Spacing Out with Two Point Campus: Space Academy

In what felt like a relatively short amount of time, it was announced that the first DLC for Two Point Campus would be the space themed Space Academy.  As someone who enjoys the Two Point games I would've been excited regardless, but the space academy theme just hits right  I love space and I love Two Point...a perfect combination!

Students wait to check out a time tourism club activity.

The Space Academy DLC adds in several new courses (I'm only on the second campus, so I haven't quite seen all of them yet) including: astrology (in typical Two Point fashion, it's not what it sounds like), cosmic expansion (a sort of rocket building course), space knight school (where armored space knights duel it out with laser batons), and space academy (training the future leaders of all these outer space activities).  There are also a plethora of new items--excitingly, new, fun plants!--and even a new club for students to join--the "time tourism" club which notably features the "yesterizer" from the Two Point Hospital DLC.  New events can also impact your campus--namely falling moon rocks that have different effects depending on the map.  Training your janitors in space rock mining is important to either cash in on the riches contained in the rocks or to quickly clear them (on the second map they can cause students to become ill).

I've been having a good time with the new DLC and the space theme is fun.  The first campus featured frequently falling moon rocks which meant that my janitorial staff was very busy clearing them away.  The upside of these moon rocks is that most of them are valuable and can greatly help supplement your campus income.  Some campus plots can be unlocked by accomplishing a specific set of objectives which is a nice change.  The second campus introduced a new event--the space convention which requires a special, new kind of booth (akin to the stage in the student union).  This means you can either build one huge student union with both a stage and a convention booth or two separate unions.  The second campus is also fairly spread out, but luckily you can research and build a teleporter that allows students to teleport between locations.  There have been a few bugs--namely students becoming stuck (something that can sometimes be a problem in the base game), but for the most part it has worked well.

If you enjoyed Two Point Campus, I would recommend checking out the Space Academy DLC.  It's only $8.99 and it adds in three new maps, lots of new items, new courses, a new club, and new student archetypes.  It's the perfect way to hop back in to one of my favorite franchises.