Really fun, a few nagging issues holding back from 5 stars.
Over all the game is very fun. There were a few polish issues that I encountered, one of them probably being user-error.
- Main gripe is the ‘wobbliness’ of the aircraft (using the predefined ones), especially on pitch and yaw. I realize this might be to help debounce user input - and it is very forgiving (which is positive), but generally once I stop input, it should only do a little bit of correction. Obviously this is probably a hard problem due to the dynamic nature of the aircraft, but it does make it tougher to fly. Perhaps this could be corrected by adding more weight to the back of the plane. Also, using yaw tends to send the craft into a roll, which is not very accurate IMO.
- Elastic scrolling on Mac is very touchy and over sensitive. On any of the list views, you scroll just a tiny bit and the items fly past. It’s not broken, just touchy.
- Couldn’t figure out how to rotate blocks in editor mode, and it doesn’t seem to be mentioned in the docs. Tried modifier keys but to no avail. Would be nice to hold shift or ctrl while the part is selected, and then move the mouse around and the part would rotate in place.
I’m a developer so I only notice negative things, but like I said the game is very enjoyable otherwise. Minecraft meets planes, something I always wanted as a kid.
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