LEM Sim 1.0: The Palm most realistic lunar lander ever is out!

[momob]

Hello to all!

Yes, after almost a year of development, I am able to finally release LEM Simulator 1.0! LEM Sim is the most advanced lunar lander game available on a Palm/Treo device. It realistically simulates the critical phase of an Apollo moon mission which is the landing. Here some of features of the game if anybody is interested:

- Realistic physics modeling of the descent engine and thrusters
- Actual Apollo LEM instruments rendering such as the X-pointer, altitude tape and artificial horizon
- Houston voice announcements of your altitude, rate of descent and fuel level (during descent)
- Realistic sound effects during flight
- An on-board computer to help you fly the lunar module
- Lander sub-systems may fail at any time during your descent(fuel leak, engine shutdown,stuck thrusters among others things!)
- Three game levels : Rookie, Pilot and Commander
- Two missions to choose from
- Landing score takes into account landing accuracy, touchdown velocities, fuel remaining among other things
- Flight plan available during descent
- 20+ pages user’s guide

You can check it out at Handango.com:

Try LEM Sim 1.0 here! (http://www.handango.com/PlatformProductDetail.jsp?siteId=1&pc=list%5B6%5D_cartbutton&jid=25B67F8849B466X59X9D9B5BB32A6CAD&platformId=1&N=96804%2034&productId=180808&R=180808)

I really hope you like the app. This is my first app and so I am anxious to hear from you guys about suggestions, issues or comments.


To all beta testers: I could not have done it without you. Thank you!

Now, please enjoy the game and send me a private message if you need assistance landing (ha ha) or if you have any suggestions/comments.

Happy landing!

Mo.



ps: Only works with high resolution screen (320x320) Palm/Treo devices; Works great on Treo 650 but NOT on Treo 600. Sorry!

[Raven88]

i've played it and all i can say is congratz to the developers !!!

[momob]

Hi Raven88.

Thank you so much for your very kind words about my little game. Yes it is my first app and had fun doing it. I am hoping to release version 1.1 soon. It will have the following additional features:

1- You will be able to land on all the planets of the solar system in addition to the moon.

2- You will also be able to choose your own initial conditions such as starting altitude,speed and fuel among others.

3- You will be able to "auto-save" the game. You will have the choice to quit the game and come back to where you were in the descent.

4- Finnally I am also working on making LEM Simulator compatible with Zodiac devices.

I will make annoncement on this board when I am done.

Thanks again Raven88. Glad you like the game.

Mo.

[Raven88]

how about 320x480 screen size support?

[momob]

Hi Raven88.

I will look into that. Should not be too difficult. I am also trying to tinker with a "3D" view of the moon surface thru the cockpit instead of the current static moon map.

Should be interesting! Sorry Raven for the delay. I did not realize you posted a message.

Take care.

Mo.

[momob]

Hi guys,

back in January I released version 1.0 of a realistic lunar lander game called LEM Simulator. Now I am looking for help in beta testing the version 2.0 of the LEM Simulator. The first group of testers few months ago did an amazing job! Some of them are still at it but I do not want to impose so that I why I am hoping some of you would want to help me test the next version. I have to limit this beta testing so I can best respond to your suggestions/comments and bug reports. So if you are interested please send me a private message with your email address so I can send you the game.

Here the main changes from version 1.0 which was released January 14th,2006.

1: There is now an outside cockpit view (see screen shot below). You can see the moon scrolling under your lander!

2: You can now set up your own initial conditions like starting altitude or fuel level.

3: I reduced the lander systems failures probabilites so sub-systems failures are less commun (and so more surprising!). You can even disable the failures and land using a perfect lander

4: There is a auto-save feature which allow you to quit the app and return to where you left off later

5: The Earth is now moving across the sky. If you are lucky during the descent, you may witness the Earth rise over the moon horizon!

6: You now can land on any planet of our solar system in addition to the moon. Jupiter anyone?

As a reminder, LEM Simulator is a very realistic lunar lander game that uses real physics, realistic sound effects and graphics to best simulate a moon landing. It uses the 5-ways as joystick for the thrusters and the hard keys to control the main engine thrust. It has all the original Apollo LEM lander main instruments like the X-pointer and the altitude tape. During the landing some of those instruments may fail randomly making the landing very intense sometimes. It also comes with a 20+ pages user's guide in PDF format.


For people interested in helping beta testing a realistic lunar lander game (the upcoming LEM Simulator 2.0) just a drop me a private message with your email address. Of course as a very small token of my appreciation, you will get a free copy of the game for your help in beta testing LEM Simulator.

This is my first app, so thank you for any help I can get.

Mo.

ps: For some of you who just want to check the current version (1.0) out without involving testing, you can get the full version for a 7 days trial at the link below. Of course all LEM Simulator upgrades are free to registered users:
http://www.handango.com/PlatformProductDet...180808&R=180808 (http://www.handango.com/PlatformProductDetail.jsp?siteId=1&pc=list%5B6%5D_cartbutton&jid=25B67F8849B466X59X9D9B5BB32A6CAD&platformId=1&N=96804%2034&productId=180808&R=180808)

Here a screen shot of the new cokpit view during a typical landing (version 2.0):

http://img170.imageshack.us/img170/1073/lemsimscreenshot6oc.png