Onerous Orbits by Ian McD
Play on itch.io: https://someotherguy.itch.io/onerous-orbits
What!?!? Humanity has discovered wormholes! Control the deep space probe Oracle 1, as you journey through space. What kind of planets are there out there in the depths of space?
Use your command terminal to guide the probe through the depths of space by instructing it to weave between the stars!
Guide:
Your job is to send commands to the Oracle 1 probe via your terminal.
Generally, your interface should look like this:

there are 3 commands you can send: 1. Thrust 2. Rotate 3. Wait
You can add them to your terminal by clicking their respective buttons
For each function, you can modify the Parameters to influence how each action behaves.
By clicking on the parameters (Circled here) a dropdown will apear showing options.
Thrust:
- Param1 - Duration: How many seconds to thrust for
- Param2 - Power: How powerful of a thrust to execute
Rotate:
- Param1 - Degrees: How many degrees to rotate clockwise (or negative for counterclockwise)
Wait:
- Param1 - Duration: do nothing for a duration
Note that each of these is color coded: - Green -> Thrust - Yellow -> Rotate - Grey -> Wait
When you execute your commands by clicking the reset button, a line will follow, the color indicating what command was ran during that segment of the path.
Credits:
Kevin Lam - Programming
Ian McDonald - Programming, Sound Design, UI
Justine Olshan - Programming
Christian MacNeill - 3D Art
Wade Bribach - Space Probe
Justin Wu - VFX
Gahwon Lee - Music
Please post your favorite solutions in the comments!

| itch.io page | https://someotherguy.itch.io/onerous-orbits |
| Original URL | https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/57/onerous-orbits |
Ratings
| Overall | 31th | 4.276⭐ | 31🧑⚖️ |
| Fun | 32th | 4.214⭐ | 30🧑⚖️ |
| Innovation | 6th | 4.431⭐ | 31🧑⚖️ |
| Theme | 433th | 3.696⭐ | 30🧑⚖️ |
| Graphics | 387th | 3.786⭐ | 30🧑⚖️ |
| Audio | 166th | 3.796⭐ | 29🧑⚖️ |
| Humor | 318th | 3.104⭐ | 26🧑⚖️ |
| Mood | 144th | 4.036⭐ | 30🧑⚖️ |
| Given | 26🗳️ | 36🗨️ |
Awesome amazing little game!

Edit: Oh hell yes last map win!


Thanks!
With a few additions to diversify the gameplay—like ship upgrades or different types of obstacles—I’d definitely buy a full version of this game!