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So excited to play this but also sad that they didn't get the IP to use Kerbals. Not loving the cutesy baby kittens.. should have gone with a more serious anima

So excited to play this but also sad that they didn't get the IP to use Kerbals. Not loving the cutesy baby kittens.. should have gone with a more serious animal like capybaras.

libraryatnight 5mo ago
I don't know why but I found myself thinking "Capybaras would make much more sense." And I meant it.
- RankingMember 5mo ago
  Something about their resolute "ok I'll deal with this" facial expressions while being absolute units body-wise seem right for comical astronauts.
Zee2 5mo ago
Giant tardigrades would have been fun. Serious, authentic space travelers... not so much on the cuteness factor, though.
- amarant 5mo ago
  The next spiritual successor should allow us to customise the species, and let us deal with whatever consequences that might bring! Like, you might have a aquatic space-faring species, which requires you to bring lots of water into space. More rockets (and struts!) will be needed, but at least you get really good radiation protection out of it! Tardigrades ought to be a cheat code, you can just glue your crew to the outside of the booster and they'll probably be alright so long as you don't glue them to the fiery end!
tintor 5mo ago
I'd like to play Minion Space Program.
- throwaway27448 5mo ago
  Aren't the kerbals basically minions with dignity?
  - danilocesar 5mo ago
    Not mine. My kerbin's ocean is full of them now.
    - dmoy 5mo ago
      Not sure if that's more or less bad than the dozens of kerbals polluting my LKO for, uh... reasons. Since I play with no mods I guess they're all still technically alive since they don't require food or water and have an apparently infinite supply of oxygen.
- pinewurst 5mo ago
  Isn’t that NASA?
- alnwlsn 5mo ago
  I would play this if it allowed one to steal the moon.
goda90 5mo ago
Perhaps it will be moddable to have whatever animal a modder might choose to put in there.
zamadatix 5mo ago
I think the angle is at least partially that "Kitten"/"Kerbal" both start with a 'K' and are 2 syllables making the game names sound very similar (in both full form and abbreviation). Of course, I'm sure there will be Kerbal mods if the game proves anywhere near as popular!
- nerdsniper 5mo ago
  "Kapybara"
- pooploop64 5mo ago
  The main reason for them being kittens is to incentivize valuing the astronauts lives without forcing a gameplay related penalty for killing or losing them. The disposability of astronauts is something the devs of this game think was a mistake in KSP. But at the same it's not a game about forcing the player to behave a certain way, so making them kittens is the middle ground.
  - TeMPOraL 5mo ago
    What disposability? Kerbals were never disposable! If you crash your little green astronauts on some moon or planet, you're supposed to send a rescue mission after them. And should that rescue fail too, stranding more Kerbals, you just keep launching more rescue missions, until you successfully establish a colony :).
  - jmorenoamor 5mo ago
    Rescue missions were one of the funniest and challenging parts of KSP, and a cannonical meme of the community.
stetrain 5mo ago
'Kapybara Space Program' has actually already been done as an April Fool's post by the previous studio that worked on Kerbal Space Program 2: https://forum.kerbalspaceprogram.com/topic/216143-kapybara-space-program-a-world-of-cheese-melons-and-galactic-exploration/ https://forum.kerbalspaceprogram.com/topic/216143-kapybara-s...
flohofwoe 5mo ago
I bet there will be mods in no time to bring the Kerbals back :)
- Rebelgecko 5mo ago
  There was a mod within 24 hours of the tech demo being released :)
altmanaltman 5mo ago
Yeah I don't think i can stomach cute kittens in my rockets that go boom on launch at least 80% of times. At least Kerbals were strange enough i didnt care
laughing_man 5mo ago
KSP 2 killed the franchise so decisively the KSA devs might be able to license Kerbals for not too much.
jmorenoamor 5mo ago
Day -1 mod will bring space frogs back.

So excited to play this but also sad that they didn't get the IP to use Kerbals. Not loving the cutesy baby kittens.. should have gone with a more serious animal like capybaras.

libraryatnight 5mo ago

I don't know why but I found myself thinking "Capybaras would make much more sense." And I meant it.

RankingMember 5mo ago
Something about their resolute "ok I'll deal with this" facial expressions while being absolute units body-wise seem right for comical astronauts.

Zee2 5mo ago

Giant tardigrades would have been fun. Serious, authentic space travelers... not so much on the cuteness factor, though.

amarant 5mo ago
The next spiritual successor should allow us to customise the species, and let us deal with whatever consequences that might bring! Like, you might have a aquatic space-faring species, which requires you to bring lots of water into space. More rockets (and struts!) will be needed, but at least you get really good radiation protection out of it! Tardigrades ought to be a cheat code, you can just glue your crew to the outside of the booster and they'll probably be alright so long as you don't glue them to the fiery end!

tintor 5mo ago

I'd like to play Minion Space Program.

throwaway27448 5mo ago
Aren't the kerbals basically minions with dignity?
- danilocesar 5mo ago
  Not mine. My kerbin's ocean is full of them now.
  - dmoy 5mo ago
    Not sure if that's more or less bad than the dozens of kerbals polluting my LKO for, uh... reasons. Since I play with no mods I guess they're all still technically alive since they don't require food or water and have an apparently infinite supply of oxygen.
pinewurst 5mo ago
Isn’t that NASA?
alnwlsn 5mo ago
I would play this if it allowed one to steal the moon.

goda90 5mo ago

Perhaps it will be moddable to have whatever animal a modder might choose to put in there.

zamadatix 5mo ago

I think the angle is at least partially that "Kitten"/"Kerbal" both start with a 'K' and are 2 syllables making the game names sound very similar (in both full form and abbreviation). Of course, I'm sure there will be Kerbal mods if the game proves anywhere near as popular!

nerdsniper 5mo ago
"Kapybara"
pooploop64 5mo ago
The main reason for them being kittens is to incentivize valuing the astronauts lives without forcing a gameplay related penalty for killing or losing them. The disposability of astronauts is something the devs of this game think was a mistake in KSP. But at the same it's not a game about forcing the player to behave a certain way, so making them kittens is the middle ground.
- TeMPOraL 5mo ago
  What disposability? Kerbals were never disposable! If you crash your little green astronauts on some moon or planet, you're supposed to send a rescue mission after them. And should that rescue fail too, stranding more Kerbals, you just keep launching more rescue missions, until you successfully establish a colony :).
- jmorenoamor 5mo ago
  Rescue missions were one of the funniest and challenging parts of KSP, and a cannonical meme of the community.

stetrain 5mo ago

'Kapybara Space Program' has actually already been done as an April Fool's post by the previous studio that worked on Kerbal Space Program 2: https://forum.kerbalspaceprogram.com/topic/216143-kapybara-space-program-a-world-of-cheese-melons-and-galactic-exploration/ https://forum.kerbalspaceprogram.com/topic/216143-kapybara-s...

flohofwoe 5mo ago

I bet there will be mods in no time to bring the Kerbals back :)

Rebelgecko 5mo ago
There was a mod within 24 hours of the tech demo being released :)

altmanaltman 5mo ago

Yeah I don't think i can stomach cute kittens in my rockets that go boom on launch at least 80% of times. At least Kerbals were strange enough i didnt care

laughing_man 5mo ago

KSP 2 killed the franchise so decisively the KSA devs might be able to license Kerbals for not too much.

jmorenoamor 5mo ago

Day -1 mod will bring space frogs back.