Slingshot: Escape the solar system

Gravity is your enemy. It's also your only way out. Slingshot is a pixel-art orbital mechanics arcade. One rocket. A limited fuel tank. Sun, planets and moons pulling at you from every direction. Thrust at the wrong moment and you're lost to the void. Thrust at the right moment and the solar system becomes a slingshot. Launch. Explore. Crash. You will die. A lot. Slingshot rewards patience, observation, and the slow build-up of orbital intuition. And also fuel management. Each crash teaches you something (or maybe not).

Upgrade your shipFortunately, every place you explore in the solar system, and every escape allows you to upgrade your ship to make your explorer life a bit easier. Escape the solar systemExploring is nice, but once your ship and skills allow it, you will launch again and try to escape the solar system. You know this is your ultimate goal. You still don't know why, but you have to. FeaturesYou control when to burn and in which direction, as long as you have fuel.

Thrust prograde at the right instant and gravity takes care of the rest. (Almost) real orbital physics. Velocity Verlet integration at 4ms substeps. Every body pulls on you simultaneously. No on-rails trajectories, no fake physics. Okay you don't care, but just to say it might be hard to master.12 technologies to unlock. Efficient thrusters, fuel tank extensions, ion drives, plasma afterburners, phase shields, solar collectors, wormhole generators.…