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Gameplay

The player controls a nascent space program operated by Kerbals, a race of small green humanoids, who have constructed a fully furnished and functional spaceport (known as the Kerbal Space Center, or KSC) on their homeworld Kerbin, which is modelled after Earth. Despite being shown as funny cartoon-like little green men, sometimes lacking common sense, they have shown themselves to be able to construct complex spacecraft parts and perform experiments.

Gameplay can roughly be divided into «construction» and «flight.» Players can create rockets, aircraft, spaceplanes, rovers, or other craft from a provided set of components. Once built, players launch their craft from the in-game space center's launch pad or runway, attempting to complete player-set or game-directed missions while avoiding various opportunities for partial or catastrophic failure such as lack of fuel or structural failure.

Missions (either player-set or proposed in the form of «contracts» with set parameters to achieve) involve goals such as reaching a certain altitude, escaping the atmosphere, reaching a stable orbit, landing on a moon or planet, capturing asteroids, and creating space stations and surface bases. Players also set challenges for each other on the game forums, such as visiting all five moons of Jool (the ingame analog for Jupiter) or using mods to test each other's craft in air combat tournaments. Kerbal Space Program Game free Download Full Version.

Once a spacecraft is built, it is placed on the launchpad or the runway and is ready for launch. Players control a spacecraft in all three dimensions with little assistance other than a stability system to keep their rocket pointed at a player-specified direction or to keep a constant attitude. If the rocket has enough thrust and fuel, it is possible to reach orbit or even travel to other celestial bodies. In flight, to visualize the player's trajectory, the player must switch into map mode. The map shows the orbit or trajectory of the current craft as well as the current position and trajectory of other spacecraft and planetary bodies. Planetary bodies and other spacecraft can be targeted in order to view information needed for rendezvous and docking such as ascending and descending nodes, target direction, and relative velocity to the target. While in map mode, players can also access 'maneuver nodes' which can be used to plan out trajectory changes in advance.

Historical spacecraft can be recreated and their accomplishments mimicked, such as the Apollo program, the Mars Science Laboratory rover, or the International Space Station. Players may also install mods which can implement destinations, weapons, rocket parts, and goals for the game, such as mining for resources or incrementally deploying an interplanetary communication network. Mods can also consist of informational displays showing craft and orbital statistics such as delta-V and orbital inclination. Squad has often implemented popular mods into the stock game, such as the «Karbonite» resource mining system made by user RoverDude.

Game modes

The game can be played in three different game modes that are selected when the player starts a new game: «Sandbox» mode, «Science» mode, and «Career» mode. In sandbox mode, players are free to attempt any mission for which they can construct a suitable vehicle, with no punishments for failure (except the temporary death of Kerbals who may die during a failed mission) and entirely user-assigned missions. Many players have constructed unrealistic spacecraft in this mode, such as unrealistically huge, complicated, and/or extremely expensive rockets. Many players have also created replicas of real-life rockets and aircraft as well as replica and non-replica automobiles, trains and boats. Kerbal Space Program game free Download for PC Full Version.