Orbinauts

Orbinaut! You have been assigned on a mission for The Mining Company, a galaxy-spanning conglomerate responsible for mining precious metals. You will survey the Solaris Prime system to see if it is suitable for exploitation.

However, the company has had some major cutbacks in order to pay for the CEO's second space yacht. You will need to use realistic Newtonian orbital mechanics to make the most of your limited fuel supply. The used fuel will subtract from your paycheck, and combined with the many taxes, deductions, and service fees, this will add up fast. Will you earn enough money to feed your family?

Controls:

• SPACE to accelerate your spaceship.
• Click to point your spaceship.
• < & > to increase/decrease timescale.
• M to toggle your map.
• Click on a planet/moon/spacecraft in your map to focus on it.
• Use the four icons in the top left to toggle between information panels.
• Right-click on a container on your ship to release it.
• Right-click on an asteroid to scan it.

Tips:

• Thrust in the direction you are going to enlarge your orbit. 
• Thrust in the opposite direction to shrink your orbit.
• To catch up to another object, you can travel in a lower orbit than this object.

NOTICE: The browser version of the game still has some bugs, most noticably the massive cursor size. Will fix soon (tm). These bugs are not in the downloadable version of the game. 

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Credit for the planet/star sprites go to Deep-Fold: take a look at their Pixel Planet Generator here: https://deep-fold.itch.io/pixel-planet-generator