Buzz Aldrin's Space Program Manager
Space Program Manager Anniversary Weeklong Discount!
To best celebrate this important milestone, Space Program Manager gets a special 50% discount for the duration of the week! Don't miss this incredible occasion to win the race to the Moon at a special price!
But the news is not over!
An important update is planned to be released shortly with a lot improvements like support for Italian and Spanish languages! Stay tuned for further information!
Space Program Manager is Updated to Version 1.5.0!
It’s time to fuel your booster! Space Program Manager has been updated to version 1.5 and this new milestone is synonym of various changes and bug fixes.
Note that now the game will allow players to login to the PBEM system using either their username or their e-mail address for a smoother multiplayer experience!
Get more information about the game here
Here the changelog:
V.1.5.0
• Various improvements to the mission animation scripts.
• Fixed bug in Luna 17 mission for German version.
• Modified HQ screen in order to display a program opening cost as its base cost plus the sum of the creation costs for its associated mission components.
• Fixed text formatting issue on news event regarding an astronaut/cosmonaut that had to be dismissed due to it develpong a heart condition.
• Made the background music loop in all animation scripts. This issue was reported after the introduction of the ‘Tiger Teams’ game mechanic.
• Fixed popup bug: the game will no longer report that program categories to the Sun, Jupiter and Saturn have become available when playing as the Soviets.
• Increased the size of the colliders of the input fields in the PBEM overlays (create challenge, enter password, etc).
• Minor cosmetic changes in the PBEM overlays.
• Goals tooltips: added the list of mission configurations that accomplish it.
• Fixed display problem in mission results screen.
• Added back RD difficulty factor to mission component entries.
• Fixed some localised string entries in the German and French versions.
• Fixed a PBEM issue; now the game will allow players to login to the PBEM system using either their usernames or e-mail addresses.
Space Program Manager is updated to version 1.4.0!
A new patch is available for our popular Buzz Aldrin's Space Program Manager, bringing the game to version 1.4.0 with tons of improvements, bug fixes and....tigers. Yes, tigers. Never heard about tigers hired by space agencies?
You'll understand this better in a minute!
The most relevant changes are:
• Added an interactive tutorial for the NASA campaign, which covers the basics of the game from agency inception until the execution of the first manned mission.
• Added the option of hiring 'Tiger Teams' when running a mission inside the Mission Control room. 'Tiger Teams' are groups of paid experts that help Flight Controllers and increase the chances of success when a failure occurs during a mission step.
• Added a new program: the Luna 17 lunar lander and the Lunokhod 1 lunar rover.
• Lots of improvements across the UI: more tooltips, new set of buttons for navigating the various screens inside the Headquarters, made the information related to programs and missions more easily available, replaced the personnel silhouettes with real photos, improved the performance of the personnel management screen, etc.
• Completely revamped the end screen for the campaign mode: now the game shows a series of relevant stats and grants the player a medal based on its performance. The player can also continue running the agency after the manned Moon landing goal has been achieved.
• Added a new set of Steam achievements.
• Various gameplays tweaks and fixes in the game database.
Space Program Manager on Twitch tomorrow!
We are happy to announce you that an important update for Space Program Manager is scheduled for today, and we wish to invite you to race with us to go where no man has gone before, tomorrow at 8 pm CET/ 2pm EST as we stream the game showing you some of the new features.
Check it out on the official Twitch channel
Space Program Manager Contest Winner Announced!
The winners have all been contacted by now and we would like to congratulate user Libertybelle79 has won the grand prize! She and one other guest will be flying over to the Kennedy Space Center in order to get a full VIP treatment, including a tour, lunch with an astronaut and, if the weather allows for it, witness an actual launch!
Libertybelle79 was certainly pleased with the prize, saying :
"I am so excited to have won the trip to Kennedy Space Center! I have been dreaming of going there for years. I'm looking forward to touring the old Mercury through Apollo-era launch sites and am especially excited about having lunch with an astronaut. Not to mention it will be a really fun vacation for my fiance and me!"
On behalf of the Slitherine Group, the Polar Motion development team,
The Kennedy Space Center and Buzz Aldrin himself, we could like to congratulate Libertybelle79 and wish her and her guest a great time!
If you were contacted as the winner of one of the many other prizes, your prize will be delivered to you soon.
Patch 1.1 is now available!
Changes:
* Added support for 4:3, 16:9 and 16:10 resolutions.
* Added support for German and French.
* Added tooltips and in-game help messages across the whole UI.
* Overhaul of the Vostok program animations.
* Overhaul of the Voskhod program animations.
* Luna 2 probe animation overhaul, now includes the “sodium cloud release” experiment.
* Luna 15 probe animation overhaul.
* Zond 5 probe animation overhaul.
* Venera 7 probe animation overhaul, with an improved “descent into hell” experience.
* Soyuz LOK Lunar program : extra-vehicular crew transfers were performed by the wrong cosmonaut, which had an impact on the mission safety % during those steps, fixed. Now the Commander performs all the LK-related operations.
* Fixed the graphics glitch in the Soviet space complex reported.
* Added portrait of fallen astronaut/cosmonaut in the Memorial Centre.
* Revamped the mission configuration entries in the Headquarters so that they provide extra info about the launch requirements.
* Fixed a bug in the “Remember Me” multiplayer login checkbox.
* Fixed the sound issues.
* Fixed graphics glitch in the soviet space complex.
* Added code to prevent the player from changing the rocket associated to a mission configuration once the mission has been scheduled.
* Multiplayer matches will now end if either player takes its space agency into the red numbers.
Space Program Manager Launch Contest Announced!
The trip to the Kennedy Space Center will include your flight, two nights in a hotel and a full VIP treatment at the Space Center and you will be invited for lunch with an astronaut! And that is not all. We are also giving away three subscriptions to All About Space Magazine (1 Year), five “One Small Step” 40th Anniversary books signed by Buzz Aldrin himself! Among the contestants, we are also giving away ten of Buzz’s favorite “Get your ass to Mars” T-shirts and last but not least there is a chance to win one of the 500(!) $10 gift cards for the Slitherine Store.
How to enter
Entering this competition could not be easier. When you buy Space Program Manager, all you have to do is launch the game and click the trophy icon in the menu. Next you just follow the onscreen instructions and you will have a chance to win one of the great prizes!
Click here to find out more about the contest.