Universe Sandbox²

Universe Sandbox²
Protagonist(s): N/A Genre(s): Sandbox Platform(s): Microsoft Windows MacOS Android iOS Release: Microsoft Windows and MacOS: August 24, 2015 Android and iOS: Under development Engine: Unity Developer(s): Giant Army Country: U.S.A Series: Universe Sandbox Predecessor: Universe Sandbox (2008)

Universe Sandbox² (also known as Universe Sandbox) is a sandbox-style simulation of planets, stars and other stars and space objects, This simulation became popular due to its unique premise and being extremely accurate with the physics of space objects.

Why It Is Rock (In a GOOD Way)

1. The idea of ​​you adding space objects, both to the creation of the Solar system and the collision, is very unique and incredible. In fact, this idea was very innovative even by 2015 standards.
2. The graphics are very beautiful to look at, especially the rocky planets with atmosphere and cloud.
3. If you are the astronomy amateur, if you want to know about astronomy and physics of space objects, especially in classes, as well as also want to create the solar system and see the collisions, Universe Sandbox² is a great choice.
4. The physics in this "game" are 100% based on reality and astronomical studies.
   • There is a Roche limit, for those who don't know, the Roche limit is the minimum distance that the planet/moon cannot disintegrate, preventing it from becoming a ring.
   • Talking about the rings, they are even interactable, this means that a lot of particles in the ring will get messed up if a very heavy object passes through the rings and even collides with the particles.
   • There is a vegetation feature, this prevents a person from forcing the color green into the terrain color.
   • The lights on the planet (which is the light energy of a sapient living being's construction, giving the impression that it is an alien city) are very accurate, of course, you can break the accuracy of the light placement.
   • IT IS POSSIBLE TO CREATE A GIANT TSUNAMI JUST BY PUTTING A WATER BALL!
   • The probability of life percentage is quite accurate, but at the same time important if you want your planet/moon to have stable life, like planet Earth.
5. The collision of planets and any space objects are very satisfying to see.
6. Beautiful models of rocky and gaseous planets/space objects.
7. You can paint, edit the relief and place water/metals on your planet/moon the way you want, very similar to Spore.
8. You can land on planets and act like you live on a certain planet.
9. The settings in the simulation menu are excessively detailed.
10. Universe Sandbox is constantly developing to update Universe Sandbox, and the updates are good to even amazing.

Bad Qualities

1. The version from 2008 to 2015, when it became Universe Sandbox² was very primitive, but it's excusable due to it being a beta phase.
2. This simulator is very silent, especially as it takes place in space, where there are no sounds, the only thing that has sound is the collision between two stars.
3. The atmosphere is unrealistic, it gets worse when you land on the planet/moon with atmosphere, even with sunset.
   • Before the update, you would CROSS THE ATMOSPHERE AS IF IT WERE A 3D MODEL when landing on an object, this makes the planet/moon have no atmosphere when you land on it, this was the most unrealistic thing in Universe Sandbox² until it fixed this issue.
4. There is no "ghost"/"hologram" to place a ring on your space object, making it harder to know what you're doing, unlike space objects that had a "ghost"/"hologram" effect so that the user can see what they are positioning before positioning the planet/moon.

Reception

Despite not actually being a game, it had extremely positive reviews on Steam, especially due to it being an advanced astronomy "game", scoring 10/10, making it one of the best non-games on Steam.

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