{"id":634,"date":"2014-06-06T16:39:35","date_gmt":"2014-06-06T23:39:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/universesandbox.com\/blog\/?p=634"},"modified":"2015-05-20T14:11:30","modified_gmt":"2015-05-20T21:11:30","slug":"updates-on-the-road-to-public-alpha","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/universesandbox.com\/blog\/2014\/06\/updates-on-the-road-to-public-alpha\/","title":{"rendered":"Updates on the Road to Public Alpha"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you haven&#8217;t yet, <a href=\"http:\/\/universesandbox.com\/2\/\">head over to our new page for Universe Sandbox\u00a0\u00b2<\/a> and sign up to be notified when it&#8217;s available:\u00a0<a title=\"universesandbox.com\/2\" href=\"http:\/\/universesandbox.com\/2\/\">universesandbox.com\/2<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>What have we done recently and what are we doing now?<\/h3>\n<p>Good question. \u00a0We&#8217;ve been very busy&#8230;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Working with our newest team member, Chad Jenkins<\/li>\n<li>Building a brand new website and logo for Universe Sandbox \u00b2<\/li>\n<li>Overhauling the new Collision system\n<ul>\n<li>better physics+ better visuals = even more realistic and mesmerizing collisions<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.5em;\">Integrating the new Materials system<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li>view and change the material composition of any planet or star<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Developing an Interactions mode and toolset\n<ul>\n<li>an even easier, more intuitive (and more fun) method for manipulating properties and values<\/li>\n<li>push\/pull force power, material hose\/stream cannon \u00a0for adding material to planets<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Integrating climate support for a tidally-locked Earth<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Rest assured, there will be much more to say, and much more to see, on each of these points soon enough. \u00a0Until then, here&#8217;s another screenshot from our collision tests:<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1369\" style=\"width: 660px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/universesandbox.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Universe-Sandbox-\u00b2-Moon-Meets-Earth.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1369\" class=\"size-large wp-image-1369\" alt=\"The Moon Meets Earth\" src=\"https:\/\/universesandbox.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Universe-Sandbox-\u00b2-Moon-Meets-Earth-650x365.jpg\" width=\"650\" height=\"365\" srcset=\"https:\/\/universesandbox.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Universe-Sandbox-\u00b2-Moon-Meets-Earth-650x365.jpg 650w, https:\/\/universesandbox.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Universe-Sandbox-\u00b2-Moon-Meets-Earth-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/universesandbox.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Universe-Sandbox-\u00b2-Moon-Meets-Earth.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1369\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Moon Meets Earth<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you haven&#8217;t yet, head over to our new page for Universe Sandbox\u00a0\u00b2 and sign up to be notified when it&#8217;s available:\u00a0universesandbox.com\/2 What have we done recently and what are we doing now? 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