Just messing around with flight mechanics
It is possible to orbit stars and planets. The general movement is a bit on the fast side compared to other space flyers out here.
For now there is only flying around and crashing.
I want to turn this into a proper game some day, but feel like the flight mechanics need to be sorted out first.
I made it a challange to figure out how to make the movement work by myself, so the math probably isn't that great yet.
Any feedback is appreciated.
I will add a better title eventually.
This is the first technicly winnable version.
I didn't read the description and just jumped right in. "What are these gold things?" SMACK
Had a good laugh.
Looks like a good start to a great game.
Might be neat if you could land safely, pick up people, and then drop them off on another planet within the time limit. Like a galactic Crazy Taxi thing. Just a thought.
Big fan of petting your cat!
@bitr0t, You wouldn't have found the meaning of the gold things in the description either. More fun to let people find out by themselves ;).
Landing safely is defenetly impossible at these speeds. At least the way landing works in 'the heavens' by @reskob. I could try to make the physics slower, but the fast pace orbiting is also kinda fun.
Or I could also just make any collision with a planet a valid landing, but avoiding planets is a decently fun challange in this version.
I was thinking of maybe adding a wormhole in each system that takes you to another system and make it a race to travel through 10 of them as fast as possible. This wouldn't break the pacing of the game.
Whatever I do however, I am cursed to never top my own kitty.
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