Orbital Approach

Orbital Approach is a game about launching a spaceship from a starting point into a goal while avoiding obstacles along the way, all while trying to achieve the highest possible score. The ship is controlled through an initial burst of speed that you give it in a specified direction, and then is manipulated and bent by the gravity of nearby planets and other objects that it passes by on the way. Avoiding crashing into these objects while also using their pull to bend your path towards the goal is the challenge of the game, and the challenge level ranges from trivial to highly complex and precise. The score is calculated through the distance achieved by a successful path to the goal, plus bonus point pickups scattered in the levels The look of the game is a pixel art style, with some animations and minor particle effects. The feeling the game is designed to evoke is...