The Universe in a Nutshell (Patreon)

Ohai Patreons! I wanted to let you know that we created our first app ‘Universe in a Nutshell’, together with Tim Urban of Wait but Why! You can get it here:
Appstore: http://kgs.link/universe-app-ios
Google Playstore: http://kgs.link/universe-app-android
Oh boy. Making an app is hard. It seemed so easy when we started. We underestimated the necessary work load and all the potential problems at least tenfold – this is not a figure of speech, making this thing really took ten times longer than we thought it would. And we are used to working on big projects that take longer than you thought. So the first update to the app should hopefully be here in the next 24 hours (we are waiting for approval of the update in the app stores) – it will fix a bunch of small things that slipped through (because of cause there are things to fix left). We’ll constantly improve this thing because while it was honestly a horrible nightmare to make, it also was fun and we want to get better at it and make more things in the future. In case you don’t know Wait but Why: it is the best and most fun blog on the internet (https://waitbutwhy.com/2020/09/universe.html) and if you don’t know it you should change that like right now. The brain behind it, Tim Urban and I collaborated for the first time in 2013 and we have been good friends ever since. He has one of my favorite brains on the planet – his writing is a constant source of inspiration for me and talking to him is always super helpful for reflecting my own work with Kurzgesagt. He asked me the most interesting questions when I was doing chemo. Tim is one of these quality humans. It has to have been in the year 2014 when we decided to make this app together. We have a huge inspiration here: It is inspired by the “scale of the universe” website by the Huang Twins that we spent a lot of time with when it came out years ago. We always wanted to make our version of that website.
It is basically a universe size explorer. You can seamlessly travel from the smallest things in existence, past the coronavirus, human cells and dinosaurs all the way to the largest stars and galaxies and marvel at the whole observable universe. You can learn more about each object or simply enjoy the sheer scale of it all. It’s a fun plaything and we are so happy we finally made it and we hope you like it! There are no in-app purchases and no ads. All future updates are included! Since this is our first app we would love to hear your feedback so we can improve it over time. Leave us a five star review if you want to support it. Kurzgesagt and all the projects we do are mostly funded by viewers like you. So if you like the app we’ll make more. Let us know what other kinds of play or learn things we should make in the future! Ok! Thank you for reading! – Philipp