Gravitate - Don't fight gravity, harness it.

Goal: Get your ship to the portal by applying acceleration, taking into account the gravitational pull of the planets in the solar system. Get to the portals before they explode and wipe out the solar system and you along with it!

Controls:
[Arrow Keys] to apply force in that direction
[Z] to Toggle Music
[X] to re-center your ship if you get lost. This only works once per game.

About: Initially developed for Trijam in under 2 and a half hours using the TIC-80 fantasy computer. Minor graphical improvements, Music, Compass and Re-centering added afterwards for Brackeys Game Jam. No external assets were used. Music is based on The Planets - Jupiter by Holst.

More information

Status	Released
Platforms	HTML5
Author	daves84
Genre	Action, Simulation
Made with	TIC-80
Tags	2D, Endless, fantasy-console, Gravity, Pixel Art, Retro, Short, Space, TIC-80
Average session	A few seconds
Inputs	Keyboard

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Development log

Gravitate
Aug 26, 2021

Comments

Kayonji3 years ago(+1)

Very original concept. It's hard to grasp the commands at first and sometimes you rely more on guessing where the ship will appear from offscreen than actually playing it skillfully, but it was fun nevertheless. By the way, the music had huge Master System vibes, which was a huge plus to me :) good job!