Josh of Tiny Frog Software commented recently the Earok Editor looks like "The Sims in Space", and that got me thinking about what such a game could be like.

It could be about a journey from Earth to Alpha Centauri on a starship designed by the player. Presuming both faster-then-light travel and cryogenic hibernation is impossible, there'd be a lot of things within the crew that have to be managed (boredom, loneliness, mutiny, disease etc) as well as keeping the internal systems of the ship functioning (waste recycling, oxygen recycling, engines, hull integrity if hit by debris).

It'd be kind of cool watching the relationships of the crew evolve as they survive numerous crises together before triumphantly setting foot on an Earth-like planet at the end of the game.

I'd play that game. Why hasn't anyone made it yet?