Solar Lander
TChapman500 · 2017 · Indie, Early Access, Casual, Simulation, Space
PC
4 user reviews100% · 4
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About Solar Lander
Developers Note (May 6, 2025): This game has not been abandoned. I'm still developing it, but development has been slow, especially while trying to take it off of the Unity Engine.Solar Lander a 2D space lander that simulates orbital mechanics and the conservation of angular momentum. Players fly around in an Apollo-style lander, land on the surface of a planet, and then redock with the command module to advance to the next level. You start out in orbit around a planet and docked with the command module. It is your job to make a safe landing on the surface of the planet, then get back into orbit to redock with the command module. Each planet has it's unique characteristics based on real life planetary bodies with procedural terrain generation.
All of the game's mechanics are simulated with a full physics simulation that runs 1,000 times per second! This makes the 2D simulation very accurate and very realistic. There is no arbitrary rotation rate or acceleration. As you use-up fuel, your maximum acceleration will increase and you will be able to change your rotation rate more quickly.
All of the game's mechanics are simulated with a full physics simulation that runs 1,000 times per second! This makes the 2D simulation very accurate and very realistic. There is no arbitrary rotation rate or acceleration. As you use-up fuel, your maximum acceleration will increase and you will be able to change your rotation rate more quickly.
What Steam players say
Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.
✦ AI summary
Players praise the game's solid physics simulation and engaging gameplay mechanics, with appreciation for the developer's work on an early access title. Common complaints include repetitiveness, camera/zoom issues that make small objects hard to locate, and a desire for quality-of-life features like autopilot modes and better landing target assistance to improve the overall experience.
[h1]Off to a Great Start[/h1] The game is quite playable, though it does get a little repetitive. That's OK; it's an Early Release product. I like this a lot because I wrote something very similar back in 2009, but I never pushed it to a public platform. However, I understand and appreciate how much hard work went into this. However, even at this early stage, I would like to offer some suggestions. 1. Allow the player to designate their landing target and give them some kind of cue regarding a recommended orbital pathway to the target. 2. When the LM and the CM are too small to render adequately, put a cue box around them so that the player can still locate them. 3. Always allow the player to zoom to a level where they can *see* the CM. 4. Give the player some autopilot modes to help them navigate e.g. prograde, retrograde, horizontal. 5. Indicate direction to target as well as relative velocity, and add distance and rvel values. 6. Allow the player to remap controls during play as well as only from the main screen. 7. Label everything on the HUD. It's not sufficient to put it in the help section. The game is quite fun as is, but it can be made so much better with a lit…1 found this helpful
It's really a fun game, even if you're too stupid to play it well yourself. 10/10 c:
I like realistic physics lander.
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