This is a remake of a game I wrote for LD42

Orbitum Scaterum

This game is about the Kessler Cascade, and how flying in orbit around a solar body gets really difficult (potentially impossible) if there is too much space-junk.

This game is about the limited space you have to maneuver when the earth is surrounded by space-junk.

Unfortunately I didn't get quite as far with the development in the JAM as I wanted to (bumping space debris, or impact and destruction if you're moving too fast relative to the debris). So at the moment this game is purely a space flight simulator with REAL orbital mechanics.

That's right, this game uses REAL orbital formulas to simulate all the debris and the players ship.

So put on your helmet and learn how to fly a spaceship in Orbitum Scaterum V2.

• play using your keyboard (sorry international ppl, but it's US key map)

W/S = Forward/Back

A/D = Rotate left/right

Q/E = Thrust Left/Right

If you hit the earth, you'll end up with a big orange blob behind your ship, showing that you crashed! If you zoom all the way out, you can watch the debris orbiting the earth. It's fun and interesting to see real orbital mechanics at work. Occasionally because of floating point imprecision, some orbits will drift, and you can end up with objects orbiting in non-circular paths. Watch out for the debris that's gone full elliptical.

Al though there's currently no feedback, the goal of the game would be to get from your point in orbit, and land on the earth without hitting any debris too hard. (Space Driving simulator?)

• The game supports GamePad (only forward, backward, left, right)

How do I launch the game?

I wish launching could be click and play, but unfortunately not. The website version needs a little polish to make it launchable and playable at a click.

For now these are the steps to launch the game:

Download

Requires: Node and TypeScript

Go the the GitHub link, and click "<> Code v" then click "Download ZIP"

After the download, unzip the folder and open a terminal at that location (yea I'm sorry if this is too hard at the moment).

In terminal run:

npm run build

Then run:

npm run launch

You will see a link in your terminal, something like:

Available on: http://127.0.0.1:8080 http://192.168.1.110:8080

Open either of those links on your favorite browser (I used Chromium to develop the game, so Chrome/Chromium would be best).

The game takes 10 seconds to launch. I recommend refreshing the game after it launches the first time, so any issue with loading have a chance to resolve (cached files etc).

Thank you for playing my game if you take the time and can deal with the launch troubles.