Juno: New Origins News

This update has greatly improved the user experience in Map View. Among many things, setting up planned burns to rendezvous with other crafts and doing transfer orbits to other planets has been made a lot easier. But that's not all, there are a whole lot of other bug fixes, tweaks, and improvements as well.

• Upgraded to Unity 2021.3.19f1.
  
• Several UX enhancements to Map View, including font changes, more readable text, and many other tweaks.
  
• Planned burn tweaks, improvements, and fixes.
  
• Closest approach info updates and bug fixes.
  
• Rebalanced and fixed various aspects of the career mode, including tweaks to contracts and tutorials.
  
• UI updates for better navigation and interaction.
  
• Improved the Crew Assignment dialog.
  
• Audio adjustments for a more immersive experience.
  
• Vizzy improvements and bug fixes.
  
• Solar panel enhancements and bug fixes.
  
• Bug fixes for modding, parts, autopilot, and more.
  

The full release notes are here.

We just released version 1.0.8 on all platforms! This means that the Career Mode update is now available on iOS and Android and to celebrate we are offering a discount today on those stores! Although you may have already explored the new features on the Steam version, you can now enjoy them on-the-go with your mobile device.



We've done our best to maintain solid runtime performance throughout this update. Just for fun, we decided to stress test Juno: New Origins today at the office. Here it is running a 224 part craft at 59fps on an iPhone 7 from 2016.



But that's not all – we're also offering a discount on our other popular game, SimplePlanes, on mobile today as well. So if you're a fan of that game or have been curious about it, now is the perfect time to try it out.

We hope you enjoy the new stuff! Thanks for playing!

Here are the release notes for 1.0.8.

It has been two weeks since we launched Juno: New Origins and we have been overwhelmed by the support and excitement from so many new players. Our team has been working hard to address the feedback we have received, and we've just released update v1.0.6 that resolves several reported issues. The full release notes are here.

We're dedicated to improving the game and we appreciate your support and feedback! We're eager to see what the future holds and look forward to working with our amazing community to make this game the best it can be.

Thanks for playing!

We are thrilled to announce that Juno: New Origins has hit version 1.0 and has officially left Early Access on Steam! After six years of development, the game has grown from a simple rocket simulator to a comprehensive aerospace sandbox, where players can bring to life anything they can imagine - from rockets, airplanes, and cars to entire planets. Here's the launch trailer:

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This update includes the highly-anticipated Career Mode update, which is our largest update yet and has been in development for over one year. In Career Mode, players can now grow their own aerospace company by completing contracts to earn money and discover a mixture of hand-crafted and procedural contracts that offer countless hours of new gameplay. Conquer milestones and explore landmarks to earn tech points and unlock new technology in the tech tree. Interactive tutorials are available to show players how to build and operate rockets, cars, and airplanes.

We would like to extend a heartfelt thank you to our community for all of their support, suggestions, bug reports, and feedback throughout the Early Access period. Your contributions have been invaluable in shaping the game into what it is today!

We can't wait for you to experience all that Juno: New Origins has to offer! Thank you again for your support and we hope you enjoy the game!

After six years of hard work and commitment, what began as a simple rocket simulator has become a sophisticated aerospace sandbox in which you can bring to life anything you can imagine - from rockets, airplanes, and cars to entire planets. Over time, the more we added, the more SimpleRockets 2 outgrew its name. With much consideration we have decided to change the name to "Juno: New Origins" - a title that symbolizes a new start.



We are excited to launch version 1.0 later this month and this will be the game's official exit from Early Access on Steam. Version 1.0 will include the Career Mode update, which will be the largest update yet. We have been working on this update for over a year and we are extremely excited to share it with all of you. It is currently available for beta testing on Steam and if you want to try it out you can find instructions at the bottom of this post. We are working as hard as possible to get this update out on all platforms, but it is possible the mobile release will be delayed until next month.

There will be a small update rolling out very soon to change the name. Do not worry if you have already bought SimpleRockets 2, because you will automatically own Juno: New Origins. This is a name switch and you will receive this update at no cost, as well as the Career Mode update later this month. Furthermore, all your projects and sandboxes will still be where you left them the first time you launch Juno: New Origins.

Thank you for playing!