Credits | Universe Sandbox

The giants whose shoulders we stand on...

Development Team

Dan Dixon​ | Creator & Director | ​dandixon.us

Christian Herold​ | Lead Developer | i​ onstar.org
Georg Steinröhder​ | Lead Graphics Developer | i​ onstar.org
Thomas Alexander Grønneløv​ | Lead Physics Developer | ​greenleaf.dk
Jennifer Seiler |​ Astrophysicist & Developer | ​jennseiler.com
Jonathan Hoy​ | Developer
Dave Nelson ​| Mobile Developer
David Rappo​ | Producer
Mat Solomon​ | Quality Assurance | m ​ athewsolomon.com
Jacob Williams​ | VR Developer | c​ heapdevotion.com
Erika Nesvold​ | Astrophysicist & Developer | e ​ rikanesvold.wordpress.com
Brendan Bennett​ | Graphics Developer | ​slipstreambrendan.com

Music & Sound Design

Macoubre​ |​ C
​ omposer | m
​ acoubre.com

Operations & Support

Jared Meier

Historical Contributors
Naomi Goldenson​ | Climate Scientist & Developer | ​naomigoldenson.com
Eric Hilton​ | Astronomer & Developer | e​ ricjhilton.com
Chad Jenkins​ | Developer & Technical Artist | g ​ oo.gl/YmHv25
Steven Kasparek ​| Quality Assurance
Toby Halter​ | 3D Modeler | n​ akkabozr.com
Sergey Tabakov ​ | 3D Modeler | ​punkvideo3d.artstation.com
Rahul Meda ​| Physics Developer
Barry Ruff ​| Graphics Developer
A Shell in the Pit Audio |​ Sound Design | a ​ shellinthepit.com
Jules Litman-Cleper ​| Sound Design | s​ hapedthought.com

Community Translations
Egor Konstantinov​ | Russian Proofreader
Martin Ehrhardt​ | German Proofreader
Yekta Köktürk​ (yektako) | Turkish Proofreader
Michiel Hoogman​ | Dutch Proofreader

Software Libraries & Code

Unity | ​unity3d.com/
Stateless | g​ ithub.com/nblumhardt/stateless
Turbulence Library | ​assetstore.unity3d.com/en/#!/content/3957
SQLiteKit | ​assetstore.unity3d.com/en/#!/content/4334
FingerGestures | ​assetstore.unity3d.com/en/#!/content/1044
Localization Package by M2H | ​assetstore.unity3d.com/en/#!/content/984
Steamworks.NET | g ​ ithub.com/rlabrecque/Steamworks.NET
ColorTools | ​kharma.unity3d.com/en/#!/content/21966
Google Analytics for Unity | g ​ ithub.com/googleanalytics/google-analytics-plugin-for-unity
Infinifactory GIF Encoder | b ​ itbucket.org/zachbarth/infinifactory-gif-encoder
Unity Simple File Browser | g ​ ithub.com/yasirkula/UnitySimpleFileBrowser
UniGif | ​github.com/WestHillApps/UniGif
Softmask for UGUI | ​github.com/mob-sakai/SoftMaskForUGUI
MaxRectsBinPack | ​https://wiki.unity3d.com/index.php/MaxRectsBinPack

Historical Libraries  
JSON .NET for Unity | ​assetstore.unity3d.com/en/#!/content/11347
Squid | ​ionstar.org/?page_id=4
Jitter | ​code.google.com/p/jitterphysics
Space Graphics Toolkit | ​u3d.as/content/carlos-wilkes/space-graphics-toolkit/3fQ
Cloo for OpenCL | ​cloo.sourceforge.net
Lumos | l​ umospowered.com

Libraries Never Used but Part of Unity

Physics powered by PhysX. Copyright © 2003-2013 by NVIDIA Corporation.

