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Starfling: A one-tap endless orbital slingshot game in a single HTML file

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Re: Starfling: A one-tap endless orbital slingshot game in a single HTML file

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Post by ddejohn »

andai wrote: post #50
cpcallen wrote: post #41

I am completely confused about the orbital mechanics in this game. They seem completely broken; at any rate they do not work remotely like any other simulation I've played with (e.g. Gravitation or Kerbal Space Program). The bodies other than the first body appear to actively deflect the spacecraft away!

You have elucidated a real gap in the marketplace: physically accurate mindless tapping orbital mechanics sandbox.

when I first read "orbital slingshot" in the title I thought it was a game about doing gravity assists, which I think would be much more interesting and fun

Re: Starfling: A one-tap endless orbital slingshot game in a single HTML file

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Post by [deleted] »

rustyhancock wrote: post #129
hirako2000 wrote: post #110

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I got so annoyed I fixed the annoyances. https://orbitup.surge.sh/ - FPS tweak to fix variable speed - Can bounce - Life points instead of sudden death - Levels - A few effects - Better adjusted difficulty

This thread is a perfect showcase of "You NEED a moat".

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Re: Starfling: A one-tap endless orbital slingshot game in a single HTML file

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Post by grimgrin »

hirako2000 wrote: post #112
beAbU wrote: post #111

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No attribution to the original game?

yes, I should. In case someone outside this thread comes across that 'fork'. Edit: I added due credit. thanks for pointing that out.

Publish yours un-minified like OP, so we can easily riff w/ or w/o an LLM ;)

Re: Starfling: A one-tap endless orbital slingshot game in a single HTML file

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Post by akaBruce »

0x3f wrote: post #80

I would make restarting much much faster than it is now. That's the most annoying part and it breaks the satisfying chain completely for me. I miss and then have to watch it slowly fall, or struggle to find the reset button. And even if I hit the reset, I have to go through the menu. At the very least, put the reset and play again buttons in the same spot, so I can just keep tapping/clicking there. Super Meat Boy is…

I'm not sure if it was added after your comment, but there's a restart button at the bottom center of the screen that you can hit while the ball is falling.

Re: Starfling: A one-tap endless orbital slingshot game in a single HTML file

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Post by em-bee »

TeMPOraL wrote: post #102
TeMPOraL wrote: post #78

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It's a gap, but not due to lack of trying. I made https://github.com/TeMPOraL/cloze-call a little over 16 years ago, and this itself was inspired by something then at least that much old. Screenshot: https://jacek.zlydach.pl/old-blog/download/projects/ClozeCal... Wonder if I can turn this into browser-playable version with just LLMs. EDIT: Put Claude Code on the task (reason for choice: Claude Desktop lets me just th…

Past my edit window, so - a modernized port true to the spirit, but with some QoL updates, more performant and works half-decently on mobile: https://temporal.github.io/ClozeCall-Web/index-ng.html

the main problem is that the projectile can continue flying outside of the visible area and sometimes get stuck there without ending the level. some option to abort the level without restarting would be nice.

or a way to zoom out so that one can try a trajectory that circles around the planets instead of through them. some levels can't be solved because i can't move the mouse outside of the playing area in order to get the trajectory that's needed.

i'd also like an option to replay a specific level. since levels are randomly generated i'd like to be able to replay a level until i can solve it, even if that breaks my streak.

Re: Starfling: A one-tap endless orbital slingshot game in a single HTML file

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Post by robryan »

progval wrote: post #70
oezi wrote: post #63

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19:50 Put codex and claude (thinking high) to work in parallel to see who could come up with the better physically accurate mindless tapping orbital mechanics sandbox. 20:10 Both codex and claude finish pretty much at the same time, but my kids say claude's version is more fun. 20:50 Claude runs out of its 5h session limit while finetuning some things, while Codex has 80% left (!). https://coezbek.github.io/orbital-t…

It's still pretty far physically accurate because there is infinite acceleration the moment a ship reaches the target orbit.

Yeah, I want to enter weird orbits around the planets.
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