If you’re me, this is going to set off some inner alarms. This means flight or driving simulations. I beyond do not do well with either type of game.

Nonetheless, there you are with your adorable buddy camping out. Seems ok. I thought it was a game of exploration. Maybe we’re going on a hike.

So a pilot. Off to a village nearby to get my launch codes. While I did talk to everyone, I hadn’t the patience to play with a toy spacecraft. I also found only one of the people who were playing Hide and Seek, teaching me a skill I’d also need. Pfft.

No wonder the creepy statue at the Observatory went all flashy and showed me my alien life in five seconds.

I want to be like my fellow explorers before me, even the Missing one. Really I do.

I’m a bit surprised at the ship. The phrase “Flying Tin Can” came to me. When I talked to the villagers, though, many did seem to be kind of laughing at the ship.

It’s real cozy inside though, clearly with all the essentials for interplanetary flight. It took me a minute to see the pilot’s seat.

Again, I can’t fly (in game or out) and I can’t drive in games. Out in space, there was just a field of stars, with this unhelpful screen that made me feel as if I should be going somewhere any second. So when nothing seemed to be happening, and the only option seemed to be to abort autopilot…..

That was never going to go well. I tried moving forward, but felt like I wasn’t going anywhere. All I seemed to be doing was aiming into the Sun. I got a map to come up that said YOU ARE HERE. I could see a couple of planets on the map but couldn’t move towards them.

While I was pondering my next move, the screen lit up, my life flashed before my eyes again, and I was back on the ground by the campfire with my launch buddy.

Clearly I need to do a little research to see how to fly. I also need to find Hide and Seeker number 2, thus learning some key skill, and for sure try out the ratty little space ship toy that will help me learn to fly.