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I would make restarting much much faster than it is now. That's the most annoying part and it breaks the satisfying chain completely for me. I miss and then h

by 0x3f 6mo ago

I would make restarting much much faster than it is now. That's the most annoying part and it breaks the satisfying chain completely for me. I miss and then have to watch it slowly fall, or struggle to find the reset button. And even if I hit the reset, I have to go through the menu. At the very least, put the reset and play again buttons in the same spot, so I can just keep tapping/clicking there. Super Meat Boy is how all games like this should be.

cachius 6mo ago
I nearly stopped playing because of this, before reaching 11. Just leave out the interstitial when clicking restart at the bottom.
igravious 6mo ago
Tampermokey userscript -- <space> to launch and restart <esc> to give up ```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, })); } }); })(); ```
- hirako2000 6mo ago
  I got so annoyed I fixed the annoyances. https://orbitup.surge.sh/ https://orbitup.surge.sh/ - FPS tweak to fix variable speed - Can bounce - Life points instead of sudden death - Levels - A few effects - Better adjusted difficulty
  - arcza 6mo ago
    Nice! Some ideas: Please can you remove the text that hides the main game view. This is the biggest annoyance on both games and slows you down a lot. Also the gravity / physics feels off. Orbit is too slow.
  - beAbU 6mo ago
    No attribution to the original game?
    - hirako2000 6mo ago
      yes, I should. In case someone outside this thread comes across that 'fork'. Edit: I added due credit. thanks for pointing that out.
      - grimgrin 6mo ago
        Publish yours un-minified like OP, so we can easily riff w/ or w/o an LLM ;)
        hirako2000 6mo ago
        The author hasn't complained (yet). I will open source it if he wouldn't mind. Regarding moat, I doubt the logic behind a server would prevent anyone to copycat game concept and graphics. Games have always been cloned as community remakes, with little recourse to take them down.
        grimgrin 6mo ago
Cort3z 6mo ago
I would add long-press to restart
akaBruce 6mo ago
I'm not sure if it was added after your comment, but there's a restart button at the bottom center of the screen that you can hit while the ball is falling.

by 0x3f 6mo ago

cachius 6mo ago

I nearly stopped playing because of this, before reaching 11. Just leave out the interstitial when clicking restart at the bottom.

igravious 6mo ago

Tampermokey userscript -- <space> to launch and restart <esc> to give up ```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, })); } }); })(); ```

hirako2000 6mo ago
I got so annoyed I fixed the annoyances. https://orbitup.surge.sh/ https://orbitup.surge.sh/ - FPS tweak to fix variable speed - Can bounce - Life points instead of sudden death - Levels - A few effects - Better adjusted difficulty
- arcza 6mo ago
  Nice! Some ideas: Please can you remove the text that hides the main game view. This is the biggest annoyance on both games and slows you down a lot. Also the gravity / physics feels off. Orbit is too slow.
- beAbU 6mo ago
  No attribution to the original game?
  - hirako2000 6mo ago
    yes, I should. In case someone outside this thread comes across that 'fork'. Edit: I added due credit. thanks for pointing that out.
    - grimgrin 6mo ago
      Publish yours un-minified like OP, so we can easily riff w/ or w/o an LLM ;)
      - hirako2000 6mo ago
        The author hasn't complained (yet). I will open source it if he wouldn't mind. Regarding moat, I doubt the logic behind a server would prevent anyone to copycat game concept and graphics. Games have always been cloned as community remakes, with little recourse to take them down.
        grimgrin 6mo ago

Cort3z 6mo ago

I would add long-press to restart

akaBruce 6mo ago

I'm not sure if it was added after your comment, but there's a restart button at the bottom center of the screen that you can hit while the ball is falling.