The Star Rangers Video Game incorporating NASA content is being released for sale.
Star Rangers is being released for sale on Steam Early Access on May 1, 2015
Sunnyvale, CA:, April 29, 2015 (Newswire.com) - Starting May 1, for $24.99, everyone will be able to play the Star Rangers Alpha video game on Steam Early Access on their PC or Mac. Star Rangers is a game that allows game players to experience being an astronaut, realistically, in the near future, about the year 2035.
The game includes information on the solar system that was provided by NASA, assistance from the University of California Irvine, who in turn brought the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and the MacArthur Foundation to back the effort. The Canada Media Fund also backed the effort to produce the game.
For more information visit www.star-rangers.com Trailer: https://youtu.be/ar06ik_yhlU Twitter: @StarRangersGame Facebook: /Star-Rangers Website & Limited Alpha Sign-up: http://www.star-rangers.com E-mail: press@awestruckgames.com Marilyn Harron Project Whitecard Inc. press@projectwhitecard.com Toll Free: 1-855-269-0718 www.projectwhitecard.com
Project Whitecard, the company who developed the game, has worked with NASA on other projects developing innovative education platforms.
The Star Rangers Alpha is being developed with the Steam community’s involvement. With this approach to development, the creation of Star Rangers will now progress in the direction the community chooses and contributes to, such as emphasizing asteroid-mining, or ramping up buildings for Mars colonization.
Star Rangers is an open ‘sandbox’ of the local solar system incorporating NASA content, with an emphasis on surviving and thriving on worlds other than Earth. The game has been in private alpha on Steam for several weeks, for vocal members of its fan base. The first alpha will feature some 6 maps on Mars, including the Victoria Crater, the Million Mounds area of the Moon, and a best-guess depiction of what it’s like under the ice on Europa.
Those who have participated in the alpha will be able to continue enjoying the game as it now moves over to Steam Early Access.
Star Rangers will include virtual reality integration for this release. Players who own an Oculus Rift development kit will be able to race their companions around Mars in VR, on one map.
Star Rangers will award official Mozilla Digital badges for building and operating custom rocket-sleds, asteroid mining operations, rovers, robots, and more.