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Re:Starfling: A one-tap endless orbital slingshot game in a ... by b3orn on Saturday April 11, 2026 @04:25AM (#47728656)
Reminds me a little of an old game called Slingshot[0], I think it implemented the idea much better as you actually had to slingshot and consider gravity. Someone should turn it into a browser game, would be much more fun than this.

[0] https://sourceforge.net/projects/slingshot-game/

Re:Starfling: A one-tap endless orbital slingshot game in a ... by Jaxan on Saturday April 11, 2026 @07:34AM (#47729693)
I played that too!
Re:Starfling: A one-tap endless orbital slingshot game in a ... by b3orn on Saturday April 11, 2026 @10:28AM (#47730938)
I implemented a very rudimentary copy of it at https://fac3.org/slingshot.html

Drag on the red circle to set angle and velocity, let go to launch it, try to hit the green circle, avoid the blue circles (planets with gravity). To try again hit "r" or reload the page to create a new random set of planets. Doubt it works at all on mobile, only tested it in desktop firefox.