Moonbase Alpha was released to mixed reception. The game was designed using the Unreal Engine 3. An online leaderboard is included, encouraging players to use teamwork to help repair the station faster and earn high rankings. Because the game is meant to be a collaborative effort, the repair mission can be conducted by six players with an additional six observers. The game intended to encourage interest in space exploration in young children. Moonbase Alpha was designed as a precursor to Astronaut: Moon, Mars and Beyond, NASA's massively multiplayer online game that was never released. These tasks include repairing vital components of the life support system, solar array and oxygen units, and can be accomplished with a wide variety of tools ranging from robotic repair units to the lunar rover. As a meteor impact damages an outpost near the Moon's South Pole, the player must take control of a member of the outpost's research team and repair the outpost in order to save the 12 years of research accomplished there. Moonbase Alpha is set in the year 2032 and focuses on simulating a day in the life of a lunar-based astronaut. Moonbase Alpha remains available on Steam, and a modified version has been playable at an exhibit at the Museum of Science and Industry in Tampa, Florida since 2012. At the Interservice/Industry Training, Simulation and Education Conference in 2010, the game won the top honors in the government category of the Serious Game Showcase & Challenge. The game was released on July 6, 2010, as a free download on Steam. in conjunction with NASA Learning Technologies. It was made by the Army Game Studio, developers of America's Army, and Virtual Heroes, Inc. Moonbase Alpha is a video game that provides a realistic simulation of life on a natural satellite, based on potential Moon base programs.

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