Evolution of Kerbal Space Program (2011-2023)

After 12 years of development, Kerbal Space Program has finished development, and KSP 2 is right around the corner - So, it's time to look back and enjoy the incredible evolution of KSP development!

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Notes:

When referring to version dates, I use the date of the last minor patch for the major version. Sometimes this can be months after its initial release, but this way any changes during the minor versions are accounted for. Two exceptions are made, the release date of KSP 1.0, and 1.12, due to being very important dates.

Mods featured at the end (in order of appearance)

(will be in EVE-Redux for free at some point)

Contents:
0:00 Intro
1:32 The "Free" era - 2011-2012
5:20 Pre-Steam - 2012-2013
8:39 Steam Early Access - 2013-2014
12:11 Official Release - 2015
12:52 Post-Release - 2016 - 2018
14:11 Making History DLC
14:29 Additional Updates - 2018 - 2019
15:13 Breaking Ground DLC
15:55 Planetary Overhaul - 2019 - 2021
17:31 The End?
17:57 A tribute to the Modding Community!

Music:

[ES] Another Pineapple Please - The Fly Guy Five
[ES] One Hour Countdown - Bonnie Grace

The following music was used for this media project:
Music: Feelin Good by Kevin MacLeod

Music: Voxel Revolution by Kevin MacLeod

Music: Party Pirates by Alexander Nakarada

Kerbal Space Program - Build Mode

[ES] Summon All Gods - Dream Cave

Music: Banger by Alexander Nakarada

[ES] Fugent - Lupus Nocte

Music: The Entertainer by Kevin MacLeod

Music: Shopping Mall by Claus Appel

Music: Let Go by Phat Sounds

Red and Blue by Vyssion

[nikokiwa]

God, that inertial confinement engine hitting every single beat had my heart 📈📈

[ldisnid]

Honestly, it's insane how much the game progressed. Let's also thank all the modders who have put in countless days into free mods that everyone can now use and enjoy

[Mafioso_Migeul]

The 'Decade of KSP2' pretty quickly, and by pretty quickly I mean basically the first day it came out

[Unbaguettable]

At about 11:08 you can actually see a small part of the missile fly into the other building.
Absolutely stunning video btw, I'm a relatively new player to KSP and it was really interesting to see the history behind it. Really well made :)

[skylerhanson]

Made me tear up near the end, here’s to another decade and beyond!

[kidsempiregaming]

when it said "Are you stranded?" I instantly thought of matt Lowne's Blunderbirds

[thotfeline]

I remember when I first got ksp, think I was around 15 or so and even though I never accomplished more than orbit and a couple mum landings till I picked it up several years later I've always loved this game. Inspired so much creativity in so many people

[thespacepeacock]

I did *not* expect this to make me emotional. Incredibly well done on putting this together and showing how the ksp we all know and love today came to be!

[tackyinbention]

I've had KSP since 2016 and it has quite literally changed my life, I'm now a great builder and ksp helped me choose my college course. Cheers to another bright decade of building, flying and crashing rockets

[qweasdy]

How do you manage to condense so much nostalgia into one video?

[NGamingOfficial]

It's honestly kinda of interesting seeing that how the game looked in 2011 largely hasn't changed in 12 years - the UI is all the same, textures increased and changed but the base hasn't changed a bit! It's about time for a new take I'd say (:

[ccib]

We came a long way, thank you KSP. Onward to KSP2! Beautiful video as always.

[fifofafo]

The first 20 seconds of the video show how much work you did to make this great video 🔥

[salticus]

Great video! I "only" joined during 1.2.2, and I can't get over how long ago these updates were.

[nithsk]

Thank you HarvestR, for steering the game in the perfect direction before stepping down.

[CalvinMaclure]

Holy crap man! It's crazy how much of the game has remained the same, yet changed over the years. This was an epic trip down memory lane, mate! Thanks for that!

[Ltharge]

That video was beautifilly edited - It really hit in the feelings :) thank you.

[ausgoogtube]

Vidtime 2:36 - "The Water isn't real" LMAO 😂at Bob Kermin's face! The Twilight Zone! 🤣 Superb stuff.👍

[mortallychallenged]

Damn ones the mods started being shown it made me so nostalgic. Joined in 0.21 and defined my life from that point on.

[Turfut]

the tribute to modders, with the music (synced to the engine blasts) hit my soul ^^
Congrats, awesome work and editing : )