Solar Sandbox is a game where you can interact with physics in space.

If you have ANY idea for the game PLEASE send a review or post a comment(Yes that includes bugs).


!!ANY OF THE GIFS VERY HAVE REDUCED QUALITY!!

Live gravity simulation:

Music made by the talented musician Nikita Shaposhnikov

A well made main menu:

It has over 42+ unique objects:

NO OBJECT LIMIT

NO ADS (MAYBE ONLY ONE ON GOOGLE PLAY)

Join our Discord so I can release the game on Google Play:

Updated 1 day ago
StatusIn development
PlatformsHTML5, Windows, Linux
Release date Nov 28, 2024
Rating
Rated 4.4 out of 5 stars
(57 total ratings)
Authortotoriel
GenreSimulation
Made withGodot
Tags2D, Godot, Indie, No AI, Physics, Pixel Art, Sandbox, Space, Space Sim
Average sessionA few minutes
LanguagesEnglish
InputsKeyboard, Mouse, Xbox controller, Gamepad (any), Joystick, Touchscreen, Smartphone
AccessibilityHigh-contrast, Interactive tutorial, One button

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Solar Sandbox (Windows) 94 MB
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hiiii, I've found a bug :). I can't get past the Mass step of the tutorial. I edited the mass of the planet in all the ways i could but it didn't let me go to the next step, nor go to the previous or skip the tutorial.

Besides of that, I really like the idea of this game and im very exited to play it. i've been searching for a game like this forever, thanke you :3

Sorry to ask but in which sim did you get the problem (sim like solar system, sandbox, ect).

Also it's great to hear that you like the game because I have spend way too many hours on it and if you want you can join the Discord for extra content (voting for features, videos/images for the next update)

hi, it was with the solar sistem. I tried the tutorial again today with the sandbox and I didn't have any problem. (english isn't my first language sorry if you don't understand something ) 

Thanke you for everything :)

Love the game! But when I try the 'Available on Google Play' link here, it doesn't work. Where can I download it for mobile? Also, amazing game — keep working on it, don’t give up!

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When you go to the link it should say that you can join by clicking the join group BTW I'm sorry that the .apk is not on but Google Play send me an email that if I continue to give the game out side of Google Play they will ban my developer account 

https://groups.google.com/g/solarsandbox

my game crash everytime i try to open it

You are the 3rd person to say that can you please do me a favor and do:

C+R

Type CMD

Get the path of the folder and copy it

Then you do cd path to the folder

And the you type the name of the game. 

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This is a really cool project - it's incredibly difficult to achieve a convincing physics simulation, let alone astrophysics, so what you've done so far is incredible for a free indie title! I enjoyed creating my own little system and seeing what made it hurtle into the void. 

I think you're on the right track in terms of development around thinking about the parameters for the simulation and how the physics and the properties of planets and systems can do their own thing. Simulations are fun because they have an emergent quality and players like me enjoy tinkering around with things and seeing how things react. It can be tricky trying to think about how all these properties integrate meaningfully and provide feedback to the player, whilst not getting too lost in the impossible depth of physics theory! 

Congrats and great work on building this game to the state that it is. I enjoyed playing it a bunch. 

W game but we need Pluto

Pluto is in the game but for some reason it's in the last place of the selector also thank you

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w game

thank you

the archive for windows not funtion

Thank you for saying that but can you just tell me what archive your talking about so I can check it out.

The solarsandbox.exe is not funtion in my windows, pls review the archive...

me too it doesnt work

What version of Windows are you using?
Are you getting an error message?
Can you describe what happens when you try to open the file?

And also what do you the archive. This thing has only one file and that's the exe and the pck file exported inside of the exe file and I just tested it on my PC with Windows 11 there is no errors and no problems.

love it but the glow doesn't show for some reason

Thank you also the glow does not work on browser. I had a message there for the glow but well it looked out of place so I removed it

What a great game, quite unique in gameplay and graphics. The art style is simple but attractive GG!

I tried opening it on Arch Linux, but it gave me a segmentation fault:

Godot Engine v4.4.1.stable.official.49a5bc7b6 - https://godotengine.org

ERROR: Required extension VK_KHR_surface not found.

   at: _initialize_instance_extensions (drivers/vulkan/rendering_context_driver_vulkan.cpp:487)

ERROR: Condition "err != OK" is true. Returning: err

   at: initialize (drivers/vulkan/rendering_context_driver_vulkan.cpp:928)

WARNING: Your video card drivers seem not to support the required Vulkan version, switching to OpenGL 3.

     at: DisplayServerX11 (platform/linuxbsd/x11/display_server_x11.cpp:6795)

Inconsistent value (1) for DRI_PRIME. Should be < 1 (GPU devices count). Using: 0

WARNING: The separate rendering thread feature is experimental. Feel free to try it since it will eventually become a stable feature.

However, bear in mind that at the moment it can lead to project crashes or instability.

