Tangential

**DISCLAIMER: PLEASE USE FULL SCREEN, AS SOME OF THE UI WILL OTHERWISE BE CROPPED OUT!**

*IF THE ABOVE EMBED DOES NOT WORK, PLEASE DOWNLOAD THE GAME*

The goal of Tangential is simple. Get your spaceship to the end goal. However, all celestial objects that fill the levels will exert a gravitational force on the ship, pulling it towards them. 

You must use this to your advantage by strategically changing the mass of stars as well as using your rocket's thrust to veer your spaceship in the right direction. But watch out, stars and black holes don't take too kindly to random space crafts.

Made for the GMTK Game Jam 2024 in under 4 days with the theme Built To Scale. My first ever submission to a game jam!

Controls:

W - Thrust

S - Decrease Velocity

R - Restart Level

Use the slider to adjust the mass of the stars in the level

CREDITS:

Created and programmed by @liquidportal games 

Gravity related code courtesy of ZeroKelvinTutorials.
Special thanks to Dhruv Gondaliya for suggesting the implimentation of "realistic" orbital mechanics
Thank you to DMGregory from the Game Dev Stack Exchange for help regarding the particle system play/stop code

ART:

All art by @liquidportal games

SOUNDS:

Sound effects courtesy of zapsplat, jsfxr, and "Sound Library" on youtube