome Possum]

Originally posted by mreed2:

Incorrect -- or, at least, they aren't advertising the fact if they hired any KSP2 developers.

Nothing has been said about hiring KSP2 developers.

the video in OP at 0:35 says "Also on the team.... Original KSP and KSP2 devs"

which I don't think is a bad thing. it wasn't the devs that killed ksp2.

[mreed2]

Originally posted by Awesome Possum:

Originally posted by mreed2:

Incorrect -- or, at least, they aren't advertising the fact if they hired any KSP2 developers.

Nothing has been said about hiring KSP2 developers.

the video in OP at 0:35 says "Also on the team.... Original KSP and KSP2 devs"

which I don't think is a bad thing. it wasn't the devs that killed ksp2.

My bad, you are correct. At least one KSP2 developer is involved with the project (although we don't know who or in what capacity).

Note that the video linked in the original post is quite old at this point. KSA now has a wiki page, which includes a FAQ and can be found here: https://kittenspaceagency.wiki.gg/wiki/Frequently_Asked_Questions.

Edited to add: Two very surprising things in the linked FAQ:

1. KSA will almost certainly not be on Steam (99%). It certainly won't be on Epic.
   
2. KSA may be distributed for free or via a "pay what you think it is worth" model.

Not at all what I expected, but likely positive.