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Get yourself out of space and back onto the terrible planet that you love.
Control with keyboard or gamepad. Make as many landings as you can to maximize your score. The planet terrain gets more extreme as the levels go on.
How to play:
You start in orbit around a small planet. You want to bring your orbit in until you are close to the planet, then separate your lander from the booster to make your final descent. The lander has more thrust, since it is less massive, but it also has much less fuel, so time your separation carefully. If you've played a space game like Kerbal Space Program or Lunar Lander, it will be familiar. If not, this video talks about a similar landing in KSP. But the basic idea is that if you burn facing away from your current heading you will slow down, and if you slow down your orbit will get lower.
The camera in this game is always oriented so that the planet is beneath you, so down on the screen is the direction of gravity, and the direction you will need to go to reach land.
Your UI from left to right is:
ALT (altitude): Your altitude with maximum being your starting altitude, and minimum being sea level of the planet (note that terrain can be higher than sea level!)
VEL (velocity): Your current heading relative to your viewpoint. If the yellow line is facing right, then you are going clockwise around the planet. If it's facing down, you're heading straight for the surface!
ORBIT: A simple map of your position relative to the planet. This view is not adjusted to your perspective.
LVL (level): The current level you're on.
SCORE: How many points you've earned. You earn points for each level you beat, and the more fuel you have left over the more points you earn.
GAS: The amount of fuel left in your current stage. The booster and lander have separate fuel reserves, but the lander has much less, so use it wisely.
Controls:
A/D or left arrow/right arrow - Rotate counterclockwise/clockwise
W or up arrow - Thrust
Space or return - separate the lander from the booster
Escape - return to the main menu
Control with keyboard or gamepad. Make as many landings as you can to maximize your score. The planet terrain gets more extreme as the levels go on.
How to play:
You start in orbit around a small planet. You want to bring your orbit in until you are close to the planet, then separate your lander from the booster to make your final descent. The lander has more thrust, since it is less massive, but it also has much less fuel, so time your separation carefully. If you've played a space game like Kerbal Space Program or Lunar Lander, it will be familiar. If not, this video talks about a similar landing in KSP. But the basic idea is that if you burn facing away from your current heading you will slow down, and if you slow down your orbit will get lower.
The camera in this game is always oriented so that the planet is beneath you, so down on the screen is the direction of gravity, and the direction you will need to go to reach land.
Your UI from left to right is:
ALT (altitude): Your altitude with maximum being your starting altitude, and minimum being sea level of the planet (note that terrain can be higher than sea level!)
VEL (velocity): Your current heading relative to your viewpoint. If the yellow line is facing right, then you are going clockwise around the planet. If it's facing down, you're heading straight for the surface!
ORBIT: A simple map of your position relative to the planet. This view is not adjusted to your perspective.
LVL (level): The current level you're on.
SCORE: How many points you've earned. You earn points for each level you beat, and the more fuel you have left over the more points you earn.
GAS: The amount of fuel left in your current stage. The booster and lander have separate fuel reserves, but the lander has much less, so use it wisely.
Controls:
A/D or left arrow/right arrow - Rotate counterclockwise/clockwise
W or up arrow - Thrust
Space or return - separate the lander from the booster
Escape - return to the main menu