Celestial Waltz by gasgiant
Celestial Waltz is a meditative game that allows you to explore the beautiful instability of the three-body problem.
Designed and developed by Ivan Pensionerov.
Music: Waltz of the Flowers (by Tchaikovsky)
| Play in Browser | https://gasgiant.itch.io/celestial-waltz |
| Original URL | https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/49/celestial-waltz |
Ratings
| Overall | 547th | 3.667⭐ | 26🧑⚖️ |
| Fun | 1269th | 2.896⭐ | 26🧑⚖️ |
| Innovation | 80th | 4.063⭐ | 26🧑⚖️ |
| Theme | 221th | 4.104⭐ | 26🧑⚖️ |
| Graphics | 363th | 4.021⭐ | 26🧑⚖️ |
| Mood | 81th | 4.188⭐ | 26🧑⚖️ |
| Given | 24🗳️ | 25🗨️ |
Here's some of my idea (take it if you like it, ignore it if you don't): the goal can be making two body collide and one survive, or making them not separated too far away for x distance. You can even add some new factors like player-generated gravity, or other celestial body passing by.

Still, absolutely loved it!
Good job finding something so unique to convey and executing it so cleanly!
at first it was really beautiful watching the orbs weave in and out, but unfortunately, i never got a sense for how my inputs were effecting the game; i never had a sense of control. eventually, my orbs just drifted apart, and i was sad.
is this just a simulation, or is there actually a goal, like, don't let them crash together, or don't let them drift apart?
thanks for bringing up this beautiful art.