Not Gundam… yet
Curve Digital has announced that they’re helping assembleKitbash Model Club, a game by Floating Origin Interactive and helmed byKerbal Space Programlead developer Felipe Falanghe. Previously known asBalsa Model Flight Simulator, Kitbash Model Clubis a game about designing and testing out various types of vehicular models.
The trailer that dropped alongside the announcement shows off the various types of models you’ll be making, as well as some of the modes and the design suite. You can definitely see theKerbalDNA inKitbash Model Club, as it seems to focus on experimentation. Once you’ve got a built model, you take it out into Wirraway to test them out. While not much is shown in the way of gameplay objectives, it does demonstrate the RC dogfighting, which allows you to “challenge friends.”
I’m liking what I see, and I absolutely loveKerbal, but I feel like I need to see more of what I’m actually going to bedoingwith these models before I can really get excited. Creation for the sake of creation is something I can already do inso many games, so I’m more interested in what these abominations of model design will be doing.
Fortunately,the store pagelists a full career with “paintball combat missions, races, and maneuverability challenges.” There’s also going to be a scenario editor where you’re able to create your missions and share them out. Neat.
Kitbash Model Clubis initially eying up a PC release and is aiming to be out sometime in 2023.
