{"author_link":"\/users\/bgw","author_name":"bgw","author_uid":"1025522","comments":[{"author_name":"mrspeaker","author_uid":"1013726","time":"2017-05-01T13:41:39Z","epoch":1493646099,"modified":1493646099,"text":"I had heaps of fun playing with this... i kind of wish it were more \"zoomed out\" to see a bigger picture. I spent ages trying to get something in orbit (because my game was about getting something in orbit!) - is it possible?","likes":1,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"bgw","author_uid":"1025522","time":"2017-05-02T04:19:04Z","epoch":1493698744,"modified":1493698744,"text":"@mrspeaker, Thanks for playing. You definitely can get things into a stable orbit, but it's really hard because all the planets have a pull on each projectile, and because the gravitational pull of a planet changes as each projectile hits.\n\nMy original goal was to create a worms-type game but with orbital mechanics, so had I pulled that off (instead of creating a physics sandbox), the difficulty of getting projectiles into orbit would've probably been beneficial.","likes":0,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"gurkenlabs","author_uid":"1009791","time":"2017-05-03T12:31:30Z","epoch":1493814690,"modified":1493814690,"text":"Awesome name :'D \nThis is an interesting sandbox that could be great in a worms-like game (as you mentioned). Unfortunately, it didn't really deliver any engaging gameplay.","likes":0,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"gurkenlabs","author_uid":"1009791","time":"2017-05-03T12:31:30Z","epoch":1493814690,"modified":1493814690,"text":"Awesome name :'D \nThis is an interesting sandbox that could be great in a worms-like game (as you mentioned). Unfortunately, it didn't really deliver any engaging gameplay.","likes":0,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"La mecanique du plastique","author_uid":"1022081","time":"2017-05-09T12:35:42Z","epoch":1494333342,"modified":1494333342,"text":"Interesting experiment, it could be nice to add some real gameplay into it, as it's a great base for something more, hope you'd have the opportunity to take it further. ","likes":1,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"Antti Haavikko","author_uid":"1013537","time":"2017-05-17T14:21:30Z","epoch":1495030890,"modified":1495030890,"text":"Cool tech demo but you forgot to include a game with it. Could work as a Scorched Earth type game. All you need is piece of tape on screen for each player and some manual rules enforcement ;)","likes":0,"format":"md"}],"format":"md","images":["ld38\/25524-e0965e16d9ce2c8949ec9423a6ab1e4c.png"],"links":[],"metadata":{"g_key":"45662","g_author":"1025522","g_event":"LD38","g_eventkey":"69","g_subevent":"COMPO","g_urlkey":"243646","g_title":"Gravitational Gravityness","g_status":"USEAR3","g_place":"99999","g_commentcount":"6","g_site2_node_id":"25524","g_hide":"Y","g_has_icon":"Y","g_rqueue":"0","g_random":"0"},"nds":{"n_key":"25524","n_urlkey":"243646","n_parent":"9405","n_path":"\/events\/ludum-dare\/38\/gravitational-gravityness","n_slug":"gravitational-gravityness","n_type":"item","n_subtype":"game","n_subsubtype":"compo","n_author":"25522","n_created":"1492991807","n_modified":"1492994078","n_version":"42402","n_status":"COMMIT"},"node":{"id":25524,"parent":9405,"superparent":9,"author":25522,"type":"item","subtype":"game","subsubtype":"compo","published":"2017-04-24T00:31:04Z","created":"2017-04-23T23:56:47Z","modified":"2017-04-24T00:34:38Z","version":42402,"slug":"gravitational-gravityness","name":"Gravitational Gravityness","body":"A simple physics toy with orbital mechanics and destructible planets. Upon destruction, the mass will change and the center of mass of planets may shift.\n\nClick to place a projectile. Click and drag to place a projectile with velocity. Refresh for a new map.\n\nhttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=DH210ONwZYs\n\n**Play it here:** http:\/\/benjam.info\/small-planets\/\n\n**Source Code:** http:\/\/benjam.info\/downloads\/small-planets.zip\n\n*Requires a browser and hardware that supports [WebGL](http:\/\/caniuse.com\/#feat=webgl).*","meta":{"cover":"\/\/\/content\/2b3\/6\/z\/381b.png","grade-06-out":"1","grade-07-out":"1","grade-08-out":"1","author":[25522]},"path":"\/events\/ludum-dare\/38\/gravitational-gravityness","parents":[1,5,9,9405],"love":0,"notes":6,"notes-timestamp":"2017-05-17T14:21:30Z","grade":{"grade-01":8,"grade-02":8,"grade-03":8,"grade-04":7,"grade-05":7},"magic":{"cool":112.54628677423,"feedback":1,"given":4.75,"grade":7.6,"grade-01-average":2.833,"grade-02-average":3.167,"grade-03-average":2.667,"grade-04-average":3,"grade-05-average":2.4,"smart":-19.492351410059}},"text":"A simple physics toy with orbital mechanics and destructible planets. Upon destruction, the mass will change and the center of mass of planets may shift.\n\nClick to place a projectile. Click and drag to place a projectile with velocity. Refresh for a new map.\n\nhttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=DH210ONwZYs\n\n**Play it here:** http:\/\/benjam.info\/small-planets\/\n\n**Source Code:** http:\/\/benjam.info\/downloads\/small-planets.zip\n\n*Requires a browser and hardware that supports [WebGL](http:\/\/caniuse.com\/#feat=webgl).*","title":"Gravitational Gravityness"}