Utilities

Autopilot for Testflight | ​u3d.as/content/cratesmith/auto-pilot-3-for-test-flight/2cU

Testflight | ​testflightapp.com
Visual Studio 2010, 2012, 2013, 2015 | ​visualstudio.com
UnityVS | ​unityvs.com
Papers

Habitable Zone
arxiv.org/pdf/1301.6674v2.pdf​ | Ravi Kopparapu et al., 2013

Galaxies
arxiv.org/pdf/astro-ph/9911078v1.pdf​ | Ciotti & Bertin, 1999
arxiv.org/pdf/1301.0540v1.pdf​ | Lu et al., 2013

Planet Mass-Radius Relationship

arxiv.org/pdf/0707.2895v1.pdf​ |
arxiv.org/pdf/1001.4851v3.pdf​ |
arxiv.org/pdf/1303.2150v1.pdf​ |
arxiv.org/pdf/1301.0818v1.pdf​ |
arxiv.org/pdf/1306.3221v2.pdf​ |
Seager et al., 2007
Swift et al., 2011
Weiss et al., 2013
Zeng & Sasselov, 2013
Kipping et al., 2013

Periodic Orbits
arxiv.org/pdf/math/0511219v2.pdf​ | Moore & Nauenberg, 2008

Climate Calculations
North & Coakley, 1979

Tidal Heating & Evolution

http://arxiv.org/pdf/1203.5104v2.pdf​ | Barnes et al., 2012

Chaotic Orbital Evolution Scenarios

http://arxiv.org/pdf/1501.03231v1.pdf​ | Barnes et al., 2015

White Dwarf
adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2006MNRAS.371..263L​ | Lawlor & MacDonald, 2006
adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2001PASP..113..409F​ | Fontaine et al., 2001

Brown Dwarf
arxiv.org/pdf/astro-ph/0302293v1.pdf​ | Baraffe et al., 2003

Compact Remnant Mass

arxiv.org/pdf/1110.1726v1.pdf​ | Fryer et al., 2012

Supernovae
adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1999ApJS..120..299T​ | Truelove & McKee, 1999
Flares
arxiv.org/pdf/1009.2589v1.pdf​ | Morin et al., 2011
adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2011ASPC..448..197H​ | Hilton et al., 2011

Neutron Stars
arxiv.org/pdf/1112.1880v1.pdf​ | Yin et al., 2011
arxiv.org/pdf/astro-ph/0402143v1.pdf​ | Yakovlev & Pethick, 2004

Winter is Coming
arxiv.org/abs/1304.0445​ | Kostov et al., 2013

Wolf 1063
newt.phys.unsw.edu.au/~duncanw/Wolf1061.pdf​ | Wright et al.

Planet Nine
iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/0004-6256/151/2/22​ | Batygin & Brown, 2016

Shoemaker-Levy 9 Fragment Size

lpi.usra.edu/meetings/lpsc97/pdf/1351.PDF​ | Crawford, 1997

Stellar Evolution Rewrite

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-bib_query?bibcode=2000MNRAS.315..543H​ | H​ urley, Pols &
Tout, 2000
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-bib_query?bibcode=1998MNRAS.298..525P​ | P
​ ols et al., 1998
amusecode.org/doc/reference/available-codes.html

Tidal Heating
ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4582693/pdf/ast.2015.1325.pdf

Math

Gravitational Math
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaac_Newton​ | Isaac Newton

Orbital Elements & Lagrange Formulas

orbitsimulator.com/formulas​ | Tony Dunn

Solar System Dynamics

amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0521575974/shastthesamoydog​ | Murray & Dermott
Cylindrical to Cube Map
codefortress.blogspot.com/2009/07/spherical-terrain-tools.html​ | Aurelio Reis

Spirals
smokycogs.com/blog/drawing-spirals-in-c-sharp​ | Serge Meunier

Points on a Sphere
blog.marmakoide.org/?p=1

Data

Planet & Moon Positions & Velocities

ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/?horizons​ | JPL / NASA - Horizons System

