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SpaceEngine

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Game Information

Original Release Date: June 11, 2019

Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows), SteamVR

Involved Companies: Vladimir Romanyuk

Genres: Simulator, Indie

Summary: SpaceEngine is a free 3D astronomy program and game engine developed by Russian astronomer and programmer Vladimir Romanyuk. Using real astronomical catalogs and procedural generation, it creates a three dimensional planetarium representing the entire universe. Users can travel through space in any direction or speed, and forwards or backwards in time. It uses pseudo-random numbers to procedurally create any kind of planetary system, nebula or galaxy.

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This work is part of CSCI E-114, Web Application Development with Jamstack, Harvard Extension School. All video game data was obtained from The Internet Game Database (IGDB).