{"author_link":"\/users\/tolmera","author_name":"TolMera","author_uid":1004837,"comments":[{"id":1009335,"author_name":"Nilan","author_uid":"nilan","epoch":1696483876,"text":"Looks like it's not running correctly on my mac. I see some stones falling on screen, and nothing can be controlled, no \"main character\" on screen, and nothing happed when I press \"WASD\".","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1009634,"author_name":"Qaolin","author_uid":"qaolin","epoch":1696491921,"text":"At least you tried to finish it :D good job","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1010291,"author_name":"WiredOverload","author_uid":"wiredoverload","epoch":1696506919,"text":"The web version works although you do just have to give it a minute to load everything. It is a shame that there's not much game here, but the orbiting rocks do look pretty once zoomed out with their different speeds per orbit and realistic trajectories.","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"}],"format":"md","images":["ld54\/wayback-placeholder.png"],"links":[{"url":"https:\/\/github.com\/TolMera\/OrbitumScaterum","text":"GitHub"},{"url":"https:\/\/ludum-dare-webhosting.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com\/OrbitumScaterum\/index.html","text":"Website (not-good\/working)"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"91620","g_author":"1004837","g_event":"LD54","g_eventkey":"117","g_subevent":"JAM","g_urlkey":"435299","g_title":"Orbitum Scaterum V2 (LD42 Revived)","g_status":"WAYBACK","g_place":"99999","g_commentcount":"3","g_site2_node_id":"375020","g_hide":"N","g_has_icon":"Y","g_rqueue":"0","g_random":"0"},"nds":{"n_key":"375020","n_urlkey":"435299","n_parent":"371459","n_path":"\/events\/ludum-dare\/54\/this-will-be-awesome","n_slug":"this-will-be-awesome","n_type":"item","n_subtype":"game","n_subsubtype":"jam","n_author":"4837","n_created":"1695967466","n_modified":"1779525774","n_version":"1180148","n_status":"WAYBACK"},"node":{"_collation":{"body_sanitizer":"TextUtils::SanitizeHTML via existing importer","event":"LD54","removed_author":false},"_superparent":9,"_trust":6,"author":4837,"body":"[This is a remake of a game I wrote for LD42](https:\/\/ldjam.com\/events\/ludum-dare\/42\/orbitum-scaterum)\n\n# Orbitum Scaterum\n\nThis 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.\n\nThis game is about the limited space you have to maneuver when the earth is surrounded by space-junk.\n\nUnfortunately 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.\n\nThat's right, this game uses *REAL* orbital formulas to simulate all the debris and the players ship.\n\nSo put on your helmet and learn how to fly a spaceship in Orbitum Scaterum V2.\n\n* play using your keyboard (sorry international ppl, but it's US key map)\n\nW\/S = Forward\/Back\n\nA\/D = Rotate left\/right\n\nQ\/E = Thrust Left\/Right\n\nIf you hit the earth, you'll end up with a big orange blob behind your ship, showing that you crashed!\nIf 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.\n\nAl 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?)\n\n* The game supports GamePad (only forward, backward, left, right)\n\n# How do I launch the game?\n\nI 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.\n\nFor now these are the steps to launch the game:\n\n## Download\n\nRequires: Node and TypeScript\n\nGo the the GitHub link, and click \"<> Code v\" then click \"Download ZIP\"\n\nAfter the download, unzip the folder and open a terminal at that location (yea I'm sorry if this is too hard at the moment).