```javascript

   // ==UserScript==
   // @name         StarFling Spacebar
   // @namespace    https://playstarfling.com/
   // @version      2026-04-11
   // @description  Spacebar to launch and restart StarFling
   // @author       Claude Code
   // @match        https://playstarfling.com/*
   // @icon         https://www.google.com/s2/favicons?sz=64&domain=playstarfling.com
   // @grant        none
   // @run-at       document-idle
   // ==/UserScript==

   (function () {
     'use strict';

     document.addEventListener('keydown', function (e) {
       if (e.code === 'Escape') {
         e.preventDefault();
         // During play, click give-up to trigger the death/restart screen
         const giveup = document.getElementById('giveup-btn');
         if (giveup) giveup.click();
         return;
       }

       if (e.code !== 'Space') return;
       e.preventDefault();

       // If the game-over screen is visible, click retry
       const gameOver = document.getElementById('game-over');
       if (gameOver && !gameOver.classList.contains('hidden')) {
         const retry = document.getElementById('retry-btn');
         if (retry) retry.click();
         return;
       }

       // Otherwise simulate a tap on the canvas (start from menu / release orb)
       const canvas = document.getElementById('c');
       if (canvas) {
         canvas.dispatchEvent(new PointerEvent('pointerdown', {
           bubbles: true,
           clientX: window.innerWidth / 2,
           clientY: window.innerHeight / 2,
         }));
       }
     });
   })();

- the gravity is weird in my opinion. There is basically a gravity going down the screen. I would have expected there to be some "pull" towards the planets. I get why though, you try to prevent mega-long straight shots upward. Perhaps experiment with some drag, where the ball slows down over time. Or perhaps have the walls be gravity points, pulling the ball towards them.

- i would add a long- press to restart immediately, so restarting is faster.

One thing I noticed is that I found the game to be pretty hard if I just tried to tap based on where I thought was a good "launching point". But then I realized I could use the dashed lines in the orbit circle as basically "arrows" pointing to where the ship would go if launched at that point in the orbit, and I instantly got much better if my strategy was (a) pick the dash in the orbit circle that points to the next planet, and (b) just then only focus on tapping when the ship hits that dash in the circle.

I think a "hard mode" would be to get rid of the dashes in the orbit circle and just make it a solid line.

If I got to work on this game for 90 seconds, I would move the "bonus text" down to the bottom. It gets in the way of tviewing the literal most important thing SO MUCH!!!

The dotted line starting wide and slowly shrinking to the real orbit is a great touch. It makes the quick/fast/blazing/insane moves harder and more satisfying when they work. The angles encourage skips frequently enough to feel good.

I think the only improvement I would make to the look is perhaps the background. I still think the cyberwave aesthetic works and isn't played out quite yet, especially on mobile. But maybe instead of a boring flat grid, some very faint parallax points moving across the background might work better to give the game a bit more depth.

The pause->restart flow is way faster than clicking the restart button at the bottom of the screen. If your intent is to capture the end of every game to advertise the upcoming mobile game, then you might want to capture that method of restart as well.

Great game, thanks!

- Can you add a keyboard key that also launches, rather than always have to be a click - Can you make it so it restarts without having to click the play again button? Maybe use the same keyboard button as above? - When fail, why does the ship fall to the floor? Maybe a gentle curve away would be more "realistic" - Why is the bg squares? Maybe it should be more of a subtle space bg

Thanks for making it!

EDIT: Uh oh. I found it again. I'm screwed.

My feedback above was on desktop.

That's also when I lost all interest, which isn't quite fair in that it's still a slingshot game, just not in the least orbital. It's just a slingshot. No stars required.