Star Colors
vendian.org/mncharity/dir3/starcolor​ | Mitchell Charity

Star Evolution Data

stev.oapd.inaf.it/cgi-bin/cmd

Galactic Center Stars Orbital Data

astro.ucla.edu/~ghezgroup/gc​ | Andrea Ghez, UCLA Galactic Center Group

Moon and Sun Rotational Data

adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2007CeMDA..98..155S

Exoplanets
openexoplanetcatalogue.com​ | H
​ anno Rein

Dwarf Planets
gps.caltech.edu/~mbrown/dps.html#table​ | Mike Brown, Caltech

2010 Carbon Dioxide Levels in the Atmosphere

www.esrl.noaa.gov/gmd/ccgg/trends

Choreography Data
gminton.org/choreo.html​ | Gregory T. Minton

Star Database
http://tdc-www.harvard.edu/catalogs/bsc5.html​ | Yale Bright Star Catalog, 5th Revised Edition
Star Names
simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad​ | Simbad

Galaxies
ned.ipac.caltech.edu​ | NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database

New Jupiter Moons

https://sites.google.com/carnegiescience.edu/sheppard/moons/jupitermoons

Images

Earth Relief Data

ngdc.noaa.gov/mgg/global​ | Amante & Eakins, 2009

Moon Topology Data

lroc.sese.asu.edu​ | NASA Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter

Mercury Topology Data

astrogeology.usgs.gov/search/map/Mercury/Messenger/Global/Mercury_MESSENGER_MDIS_Bas
emap_EnhancedColor_Mosaic_Global_665m​ | US Astrogeology Science Center

Mars Topology Data

mola.gsfc.nasa.gov​ | NASA Mars Orbiter Laser Altimeter

Moon Textures (TBD - not implemented yet)

bjj.mmedia.is/data/planetary_maps.html​ | Björn Jónsson

Various Planet Textures

duael.com​ | Robert Stein III, Duael Designs
freebitmaps.blogspot.de​ | Robert Stein III, Duael Designs

Various Planet Textures

solarsystemscope.com/textures​ | Solar System Scope

Saturn’s Moon Textures

ciclops.org/maps.php​ | Cassini Imaging Central Laboratory for Operations

Mars Moon Textures

nasa3d.arc.nasa.gov/images​ | NASA/JPL/University of Arizona

Pluto Texture
master-bit.deviantart.com/art/Pluto-8K-550020756
Soccer Ball
Flickr source

Crater Brushes
currentsofspace.blogspot.com/2010/03/crater-brushes.html

Graphics

Atmospheric Scattering Reference Implementation

developer.nvidia.com/gpugems/GPUGems2/gpugems2_chapter16.html​ | Sean O’Neil

Original Milky Way Background

http://milkywaysky.com/​ | Axel Mellinger, Central Michigan University

User Interface

Google Material Design

google.com/design/spec/material-design

Some icons by or inspired by

materialdesignicons.com​ | A
​ ustin Andrews

Some icons inspired by

icons8.com/web-app/new-icons/androidL​ | Icons8.com

Distribution

Steam | s​ tore.steampowered.com
Humble Bundle | ​humblebundle.com
TeacherGaming | ​store.teachergaming.com
WinGameStore | ​wingamestore.com
MacGameStore | m ​ acgamestore.com
Green Man Gaming | g ​ reenmangaming.com

Inspirations
Tetrahedron
M83 Wait Music Video

Realistic Rings
https://web.archive.org/web/20131210082658/http://josephshoer.com/blog/2009/11/a-nifty-th
ought-experiment-the-earth-with-rings/

Special Thanks

Dan
● Peggy Dixon
● Jim Dixon
● Patrick Dixon
● Brittney Dixon
● Will Dixon
● Mikkel Tang
● Corwin Way
● Scott Crabtree h
​ ttp://happybrainscience.com/
● Lauren Litchy

Eric
● Michael Tremmel
● Phil Rosenfield

Team
● The 200+ Alpha Testers
● Corey Johnson, Unity

Special Thanks from Legacy

● Cristin Carey
● Milton Dixon
● Mark Shoemaker
● Laura Dubuk
● Jason Heaton
● Patrick Moynihan
● Ryan Spain
● Ben Lower
● Aaron Lower
● Grady Jenkins
 ● Bach Payson
● Jonathan Hoy
● Scott Schirmer
● Isaac Barry
● Nancy Beckman
● Adrienne Massanari
● Gina Keppel
● Jacob Landon
● Chris Q.
● Nicholas W.

Reference

http://www.dotnetperls.com/