So, unless you want to test the engine, set the "rendering/driver/threads/thread_model" project setting to 'Safe'.

     at: setup2 (main/main.cpp:3139)

Segmentation fault (core dumped)

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i want  venus or mars terraforming

It's kinda funny that you are guessing the next update and your right.

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thank u for putting u hard effort and time in this game,love the game fr

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Will you folks ever add barycenters so we can have well made binaries that stay in place? or the ability to lock a planet's velocity to keep it in place

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Next update I will add stable binaries for you.

ay awesome!!

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Hey so I did a vote in the Discord server and they said that it's a time for a rework too so thank you for letting me. Also join so you can see the upcoming updates and vote for the future of the game : 

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I like this game

Thank you!

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"Windows protected your PC" 🤔

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I don't have money for a Windows Key Store License so yes that does popup the first you open it. If you feel like its a virus just play on web and the game has been downloaded my over 10k people that have not even said anything about a virus so....

nice game

thank you!

Hey i was in a discord call with you while you where working on this!

I remember you.

why did you say it so ominously lol

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guys, just so yall can know, do not install the windows version if you're playing by the oficcial itch.io app,  use HTML zip instead, if you're installing by the site idk if the windows version is gonna work, this tutorial helped you? glad for you

Over 100 people have downloaded the windows build on the official app so can you please tell me what's wrong so I can fix it in the next update. Also thank you for bringing that up with me.

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welp, some devices are glitching, when i installed the windows version my app just glitched and a black screen appeared, i couldn't acess the itch.io app anymore and when i saw why, the game was conflicting with the itch.io app files, the screen unfrezed then i installed the HTML zip version and it worked, and i got a conclusion, the windows version doesn't work on the itch.io app only in site, so you're welcome i hope you fix this glitch, also this game is incredible

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Come on man, minecraft font? You know you can easily draw pixel font yourself, right... There's even a default one on windows, if i remember correctly

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Bro minecraft didnt invent that font...

i can't play one of teh free mod- Brah

Ok so first how about we go to Google translate. You translate your problem so I can fix it.

У меня игра вылетает но думаю по скриншотам игра офигенная особенно я люблю песочницы

У тебя iPhone? Потому что если у тебя iPhone, то игра не запустится, и просто чтобы ты знал, что изображения старые, а игра стала на 1000% лучше, и я думаю о порте на iPhone.

У меня Windows

yo i spent the money and didn't get the game :(

Contact me on Discord so I can give you a key for the game or just type the first 4 letters of your email.

Wrong game sorry. But best of luck with you're goal.

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as a wise man once said, "Space is cool..."

i  accidentally started the game before the  tutorial XD

Bro I'm going to be real, I don't know how you managed to do it, like in every game mode there is a tutorial, if you have not done it least once. So can you please tell tell how did you skip it.

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I only done it once 

ahh ok thanks for the info.

i  usually play open land games and not play sandbox often

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That's fine everybody has preferences the only thing that I care about is making the game a better version of it self and the people that are playing it to like it even more.

esta bueno, tiene pontencia

I hope they add astronauts or some life in space like aliens etc :D

Does the mobile version not have controller support? It's not working for me.

On what device are you on?

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Retroid Pocket 4 Pro

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Solar Sandbox Gameplay

https://youtu.be/EAXnmC2boD4

Why is the Google Play page for it not loading? Did it get taken down?

In the "About the game" section I typed about 9 months ago that I need testers for Google Play and I still need testers. (You CAN'T release a game on Google Play without 15 testers to play the game for over 14 days straight)


How to become a tester: I need only your email to add you to the Play Console

Oh, how should I send you my email?

Well if you want to play the verified version from Google Play yes, but the game is literally the same on itch and on the Play Store 


BTW on discord there is a channel for the emails or you can just DM me

Oh I see, thanks

I would love to be a tester, I do hobby game dev so I have a bit of understanding - let me know where I can send you my email 

Just join the Discord you get access to sneak peeks,beta testing and suggesting features(you can still suggest here)

Overall: Actually pretty cool, I liked it.

Cons:

  • UI was a little confusing at first.
  • Being locked into a planet, clicking all mouse btns or esc doesn’t exit lock.
  • Selecting moving planets manually, there’s no legend/menu to sel from.

Pros:

  • Everything else.

click the planet again to de-lock out of the planet also I'm working on a update about the menu (need to fix android first)

yes, that works but is inconvenient, makes the program feel stiff instead of facilitating my intention. Sometimes, it’s hard to click the planet, I zoomed way out to admire the view and then got stuck until I zoomed alllllll the way back in… see what I mean… it’s not good UX ¯\(ツ)

I think the link to the discord has expired or something 

I fixed it

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also make it so it can support more devices, i know this is a lot to ask but i know you can do it

The other device versions are on Discord

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add more functions like a "show more" button and a automatic orbit functionality because for players that don't know how to use the y and x axis, it will be very hard for them to create a system

It's already in the new update that I'm working on

it's done

nice, but maybe fix Venus up a little

I will, give me a day or two because I'm making performance changes