First thing I did was blast off at full speed. Notice other dots, go towards one, find the NCC-1701-C. Nice. Found a planet covered in text that I immediately bounced off of and lost as well as...
First thing I did was blast off at full speed. Notice other dots, go towards one, find the NCC-1701-C.
Nice.
Found a planet covered in text that I immediately bounced off of and lost as well as Jurassic Park. I'm sure there's plenty more and I haven't even explored the fist planet.
For those trying, lateral thrust is your main enemy when trying to maneuver. You cannot crash/die.
Well, that got very boring very quickly. It took a while to work out I was supposed to push the arrow buttons. Then I did, and the spaceship moved. Yay. And then it just kept moving. More yay?...
Well, that got very boring very quickly.
It took a while to work out I was supposed to push the arrow buttons. Then I did, and the spaceship moved. Yay. And then it just kept moving. More yay?
Well, when I say "the spaceship moved", the stars moved. The spaceship just stayed in the centre of the frame, while a bunch of white dots whizzed past.
I had whizzing white dots and a spaceship.
And I could make the spaceship change orientation while the white dots whizzed past.
As you take off from the planet, you will notice a white little bubble underneath you. That represents the gravitational pull of the planet you just left. As you go straight up, you should notice...
As you take off from the planet, you will notice a white little bubble underneath you. That represents the gravitational pull of the planet you just left. As you go straight up, you should notice occasionally you violently veer off course, as another of those little white bubbles appears to your ships side. That represents another planet's gravitational course altering your trajectory. You can follow the little white bubbles to other planets, or explore the planet you just left, to discover a variety of cartoonish characterizations.
It took me a few times to figure it out. The name gave me a hint. And the weird changes in direction also helped. The only reason I persisted is from reading this thread I knew I must be missing...
It took me a few times to figure it out. The name gave me a hint. And the weird changes in direction also helped. The only reason I persisted is from reading this thread I knew I must be missing something.
Mostly trial and error, kind of gamer logic in a sense. If you’ve played enough games, UI is there to assist you. It incentivizes discovery and/or also a extra system of mechanic(s).
Mostly trial and error, kind of gamer logic in a sense. If you’ve played enough games, UI is there to assist you. It incentivizes discovery and/or also a extra system of mechanic(s).
First thing I did was blast off at full speed. Notice other dots, go towards one, find the NCC-1701-C.
Nice.
Found a planet covered in text that I immediately bounced off of and lost as well as Jurassic Park. I'm sure there's plenty more and I haven't even explored the fist planet.
For those trying, lateral thrust is your main enemy when trying to maneuver. You cannot crash/die.
The dinosaurs in Jurassic Park are from Dinosaur Comics!
I found that you can get stuck in some places, so you have to start over. I don't mind, though :)
I got trapped between two black holes.
You can escape the sun remant by thrusting very tangentially to the surface and bouncing a few times.
I get the feeling I'd be at this for days if I wasn't careful.
The comic promotes Randall's new book What If? 2.
I got to go to a release event and got a signed copy. It's a great nerdy read.
I'd love to go to one of his talks. He recently got interviewed by Sean Carroll, which was quite a treat: https://www.preposterousuniverse.com/podcast/2022/09/12/210-randall-munroe-on-imagining-what-if/
The first celestial body I found was b612 (yay!), apparently scheduled to be destroyed (boo!). It's sad.
(also: look at my username)
Well, that got very boring very quickly.
It took a while to work out I was supposed to push the arrow buttons. Then I did, and the spaceship moved. Yay. And then it just kept moving. More yay?
Well, when I say "the spaceship moved", the stars moved. The spaceship just stayed in the centre of the frame, while a bunch of white dots whizzed past.
I had whizzing white dots and a spaceship.
And I could make the spaceship change orientation while the white dots whizzed past.
Like I said, very boring, very fast.
The white dots are each a thing to explore.
There are millions of them! It's a simulated star field. There are lots of white dots (simulated stars) whizzing past.
As you take off from the planet, you will notice a white little bubble underneath you. That represents the gravitational pull of the planet you just left. As you go straight up, you should notice occasionally you violently veer off course, as another of those little white bubbles appears to your ships side. That represents another planet's gravitational course altering your trajectory. You can follow the little white bubbles to other planets, or explore the planet you just left, to discover a variety of cartoonish characterizations.
Oh. Really?
How was I supposed to know that?
(Thanks, by the way.)
It took me a few times to figure it out. The name gave me a hint. And the weird changes in direction also helped. The only reason I persisted is from reading this thread I knew I must be missing something.
Mostly trial and error, kind of gamer logic in a sense. If you’ve played enough games, UI is there to assist you. It incentivizes discovery and/or also a extra system of mechanic(s).
Back when I played this, I thought the white dots were simulating sun flairs. Took me a while to notice they appeared suspiciously consistent.
Do you see bigger white dots that orbit your spacecraft?
I think so. I just assumed they were animation artefacts.
Why?
Follow one of them and see what you find.