'Kitten Space Agency' Is the Spiritual Successor to 'Kerbal Space Program'

The big news is that Kitten Space Agency wants to be the next great rocket game after Kerbal Space Program — and it’s got some serious pedigree behind it. One developer spent nearly 12 years helping build software at SpaceX, and the creator of the original Kerbal is also on board. That alone has fans leaning in hard, especially after the messy flameout of Kerbal Space Program 2, which still hangs over this genre like a broken satellite. In plain English: players got burned once, and they are not eager to be fooled again.

That’s where the comments get juicy. A lot of the community is surprisingly optimistic, with one fan saying the project looks in a “much better direction” than the sequel disaster they were glad to dodge. But the real drama? The mascots. Some people are fully ready to trust the power of internet cat obsession, calling kittens a “master stroke” because, well, this is the internet and cats basically own it. Others are already nitpicking the vibe, mourning the loss of the original green space goobers and declaring the “cutesy baby kittens” a miss — with one rogue commenter demanding capybaras instead. Yes, the animal branding discourse has officially launched before the rockets have.

There’s also a practical mini-revolt brewing, with at least one Mac user begging, in gloriously tired terms, to let them play on their main computer instead of “unfucking” old gaming machines. So the mood is clear: fans want redemption, they want a smooth launch, and they absolutely want to argue about whether kittens are genius or cringe. The game may be in pre-alpha, but the comment section is already at full thrust.