The impact shreds power cables busts solar panels and fries circuits, which leads to the people inside the base starting to run out of air. Here's the scenario: An asteroid slams into your oxygen processing machines at the start of the game. Larger games can be played by more than one person at the same time, which makes it kind of like a moon-based Massively Multiplayer Online game. NASA says that more missions may be added in the future, depending on the popularity of the game. Right now there is only one mission, but it can grow or shrink in size and complexity to provide some variety. There is even that low-gravity effect that makes it seem like you’re walking in slow motion, though you can jump pretty far. The game itself is fully in 3D and looks exactly how you would imagine the moon would look. It was fun to see the NASA game downloaded using the same system I use for Mass Effect, Modern Warfare and Splinter Cell, even if it came with a warning that “this software is property of the United States Government.” The game is available for free on Steam, the premier distribution site for PC gamers. In fact, the Army Game Studio produced Moonbase Alpha with development by Virtual Heroes, a division of Applied Research Associates in Research Triangle Park, N.C. Moonbase Alpha was created by the same people who made America’s Army. This is no little Lunar Lander game either. NASA is looking for astronauts, and having just returned from the brand new moonbase deep inside Shackleton Crater, I can say that there’s a lot of work to be done, lives to be saved, and glory to be won.Īlthough landing on the real moon may be a ways off, we can all experience the joys and danger of space exploration with NASA’s new game, Moonbase Alpha. Suit up, astronaut! Yes, they may have to let your spacesuit out a bit, but that doesn’t matter.
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