alt Hacker NewsSo excited to play this but also sad that they didn't get the IP to use Kerbals. Not loving the cutesy baby kittens.. should have gone with a more serious animal like capybaras.
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Giant tardigrades would have been fun. Serious, authentic space travelers... not so much on the cuteness factor, though.
I think the angle is at least partially that "Kitten"/"Kerbal" both start with a 'K' and are 2 syllables making the game names sound very similar (in both full form and abbreviation).
Of course, I'm sure there will be Kerbal mods if the game proves anywhere near as popular!
I bet there will be mods in no time to bring the Kerbals back :)
Perhaps it will be moddable to have whatever animal a modder might choose to put in there.
I don't know why but I found myself thinking "Capybaras would make much more sense." And I meant it.
Yeah I don't think i can stomach cute kittens in my rockets that go boom on launch at least 80% of times. At least Kerbals were strange enough i didnt care
'Kapybara Space Program' has actually already been done as an April Fool's post by the previous studio that worked on Kerbal Space Program 2:
https://forum.kerbalspaceprogram.com/topic/216143-kapybara-s...