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Posted by iceberger2001 3 days ago

Starfling: A one-tap endless orbital slingshot game in a single HTML file(playstarfling.com)
579 points | 143 commentspage 7
oliver236 14 hours ago|
allow me to use space and not click!!!!
kokopelli 3 days ago||
This is great. Very addicting.
zerobitflip 17 hours ago||
This is pretty cool, Great stuff!
alfiedotwtf 15 hours ago||
Love this! Only request is don't display Godlike etc where you are because I've found when it comes up, you can't see where you are and so miss the next first-chance
alfiedotwtf 15 hours ago|
Ideas for hard mode:

    - when you land, the ring starts shrinking, and you die when the ring gets to r=0
    - stars move
imiric 20 hours ago||
This is neat, but the tap to release controls are unintuitive for me. I much prefer the variant of this game that uses hold, drag and aim as input. This allows much greater control, is more engaging, and thus feels more rewarding and fun. Plus, there's no waiting period for the ball to circle back to where you want it to be.

Tangentially, this is also why I dislike the modern trend of auto-shooters and idlers. The twin-stick shooter is by far the superior control scheme for this type of game, yet for some reason people enjoy having less control and engagement. I never got the appeal.

iceberger2001 10 hours ago||
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usefulpatch 4 hours ago||
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neuzhou 21 hours ago||
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tuo-lei 22 hours ago|
The single HTML file as a distribution format is really underrated. No server, no CORS issues, no CDN — just open the file. It works offline, you can email it, and it'll still work in 10 years.

I ship self-contained HTML files for a different project and the sneakiest gotcha is </ sequences inside inline <script> tags — the browser sees </ and tries to close the script tag prematurely. You have to escape them as <\/. Curious if the author ran into that one.

Fun concept for the format too — games are the perfect use case.

cubefox 20 hours ago|
That's the silliest LLM comment I saw in a while.