{"id":15095,"date":"2024-07-11T09:38:13","date_gmt":"2024-07-11T07:38:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2024\/07\/11\/a-childs-eye-view-of-the-universe-curiosmos-makes-space-simulation-fun\/"},"modified":"2024-07-11T09:38:13","modified_gmt":"2024-07-11T07:38:13","slug":"a-childs-eye-view-of-the-universe-curiosmos-makes-space-simulation-fun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2024\/07\/11\/a-childs-eye-view-of-the-universe-curiosmos-makes-space-simulation-fun\/","title":{"rendered":"A child\u2019s-eye view of the universe: Curiosmos makes space simulation fun"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In this primordial take on the life simulator, you bring about the creation of an entire solar system<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Meteors hurtling at planet-decimating speeds, luminous balls of hot gas, black holes from which not even light can escape: outer space can fuel nightmares, yet for C\u00e9line Veltman, a 28-year-old Dutch game-maker who spent her childhood stargazing, it is the stuff of dreams. She\u2019s translating this wide-eyed wonder at the universe into a video game with the grandest of ambitions: the creation of a solar system. Rocks collide with one another, chemical reactions occur: lo, a planet \u2013 and life itself \u2013 is born in the depths of the cosmos.<\/p>\n<p>The bright, illustrative visuals of Curiosmos are more children\u2019s picture book than <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/film\/2016\/sep\/06\/voyage-of-time-review-terrence-malick-venice-film-festival-2016\">Terrence Malick<\/a>, an expression of Veltman\u2019s aims for the project and its moment of inception. \u201cI want to make everyone as enthusiastic about space as I am,\u201d she says, talking ebulliently about supernovae and protoplanetary disks.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/games\/article\/2024\/jul\/11\/a-childs-eye-view-of-the-universe-curiosmos-makes-space-simulation-fun\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/b90141d6305de4cb63334f71ed11c9331a91eb89\/130_56_2307_1384\/master\/2307.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=4b71065823f711d1498bc6cb1dbc3941\" title=\"A child\u2019s-eye view of the universe: Curiosmos makes space simulation fun\" \/>In this primordial take on the life simulator, you bring about the creation of an entire solar system<\/p>\n<p>Meteors hurtling at planet-decimating speeds, luminous balls of hot gas, black holes from which not even light can escape: outer space can fuel nightmares, yet for C\u00e9line Veltman, a 28-year-old Dutch game-maker who spent her childhood stargazing, it is the stuff of dreams. She\u2019s translating this wide-eyed wonder at the universe into a video game with the grandest of ambitions: the creation of a solar system. Rocks collide with one another, chemical reactions occur: lo, a planet \u2013 and life itself \u2013 is born in the depths of the cosmos.<br \/>\nThe bright, illustrative visuals of Curiosmos are more children\u2019s picture book than Terrence Malick, an expression of Veltman\u2019s aims for the project and its moment of inception. \u201cI want to make everyone as enthusiastic about space as I am,\u201d she says, talking ebulliently about supernovae and protoplanetary disks. Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this primordial take on the life simulator, you bring about the creation of an entire solar system Meteors hurtling at planet-decimating speeds, luminous balls of hot gas, black holes from which not even light can escape: outer space can fuel nightmares, yet for C\u00e9line Veltman, a 28-year-old Dutch game-maker who spent her childhood stargazing, &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2024\/07\/11\/a-childs-eye-view-of-the-universe-curiosmos-makes-space-simulation-fun\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">A child\u2019s-eye view of the universe: Curiosmos makes space simulation fun<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":15096,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15095"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15095"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15095\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15096"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15095"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15095"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15095"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}