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Kerbal Space Program developer’s Balsa Model Flight Simulator is out nowA new physics construction playset
A new physics construction playset
Building balsa models doesn’t have the same immediate appeal as constructing space rockets, and yetBalsa Model Flight Simulatorstill seems extremely appealing. That’s partly because it’s from the original developer ofKerbal Space Program, and offers a similar physics construction toolset even if on a more terrestrial scale. It’s available now in early access.Like Kerbal before it, BMFS lets you click together prefab parts to construct your machine, before you take it on a test flight. After that initial flight ends in inevitable disaster, you can tweak your construction until eventually you have a controllable flying machine. Everything is physically simulated, so even shunting a flap or a twisting a wing a few inches can change the aerodynamics.Balsa Model Flight Sim | Fly Now on Steam!Watch on YouTubeYou can choose to build in order to tackle challenges in a career mode, or to build for the fun of it in a mess around sandbox, or to pit your creations against other players or AI in paintball dogfights. Balsa Model Flight Simulator is also designed to be highly moddable, just like Kerbal before it, with a modding SDK and a scenario editor.Wespoke to creator Felipe Falangheback in August about leaving Kerbal behind, his lost year spent pitching unsuccessfully to investors, and his return with a new independent project where he has total creative freedom.Back in the day, one of my favourite ways to playMicrosoft Flight Simulator 98was with its remote-controlled plane. It placed the camera on the blurrily-textured ground and let you perform loop-the-loops with a tiny RC vehicle, and it felt more accessible, and more immediately thrilling, than all the long haul flights. Balsa Model Flight Simulator might not feature any little green men, but I’ll be following its early access anyway.If you want to get onboard the plane now, BMFS is availablefrom Steamwith a 10% discount making it £13.04/€14.39.
Building balsa models doesn’t have the same immediate appeal as constructing space rockets, and yetBalsa Model Flight Simulatorstill seems extremely appealing. That’s partly because it’s from the original developer ofKerbal Space Program, and offers a similar physics construction toolset even if on a more terrestrial scale. It’s available now in early access.Like Kerbal before it, BMFS lets you click together prefab parts to construct your machine, before you take it on a test flight. After that initial flight ends in inevitable disaster, you can tweak your construction until eventually you have a controllable flying machine. Everything is physically simulated, so even shunting a flap or a twisting a wing a few inches can change the aerodynamics.Balsa Model Flight Sim | Fly Now on Steam!Watch on YouTubeYou can choose to build in order to tackle challenges in a career mode, or to build for the fun of it in a mess around sandbox, or to pit your creations against other players or AI in paintball dogfights. Balsa Model Flight Simulator is also designed to be highly moddable, just like Kerbal before it, with a modding SDK and a scenario editor.Wespoke to creator Felipe Falangheback in August about leaving Kerbal behind, his lost year spent pitching unsuccessfully to investors, and his return with a new independent project where he has total creative freedom.Back in the day, one of my favourite ways to playMicrosoft Flight Simulator 98was with its remote-controlled plane. It placed the camera on the blurrily-textured ground and let you perform loop-the-loops with a tiny RC vehicle, and it felt more accessible, and more immediately thrilling, than all the long haul flights. Balsa Model Flight Simulator might not feature any little green men, but I’ll be following its early access anyway.If you want to get onboard the plane now, BMFS is availablefrom Steamwith a 10% discount making it £13.04/€14.39.
Building balsa models doesn’t have the same immediate appeal as constructing space rockets, and yetBalsa Model Flight Simulatorstill seems extremely appealing. That’s partly because it’s from the original developer ofKerbal Space Program, and offers a similar physics construction toolset even if on a more terrestrial scale. It’s available now in early access.
Like Kerbal before it, BMFS lets you click together prefab parts to construct your machine, before you take it on a test flight. After that initial flight ends in inevitable disaster, you can tweak your construction until eventually you have a controllable flying machine. Everything is physically simulated, so even shunting a flap or a twisting a wing a few inches can change the aerodynamics.
Balsa Model Flight Sim | Fly Now on Steam!Watch on YouTube
Balsa Model Flight Sim | Fly Now on Steam!
You can choose to build in order to tackle challenges in a career mode, or to build for the fun of it in a mess around sandbox, or to pit your creations against other players or AI in paintball dogfights. Balsa Model Flight Simulator is also designed to be highly moddable, just like Kerbal before it, with a modding SDK and a scenario editor.
Wespoke to creator Felipe Falangheback in August about leaving Kerbal behind, his lost year spent pitching unsuccessfully to investors, and his return with a new independent project where he has total creative freedom.
Back in the day, one of my favourite ways to playMicrosoft Flight Simulator 98was with its remote-controlled plane. It placed the camera on the blurrily-textured ground and let you perform loop-the-loops with a tiny RC vehicle, and it felt more accessible, and more immediately thrilling, than all the long haul flights. Balsa Model Flight Simulator might not feature any little green men, but I’ll be following its early access anyway.
If you want to get onboard the plane now, BMFS is availablefrom Steamwith a 10% discount making it £13.04/€14.39.