\n\nIn terminal run:\n\n`npm run build`\n\nThen run:\n\n`npm run launch`\n\nYou will see a link in your terminal, something like:\n\n```\nAvailable on:\n  http:\/\/127.0.0.1:8080\n  http:\/\/192.168.1.110:8080\n```\n\nOpen either of those links on your favorite browser (I used Chromium to develop the game, so Chrome\/Chromium would be best).\n\nThe 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).\n\nThank you for playing my game if you take the time and can deal with the launch troubles.","comments":3,"comments-timestamp":"2023-10-05T12:01:03Z","created":"2023-09-29T06:04:26Z","files":[],"files-timestamp":0,"grade":{"grade-01":2,"grade-02":2,"grade-03":2,"grade-04":2,"grade-05":2,"grade-06":2,"grade-07":2,"grade-08":2},"id":375020,"love":0,"magic":{"cool":0,"feedback":1,"given":0,"grade":2,"smart":-29.289321881345},"meta":{"author":[4837],"cover":"\/\/\/content\/5e2\/1\/z\/5ec59.png","link-01":"https:\/\/github.com\/TolMera\/OrbitumScaterum","link-01-name":"GitHub","link-01-tag":[42332],"link-02":"https:\/\/ludum-dare-webhosting.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com\/OrbitumScaterum\/index.html","link-02-name":"Website (not-good\/working)","link-02-tag":[42336]},"meta-timestamp":"2026-05-23T08:42:54Z","modified":"2026-05-23T08:42:54Z","name":"Orbitum Scaterum V2 (LD42 Revived)","node-timestamp":"2023-10-03T00:21:30Z","parent":371459,"parents":[1,5,9,371459],"path":"\/events\/ludum-dare\/54\/this-will-be-awesome","published":"2023-10-02T22:30:46Z","scope":"public","slug":"this-will-be-awesome","subsubtype":"jam","subtype":"game","type":"item","version":1180148},"text":"[This is a remake of a game I wrote for LD42](https:\/\/ldjam.com\/events\/ludum-dare\/42\/orbitum-scaterum)\n\n# Orbitum Scaterum\n\nThis 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.\n\nThis game is about the limited space you have to maneuver when the earth is surrounded by space-junk.\n\nUnfortunately 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.\n\nThat's right, this game uses *REAL* orbital formulas to simulate all the debris and the players ship.\n\nSo put on your helmet and learn how to fly a spaceship in Orbitum Scaterum V2.\n\n* play using your keyboard (sorry international ppl, but it's US key map)\n\nW\/S = Forward\/Back\n\nA\/D = Rotate left\/right\n\nQ\/E = Thrust Left\/Right\n\nIf you hit the earth, you'll end up with a big orange blob behind your ship, showing that you crashed!\nIf 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.\n\nAl 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?)\n\n* The game supports GamePad (only forward, backward, left, right)\n\n# How do I launch the game?\n\nI 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.\n\nFor now these are the steps to launch the game:\n\n## Download\n\nRequires: Node and TypeScript\n\nGo the the GitHub link, and click \"<> Code v\" then click \"Download ZIP\"\n\nAfter the download, unzip the folder and open a terminal at that location (yea I'm sorry if this is too hard at the moment).\n\nIn terminal run:\n\n`npm run build`\n\nThen run:\n\n`npm run launch`\n\nYou will see a link in your terminal, something like:\n\n```\nAvailable on:\n  http:\/\/127.0.0.1:8080\n  http:\/\/192.168.1.110:8080\n```\n\nOpen either of those links on your favorite browser (I used Chromium to develop the game, so Chrome\/Chromium would be best).\n\nThe 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).