Solar System Sim

Name: Solar System Sim
Rating: 4.5 (3428 reviews)
Author: WPC

Gravity Sandbox

Free · In‑App Purchases · Designed for iPad

3.4K Ratings
Ages

4+
Years
Category

Simulation
Developer

WPC
Language

EN
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Size

322.6
MB

In this app you can explore almost any moon or planet of our solar system and visit remarkable nearby stars and see their location in the Milky Way. But you can also change existing bodies or add new ones and make a solar system of your own. The simulation will then act as a gravity and physics sandbox and recalculate orbits in line with Newton's laws.

Ratings & Reviews

4.5

out of 5

3.4K Ratings

Unstable orbits and other issues
05/11/2024

United Space Exploration
One thing that has been happening for a while is terrible orbital mechanics. If I’m creating a custom solar system, I try to place moons around orbit in a planet. But over time the moons orbit falls out and ejects itself out into space around a star. It could happen if placing to many moons around a planet or having a large moon with several smaller ones. Although there is an alternative way to fix by using a Sphere of influence. A gravitational sphere of influence (abbreviated as SOI) is how large a planet's gravitational influence reaches into space. For a celestial body to orbit around a planet, the celestial body must be inside of the sphere of influence of it. If it's a moon, that moon will have its sphere of influence of its own. The moon can have satellites of its own and have their own spheres of influence. It keeps ahold of the moons a planet can pull. But a SOI is only finite due to the radius and mass of the host planet. And some other suggestions I would like to consider is a reverse Timelapse option which could be useful. And some overhaul options and to rework physics and graphics mechanics. Thanks for reviewing this review. Update if possible.
Unstable orbits and other issues
05/11/2024

United Space Exploration

One thing that has been happening for a while is terrible orbital mechanics. If I’m creating a custom solar system, I try to place moons around orbit in a planet. But over time the moons orbit falls out and ejects itself out into space around a star. It could happen if placing to many moons around a planet or having a large moon with several smaller ones. Although there is an alternative way to fix by using a Sphere of influence. A gravitational sphere of influence (abbreviated as SOI) is how large a planet's gravitational influence reaches into space. For a celestial body to orbit around a planet, the celestial body must be inside of the sphere of influence of it. If it's a moon, that moon will have its sphere of influence of its own. The moon can have satellites of its own and have their own spheres of influence. It keeps ahold of the moons a planet can pull. But a SOI is only finite due to the radius and mass of the host planet. And some other suggestions I would like to consider is a reverse Timelapse option which could be useful. And some overhaul options and to rework physics and graphics mechanics. Thanks for reviewing this review. Update if possible.
Good Game, but more things
Apr 18

Cidjdhoeidibd
So i think overall this game is amazing but has few flaws like for instance, the asteroids, i feel like it shouldn’t only be the asteroids over 300 km doing like a shockwave maybe like 60km-300km does a shockwave, but also the shockwaves i feel like you guys should add like when a stellar object hits another it causes like an actual shockwave and like say if you made a 200km procedural asteroid hit near the west coast of California maybe like then shockwave could bring a tsunami with it that floods that part of the west coast (i know that maybe you would have to get more graphics for that or like more advanced coding) and like the asteroid belt i feel like it should be like the particles from the particle ring and two more suggestions can you make it so we can like spawn a new object, then we can edit the name of it and one more (last one) can you make it so we can see like the life chance on the planet
Good Game, but more things
Apr 18

Cidjdhoeidibd

So i think overall this game is amazing but has few flaws like for instance, the asteroids, i feel like it shouldn’t only be the asteroids over 300 km doing like a shockwave maybe like 60km-300km does a shockwave, but also the shockwaves i feel like you guys should add like when a stellar object hits another it causes like an actual shockwave and like say if you made a 200km procedural asteroid hit near the west coast of California maybe like then shockwave could bring a tsunami with it that floods that part of the west coast (i know that maybe you would have to get more graphics for that or like more advanced coding) and like the asteroid belt i feel like it should be like the particles from the particle ring and two more suggestions can you make it so we can like spawn a new object, then we can edit the name of it and one more (last one) can you make it so we can see like the life chance on the planet
Almost 5 star, but one thing…
11/20/2024

