Iterations

The KerbalPowers roleplay have been ran and stopped several times across the years, and each single "run" of the game is designated as an "iteration". We are currently (as of March 2021) in the fourth iteration of KerbalPowers : KP 2.5. Albeit many changes were made over the course of the years, resulting in radically different gameplay and settings, the core spirit of the game - that is, a geopolitical roleplay on Kerbin where players embodies fictional nations on the little green men's planet - has been conserved since the beginnings, and several nations and players have been present across multiple iterations.

KP 1

KP 1 was the first iteration of KerbalPowers.

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KP 2

KP 2 was the longest and largest iteration of KerbalPowers so far, ran between <insert date> and September 2019. The changes brought by KP 2 have served as a base for subsequent iterations and are the de-facto standard nowadays (most notably, restricting the size of nations). Many aspects of the present iterations are borrowed from KP 2, as a continuation of its legacy. From KP 2, it has been attempted to carry over the player-made lore across iterations as much as possible, to allow for complex national histories to emerge. Some nations even dating from KP 1, a core base of players have been present in the community for several real-life years.

KP 2.3

After the end of KP 2, and considering the successive reports of Kerbal Space Program 2 (on which KP 3 was planned to launch), some players decided to take on themselves to revive the game in the meantime for those who couldn't wait for the next iteration, KP 3. Thus, KP 2.3 was created in January 2020, borrowing the spirit and lore of KP 2 as its legacy. With the same goals in mind, and originally set for a short lifespan, the successive postponements of KSP 2 made it clear that it would last longer than anticipated. As a result, what was originally a testing ground for new game mechanics had to be expanded into a more structured iteration, leading to a new iteration.

KP 2.5

KP 2.5 was started in January 2021 as an attempt to fill the gaps of the short-term planned KP 2.3 by providing a new set of mechanics that are an improvement of the temporary KP 2.3 mechanics. This iteration comes with the addition of several new aspects to allow for more in-game interactions, such as Resources and Colonies. KP 2.5 aims to fill the gap between KP 2.3 and KP 3, and to offer an improved experience over the previous iterations by addressing some important game design flaws. KP 2.5 is the current iteration of KerbalPowers.

KP 3

KP 3 was originally planned to be the iteration directly following KP 2, and was planned to begin with the release of KSP 2. As it depends on KSP 2, its starting date is presently unknown.