Punch black holes in space and sling a ship home round them.

108 points•trwhite•about 3 hours ago•34 comments•

34 comments

rkagerer37 minutes ago
Great game, though the controls on mobile are a bit too imprecise.

As you drag a hole, the size widgets should disappear so you can better see what's around it. They could pop back up again once you're done dragging.

Personally I'd rather if you had to press a button or something (or long press?) to add a new hole. I keep accidentally adding new ones when all I want to do is adjust an existing one.

Also spamming the user with the help screen right off the bat is a bit much. As long as they know it's there and can pull it up / dismiss it, I think it would be more fun to sort of discover the game mechanics yourself.

Note several of the first 8 or so levels can be accomplished with a single minimum (8) sized black hole. Eg. I liked the simplicity of doing that on level 6.

amelius24 minutes ago
This one was cute also:

https://www.falstad.com/rendezvous/

(check the autopilot option)

peesem24 minutes ago
reminds me of Gravitee, except in that game the planets are pre-positioned and you're hitting a golf ball
adamesqueabout 2 hours ago
Fun idea, but kind of maddening that I can click and hold to add mass to a hole but if i overshoot, i can't do anything subtract mass or delete a hole.
gschizasabout 1 hour ago
Click on the hole. There will appear 3 buttons, one to add mass, one to subtract and one to delete the hole completely.
40fourabout 2 hours ago
The ability to subtract mass is definitely needed. All you can do is click “undo” and try again. You can drag the holes around too. Still pretty fun, I played 5 or 6 levels
trwhiteabout 2 hours ago
I just pushed an update. Click on the hole and controls will appear. I think you'll enjoy the later levels (10+)
msephtonabout 2 hours ago
Tap the black hole and it gives you ability to add and remove.
rapidflabout 1 hour ago
also need a way to increase the sim speed. 1.5x 2x etc

Definitely a fun game kudos!

YeahThisIsMeabout 2 hours ago
This is the year of old browser (and/or flash) games making a comeback in some form.

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