Reviews

• gamedeal user

  Feb 22, 2022

  toolkit
• gamedeal user

  May 8, 2022

  not worth 15 but still gud
• gamedeal user

  May 23, 2022

  This piece of software, and not a triple-A game, is what makes me really wish I could afford a modern GPU right now. I currently run it with an older GTX 970m and have to make do playing with small scale systems. But it's still worth it. I recommend this for "physics simulation enthusiasts". People who played with, and enjoyed, stuff like Algodoo (a.k.a Phun), Universe Sandbox and generic "particle simulators" often sold for Android devices. One thing to keep in mind though. This is the work of a single developer and, as such, things progress slowly. Up until now, most of the work seems to have been focused on the back-end like performance optimizations and stability of the physics engine. The GUI is very, very bare bones and lacks basic quality of life features (keybindings, re-sizable windows, manual input, multi-selection etc). It is possible to configure several interesting parameters, but it's currently quite tedious to do so. A programmatic interface, to allow for community created content, is on the roadmap. But it's unclear how long it will take for the first iterations of it to be made publicly available. Let's hope our brave developer manages to keep motivated in pursuing this dream :)
• gamedeal user

  Jul 7, 2022

  I have to be very honest and blunt: Do not buy this unless you want to support the developer and believe that they will carry through with this project, but that money can support other developers just the same who have offered more. In any case, good job dev, keep working on it, but for me right now, I'm refunding it because I will never touch it in its current state. If you are looking for a game, or at least something that would fill in the empty Falling Sand Game genre on Steam, this is not a game nor is it enjoyable and this is coming from someone who spent thousands of hours in the late 2000s playing the Falling Sand Game and its spinoffs (we had mods where you could even perform cartoon surgery, that's how advanced that stuff was). If you want a game like this, with actual plugins and mod support, then get the more advanced free Powder Toy game instead. If Space Simulation Toolkit was on another platform that sold toolkits, software, and technology demos, then I would definitely recommend it because the dev unilaterally claims it's a highly advanced simulator. Even if I could not validate the dev's grandiose claims and take that claim at face value (I hope they're not lying because it would be far worse), the interface is bare-bones without any hint or tooltips as to what does what. Even after taking the time to read the unfinished in-game tutorial pages that gush over the awesomeness of simulations in this day and age, I still did not know what 95% of the nitty-gritty sliders do. You still want to know what the gameplay is like? Well, I clicked and I made blobs. The blobs then did other stuff. Then I ran out of options. I checked the other scenarios, and hoped for something, but there was nothing to do, interact with, or play with. You just drop colored particles on more particles without any context whatsoever. In other Falling Sand Game-type games, you add wood, you burn it with fire, you collect the ashes in a steel "cup", combine it with sand, heat up the steel container, and you now have glass. This has none of that. I do not know what this is beyond what the dev claims it is or could be, but I have no way to validate those claims nor visualize them. - The number of materials and elements that you can deploy is even more limited than the first iteration of Falling Sand Game. - In terms of the mechanics, I do not understand how fire particles were slowly lifting up and floating earth particles or what was going on. You would be hard-pressed to label this as a game and you will most certainly enter an argument over "but what IS a game anyway" field, and even then I highly doubt you would enjoy the experience of having accessed this modern-day fishbowl screensaver.
• gamedeal user

  Aug 8, 2022

  Far too expensive for a cool concept test. Wait for discount or more content but 100% buy if that happens
• Mr. President

  Mar 22, 2023

  I've been looking for something like this.
• CheetnCheetah123

  Jul 6, 2023

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• gamedeal user

  Jun 6, 2020

  Great fun! The most impressive pixel sandbox game ive played and its still in EA but still well worth a go if you like these types of games/ simulations! :)
• gamedeal user

  Jun 11, 2020

  Absolutely fascinating. The commercially available and accessible fluid simulation I always wanted, with great resolution *and* incredibly high framerates. The physics are incredible and I've never seen anything else like it on Steam. If you're a nerd as much as the next guy, this is ABSOLUTELY a must-buy. However, if you're unable to shell out the 10 bucks, you can still get 2/3 of the simulations, excluding the life simulation, and freely mess about with them. Again, I cannot recommend this enough. I've been looking for a fluid simulator for the longest time, and I just got my wish granted.
• gamedeal user

  Sep 20, 2020

  I love lava lamp.