\n\nThank you for playing my game if you take the time and can deal with the launch troubles.","title":"Orbitum Scaterum V2 (LD42 Revived)","wayback_recovered":true,"wayback_source":{"capture":{"original":"https:\/\/api-jam.ludumdare.com\/vx\/node2\/get\/375001+375002+375003+375004+375005+375006+375007+375008+375009+375010+375011+375012+375013+375014+375015+375016+375017+375018+375019+375020+375021+375022+375023+375024+375025+375026+375027+375028+375029+375030+375031+375032+375033+375034+375035+375036+375037+375038+375039+375040+375041+375042+375043+375044+375045+375046+375047+375048+375049+375050+375051+375052+375053+375054+375055+375056+375057+375058+375059+375060+375061+375062+375063+375064+375065+375066+375067+375068+375069+375070+375071+375072+375073+375074+375075+375076+375077+375078+375079+375080+375081+375082+375083+375084+375085+375086+375087+375088+375089+375090+375091+375092+375093+375094+375095+375096+375097+375098+375099+375100+375101+375102+375103+375104+375105+375106+375107+375108+375109+375110+375111+375112+375113+375114+375115+375116+375117+375118+375119+375120+375121+375122+375123+375124+375125+375126+375127+375128+375129+375130+375131+375132+375133+375134+375135+375136+375137+375138+375139+375140+375141+375142+375143+375144+375145+375146+375147+375148+375149+375150+375151+375152+375153+375154+375155+375156+375157+375158+375159+375160+375161+375162+375163+375164+375165+375166+375167+375168+375169+375170+375171+375172+375173+375174+375175+375176+375177+375178+375179+375180+375181+375182+375183+375184+375185+375186+375187+375188+375189+375190+375191+375192+375193+375194+375195+375196+375197+375198+375199+375200+375201+375202+375203+375204+375205+375206+375207+375208+375209+375210+375211+375212+375213+375214+375215+375216+375217+375218+375219+375220+375221+375222+375223+375224+375225+375226+375227+375228+375229+375230+375231+375232+375233+375234+375235+375236+375237+375238+375239+375240+375241+375242+375243+375244+375245+375246+375247+375248+375249+375250+375251+375252+375253+375254+375255+375256+375257+375258+375259+375260+375261+375262+375263+375264+375265+375266+375267+375268+375269+375270+375271+375272+375273+375274+375275+375276+375277+375278+375279+375280+375281+375282+375283+375284+375285+375286+375287+375288+375289+375290+375291+375292+375293+375294+375295+375296+375297+375298+375299+375300+375301+375302+375303+375304+375305+375306+375307+375308+375309+375310+375311+375312+375313+375314+375315+375316+375317+375318+375319+375320+375321+375322+375323+375324+375325+375326+375327+375328+375329+375330+375331+375332+375333+375334+375335+375336+375337+375338+375339+375340+375341+375342+375343+375344+375345+375346+375347+375348+375349+375350+375351+375352+375353+375354+375355+375356+375357+375358+375359+375360+375361+375362+375363+375364+375365+375366+375367+375368+375369+375370+375371+375372+375373+375374+375375+375376+375377+375378+375379+375380+375381+375382+375383+375384+375385+375386+375387+375388+375389+375390+375391+375392+375393+375394+375395+375396+375397+375398+375399+375400+375401+375402+375403+375404+375405+375406+375407+375408+375409+375410+375411+375412+375413+375414+375415+375416+375417+375418+375419+375420+375421+375422+375423+375424+375425+375426+375427+375428+375429+375430+375431+375432+375433+375434+375435+375436+375437+375438+375439+375440+375441+375442+375443+375444+375445+375446+375447+375448+375449+375450+375451+375452+375453+375454+375455+375456+375457+375458+375459+375460+375461+375462+375463+375464+375465+375466+375467+375468+375469+375470+375471+375472+375473+375474+375475+375476+375477+375478+375479+375480+375481+375482+375483+375484+375485+375486+375487+375488+375489+375490+375491+375492+375493+375494+375495+375496+375497+375498+375499+375500?authors&parents&superparent"},"object":"objects\/sha256\/af\/affa4c6bbf433e50f5f45a186e8529016e4ca8638aa510727dd66840a7d60d26","record":"shard-2\/json-live-urgent-v3\/records\/8a3d172bd9ec7a3acaa4d38ce03cd71fbdbc9dab9abaa074060bd2a8b7bb0dba.json","sha256":"affa4c6bbf433e50f5f45a186e8529016e4ca8638aa510727dd66840a7d60d26","source":"https","stored_at":1784022482}}