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Title: Universal Sandbox
Post by: HL on July 04, 2008, 05:51:04 am
OK so this shit is going into Freeware Fridays later today, but it is so fun I couldn't hold it back much longer.

http://universesandbox.com/

Description:
Smash planets together, introduce rogue stars, and build new worlds from spinning discs of debris. Fire a moon into a planet or destroy everything you've created with a super massive black hole.

You can simulate and interact with:

Our solar system: the 8 planets,160+ moons, and hundereds of asteroids

Nearest 1000 stars to our Sun

Our local group of galaxies

An unlimited number of fictional scenarios

 

Tinker with your creation or sit back and watch the effects of gravity unfold. It's fun, accessible, and easy to use.

Screenshots:
(https://legacy.gamingw.net/etc/universesandbox.com/about/Universe-Sandbox---20080617-222504---28304-~good.jpeg)

Video:

You can download it from the site.




Basically, this game is fucking amazing. There is just so much fun shit to do, and it all is just really really fucking awesome, which begs me to wonder why no one has made anything like this before, it just took 1 guy and 1 year. Just wow.
Title: Universal Sandbox
Post by: Eltee on July 04, 2008, 07:30:38 am
Some parts look more like a drug trip while thinking of atoms
Title: Universal Sandbox
Post by: HL on July 04, 2008, 07:37:15 am
hahahaha, exploding the sun is awesome, all the stars just seem to "fall" (wanderlessly travel).

Also blackholes will really drop your FPS by a shit ton if you add 2 of them and have everything on.

I need to get some fucking 3D glasses.
Title: Universal Sandbox
Post by: Ghost_Aspergers on July 04, 2008, 08:12:23 am
I'd love to play this but for some reason the text is obscenely blurry and artifacted.

Title: Universal Sandbox
Post by: HL on July 04, 2008, 08:17:37 am
have you tried putting it in full screen?
Title: Universal Sandbox
Post by: Ghost_Aspergers on July 04, 2008, 08:24:49 am
That was cropped from fullscreen.
Title: Universal Sandbox
Post by: Christophomicus on July 04, 2008, 10:18:19 am
That was pretty cool, but I couldn't quite GET INTO IT per se. I mean it's cool and I can appreciate it and I'm sure a bunch of people will have fun with it (HL obviously is), but I've never been big on science-y things.

I dunno, cool fun for about twenty minutes but then I got bored. I imagine there's a wealth of options I haven't even begun to explore yet, though!
Title: Universal Sandbox
Post by: PTizzle on July 04, 2008, 02:03:52 pm
This game looks gorgeous. Like, usually a word I never use, but it's really impressive.

Gonna give it a DL!
Title: Universal Sandbox
Post by: xanque on July 04, 2008, 04:18:52 pm
*PSHGHGHGHSEHSHSH*

THAT'S THE SOUND OF ME FUCKING CUMMING IN MY PANTS!

Holy shit I am downloading this now.
Title: Universal Sandbox
Post by: UPRC on July 04, 2008, 04:29:17 pm
What are all those strange lines in the trailer? Are those the paths the planets follow on their orbits or what?
Title: Universal Sandbox
Post by: Marcus on July 04, 2008, 04:47:27 pm
this game proves that god exists i hope you guys like your religious propaganda lolololololololol
Title: Universal Sandbox
Post by: Sarevok on July 04, 2008, 07:29:31 pm
Quote from: Christophomicus on July 04, 2008, 10:18:19 am
That was pretty cool, but I couldn't quite GET INTO IT per se. I mean it's cool and I can appreciate it and I'm sure a bunch of people will have fun with it (HL obviously is), but I've never been big on science-y things.

I dunno, cool fun for about twenty minutes but then I got bored. I imagine there's a wealth of options I haven't even begun to explore yet, though!

This was basically my thought on this. It's like those -actual- sand games where you draw lines and make the sand flow into things and stuff. Cool concept and great physics...but just eye candy and frankly not very fun at all.
Title: Universal Sandbox
Post by: Ryan on July 04, 2008, 08:10:55 pm
this looks awesome! i am downloading right now
Title: Universal Sandbox
Post by: randomuser83 on July 10, 2008, 12:23:12 am
I have been wanting something like this for a long time now, I will be getting it.
Title: Universal Sandbox
Post by: EvilDemonCreature on July 10, 2008, 07:38:14 pm
It's something I'd definitley get. But I can't see myself playing with it very often. You can only "set stuff off" and "watch it happen" for so long before it begins to lose it's appeal.
Title: Universal Sandbox
Post by: The Dude on July 10, 2008, 07:43:53 pm
Nice, this is what I wanted Spore for, but this is better for it! Right on! My dad and friend will really really appreciate this game.