🖼️🧸
Hello, game makers!(devs) I just got the game yesterday, and I love it💝! I made 2 Solar Systems, and I love making a giant planet to destroy Earth, before I use another planet, or the crack/explode button to destroy the giant planet (sorry if there is spelling mistakes). But there is one thing that I don't like… I wanted to create a chaotic solar system, but when I put the Black Hole for the planets to orbit, the Grid turned sideways! It made it very hard for me to make the solar system! I ended up quitting right after the first planet. If you could fix this problem by keeping the grid horizontal, it would make me very happy😃, and I could make a 3rd solar system! Thank you for reading this. This is a very good game and I haven run into an ad yet, and I'm glad that my Mom got this game for me. This was just the only problem I found. Edit: As it turns out, I was too far away. 5 stars for this wonderful game👍!
Almost 5 star, but one thing…
11/20/2024

🖼️🧸

Hello, game makers!(devs) I just got the game yesterday, and I love it💝! I made 2 Solar Systems, and I love making a giant planet to destroy Earth, before I use another planet, or the crack/explode button to destroy the giant planet (sorry if there is spelling mistakes). But there is one thing that I don't like… I wanted to create a chaotic solar system, but when I put the Black Hole for the planets to orbit, the Grid turned sideways! It made it very hard for me to make the solar system! I ended up quitting right after the first planet. If you could fix this problem by keeping the grid horizontal, it would make me very happy😃, and I could make a 3rd solar system! Thank you for reading this. This is a very good game and I haven run into an ad yet, and I'm glad that my Mom got this game for me. This was just the only problem I found. Edit: As it turns out, I was too far away. 5 stars for this wonderful game👍!
We need terraforming update
May 14

A little bug in the game
My ideas for a terraforming update are simple, but can make the game a lot more fun and interesting. My ideas include:-Life chance: Terraforming a planet isn’t successful if there’s no chance for life. I think it would be cool and nicer to see if your planet could support life.-Atmospheric gases: The atmosphere is most important in terraforming a planet, as without it, there would be no life. It also needs to have oxygen, carbon, nitrogen, and other gases. It would be cool if we could edit the composition of the atmosphere of a planet and see the effects.-vegetation growth: Of course we need plants to survive, it’s the bottom of the food chain. Your game already has vegetation, but it would make the game better if you could see the plants growing on the planet. But what if you don’t want plants on your planet, or you want to change the color of the plants? Well, you could add the plants tab. This would feature a color wheel that you could use to change the color, and a button to enable and disable the plants. You could also add the ability to let plants and vegetation to grow ONLY when the planet is habitable.I know that it’s a lot, but it’s just what I think you should add to this game! I love your game and keep up the good work😄😄
We need terraforming update
May 14

A little bug in the game

My ideas for a terraforming update are simple, but can make the game a lot more fun and interesting. My ideas include:-Life chance: Terraforming a planet isn’t successful if there’s no chance for life. I think it would be cool and nicer to see if your planet could support life.-Atmospheric gases: The atmosphere is most important in terraforming a planet, as without it, there would be no life. It also needs to have oxygen, carbon, nitrogen, and other gases. It would be cool if we could edit the composition of the atmosphere of a planet and see the effects.-vegetation growth: Of course we need plants to survive, it’s the bottom of the food chain. Your game already has vegetation, but it would make the game better if you could see the plants growing on the planet. But what if you don’t want plants on your planet, or you want to change the color of the plants? Well, you could add the plants tab. This would feature a color wheel that you could use to change the color, and a button to enable and disable the plants. You could also add the ability to let plants and vegetation to grow ONLY when the planet is habitable.I know that it’s a lot, but it’s just what I think you should add to this game! I love your game and keep up the good work😄😄

- Fixed supernova's bugged lighting - Fixed planetary night lights staying on during daytime - Increased memory page size - Unity security fix - Other bug fixes

Version 0.364

Oct 23

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