Space Taxi

Around the Earth
Right near Saturn!
Snapshot of the Minimap

Inspiration

SpaceTaxi is an exploration based game where you use your knowledge of physics and orbits to transport passengers as fast as possible. It's hugely inspired by the Crazy Taxi saga, the exploration of Outer Wilds, and the relative accuracy and teaching aspects of Kerbal Space Program.

What it does

Pickup and drop off passengers from landing pads across the solar system as fast as possible! Use your thrusters to propel yourself, mini-map and directional arrows to navigate, and your knowledge of physics and the solar system to get there in a reasonable time. It's harder than it looks.

How we built it

We built the game in Unity using C# and shaderlab

Challenges we ran into

We ran into difficulties merging the huge scale of the solar system with a quicker paced game, and having the model be relatively accurate took lots of calculation.

Accomplishments that we're proud of

We're extremely proud of our solutions to numerous problems: calculating the forces of gravity and plotting a accurate map, controlling a nimble ship, dynamically moving cameras and informational arrows, and also having passengers be able to mark their destinations.