Comments on: That's No Moon

That's No Moon

The Bellman — Tue, 07 Nov 2006 13:30:51 -0800

Physics Phun [Phlash, not Phriday]. Orbit is a game where you try to set up, well, orbits. How many levels can you finish?

By: flibbertigibbet

flibbertigibbet — Tue, 07 Nov 2006 14:03:04 -0800

Fun and cool! ... but the decision to 'level up' seems odd at times -- congratulations on crashing into a planet! LEVEL UP!

By: econous

econous — Tue, 07 Nov 2006 14:03:53 -0800

I couldn't establish a stable orbit on any of the levels. Stopped playing at 8. Seems kinda random.

By: The Bellman

The Bellman — Tue, 07 Nov 2006 14:09:12 -0800

Fibber -- you level up if you can last for the entire blue bar before you crash.

By: evilangela

evilangela — Tue, 07 Nov 2006 14:36:48 -0800

If you make it through the slower orange bar without the comet crashing, then you advance two levels. I made it to level 8, and it looked like there was just too much going on to figure out any way to keep the comet from crashing for long enough.

By: blue_beetle

blue_beetle — Tue, 07 Nov 2006 14:40:26 -0800

Level 9 Planetary Killer I play no more.

By: gregor-e

gregor-e — Tue, 07 Nov 2006 14:51:08 -0800

Now, see, if they'd make this into a slot machine, that's the sort of game that might induce me to donate to the palaces of luck. I wonder if it could actually be a game of skill?

By: Richard Daly

Richard Daly — Tue, 07 Nov 2006 14:54:36 -0800

Don't miss the menu at the bottom of the window. It's got a level editor, replays, the whole works!

By: Sprocket

Sprocket — Tue, 07 Nov 2006 15:00:53 -0800

Stuck on Level 13 and out of patience.

By: Luddite

Luddite — Tue, 07 Nov 2006 15:21:27 -0800

Something about the physics doesn't ring quite true. No offence, but I prefered Spaced penguins.

By: Eideteker

Eideteker — Tue, 07 Nov 2006 15:22:57 -0800

I've seen this before, but that doesn't mean I don't like it. It'd be nice if there was any way to intuit a solution, though. I don't know too many people (Ph.Ds included) who can look at a system of bodies and map all the LaGrange points in their head. It's just kind of a plinkoesque, let 'er rip and see where she goes type dealie.

By: nola

nola — Tue, 07 Nov 2006 15:40:00 -0800

made it to 12. have taken refuge on a small moon , while i look for ways to repair my ship.

By: The God Complex

The God Complex — Tue, 07 Nov 2006 15:52:23 -0800

I managed to smash into my small planet on my very first attempt. I'd be the worst--or best--cosmic dictator this side of Zeus.

By: The God Complex

The God Complex — Tue, 07 Nov 2006 15:55:47 -0800

I couldn't establish a stable orbit on any of the levels. Well, stable orbits would probably require that the limits of our playing surface weren't walled in as they are, creating strange gymnasium cometry.

By: Eideteker

Eideteker — Tue, 07 Nov 2006 16:26:00 -0800

Google found this. No walls! Any other gravity-games out there? I seem to remember one with a rocketship.

By: Eideteker

Eideteker — Tue, 07 Nov 2006 17:11:36 -0800

Ah, found it.

By: Eideteker

Eideteker — Tue, 07 Nov 2006 17:12:04 -0800

Ah, found it.

By: dhartung

dhartung — Tue, 07 Nov 2006 17:39:41 -0800

strange gymnasium cometry That explains it. I failed cometry in high school.

By: Eideteker

Eideteker — Tue, 07 Nov 2006 18:24:52 -0800

Galactic Gravity Golf, Extra Levels.

By: Hogshead

Hogshead — Tue, 07 Nov 2006 18:33:18 -0800

Level 11 is teh hard. But what a delightful, Zen-like, just-one-more-go game.

By: modernerd

modernerd — Tue, 07 Nov 2006 20:18:14 -0800

Anyone else read Vernor Vinge's "the Peace War"? This is making me think of the game Celeste. And since I thought it, of course, I had to say it.

By: anomie

anomie — Tue, 07 Nov 2006 21:28:36 -0800

Kepler is rolling in his grave.

By: aye

aye — Tue, 07 Nov 2006 21:33:31 -0800

Stopped at 15

By: The Monkey

The Monkey — Wed, 08 Nov 2006 00:49:02 -0800

Stopped at 11, 10 took me so long (must have been a good 5 minutes) I kind of lost interest in continuing, wish we could compare solutions, some were just too cool and I bet that, like in linerider, what I think is cool pales by comparison to your friggin' helicopter finish.