

The biggest issue critics had was the process of building. SimplePlanes received “mixed or average” reviews, according to Metacritic, where it garnered a score of 67/100. The people who purchased the game through this method had to email the receipt to get the Steam key. Mac copies were also sold via the Mac App Store.
#SIMPLEPLANES FREE#
All purchasers from Gumroad received a free Steam key. The Windows and OSX versions were first sold on Gumroad but when SimplePlanes was released onto Valve's Steam on 17 December 2015 after going through the Steam Greenlight process, all sales were moved there. Soon after it was ported to iOS and Android. A craft which works in VR is build up of cockpit parts which are all interactive, making a smooth and immersive VR experience.įollowing the release of popular games SimpleRockets and SimplePhysics, Jundroo LLC released SimplePlanes on Windows and Mac OSX. If a craft is curated, it will receive 30 points upon upvote instead of 15. Website curators have a very important role of “curating” crafts which work in SimplePlanes VR.
#SIMPLEPLANES DOWNLOAD#
Unlike SimplePlanes, players cannot build or edit any aircraft but they can download VR-friendly aircraft from its website. With the player stick, the player can interact with many buttons and levers. The game supports Valve Index, HTC Vive, Oculus Rift, and Windows Mixed Reality.

SimplePlanes VR (often abbreviated SPVR) is another game for VR Headsets that sold separately on Steam.
#SIMPLEPLANES MODS#
On PC, mac and linux (and formerly android) SimplePlanes mods can be downloaded from, and can be activated from the main menu. The game supports modding and has a dedicated modding community with well-known members of the general SimplePlanes community, such as Kennneth, mikoyanster and many more. With the multiplayer mod, the player can play with others using LAN. The challenges involve short tutorial-type activities (such as the ”take-off tutorial” and the ”landing tutorial”) but can get more advanced with missions (such as “SAM Evasion” (a 4 stage level which gets increasingly difficult) and “Trench Run” (a race through a canyon-like area on the game map) > There are also weapons (bombs, wing guns and miniguns, missiles, rockets and torpedoes) in the game for the player to use on their creations. SimplePlanes contains challenges which the player can do. The game also gives players the ability to build cars, boats, trains and mechanical objects. Each island has a unique name, such as Maywar, Krakabloa, Snowstone or Wright.

The five islands each provide a different experience to the player, with interactive targets. When the creation or build is finished, the player can fly/drive/sail it around the map which contains 5 different islands with unique features, (4 on IOS or Android) and/or upload it to the SimplePlanes website. The game also provides a scripting language called FunkyTrees (FT) Planes (or other creations) created by the community can also be downloaded from the website. In SimplePlanes the player is given the freedom of building anything they want to create using the materials and objects provided, and players can additionally use XML modifications on their creation.
