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ericskiff
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Starfling: A one-tap endless orbital slingshot gam...
Fun, but the way they fly doesn't quite match my intuition. Why would an object curve when I send it out on the tangent? Wouldn't that be a straight line unless it's affected by a different gravity well?
lemagedurage
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Yes, you have to imagine a much bigger star beneath the viewport.
kaffekaka
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I imagine it as slingshotting my way up a tree.
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