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I am usually quite resistant to games - even 2048 bounced off of me with little affect - but something about the idea of creating solar systems and playing arou

I am usually quite resistant to games - even 2048 bounced off of me with little affect - but something about the idea of creating solar systems and playing around with nature's laws is deeply appealing and I just spent 15 minutes figuring out how to construct a system which can get as many points as possible without imploding. (hint: large multipliers. Here's an initial attempt that I intend to refine once I'm done with work; http://www.stefanom.org/spc/?view=2823906 http://www.stefanom.org/spc/?view=2823906 )

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Pxtl 13y ago
... is your Planet 2 something that's even possible in real life? I'd think a large body so close to a star would get destroyed by tidal effects and converted into a ring.
pavel_lishin 13y ago
That link doesn't seem to work for me; I only see one planet.
- greyskull 13y ago
  It's a recording of his session. You can speed it up the using the controls on the left to see stuff happen faster.
bradleysmith 13y ago
Got you beat[0] just barely, with only the addition of a dwarf star. The speed multiplier is certainly the key. It also seems your initial planet placement is random, so it's getting something that allows use of the dwarf star. [0] - http://www.stefanom.org/spc/?view=2974678 http://www.stefanom.org/spc/?view=2974678
- sejje 13y ago
  http://www.stefanom.org/spc/?view=3030063 http://www.stefanom.org/spc/?view=3030063 Same thing, but I scored higher, unsure why.
- pygy_ 13y ago
  How about two dwarf stars? I ended up at 190M (I also had a big crowdedness factor), but I can't find the "share" link.
- fennecfoxen 13y ago
  At least one dwarf star, plus everything you can fit in the habitable zone, seems to be the way to run it. The main trick is keeping the initial planet from ejecting itself when you add these things.
  - pikipupiba 13y ago
    Like this! http://www.stefanom.org/spc/index.php?view=4940722 http://www.stefanom.org/spc/index.php?view=4940722
  - pikipupiba 13y ago
    What you have to do is drop them at just the right distance to evenly space 9 of them while only placing one at the same orbital alignment of the two central stars so they all follow the same orbit.
- PhasmaFelis 13y ago
  Wait, does speed actually multiply your score? I thought it was just displaying the current speed setting next to the multipliers.
  - bradleysmith 13y ago
    It does not, no. realized this some time after commenting as well. Habitability (planets in habitability ring, I would assume) and crowdedness give multipliers.
nacs 13y ago
If you like playing around with planets and solar systems and such, try "Universe Sandbox": http://universesandbox.com/ http://universesandbox.com/ I've heard good reviews (I've never played it myself though). It's also on Steam.
stefanom 13y ago
Thank you! I should add that the entirety of the code will be published on GitHub, like my other projects (http://github.com/stefano-meschiari/ http://github.com/stefano-meschiari/), so people should feel free to fork, make pull requests, etc. If anyone likes what I do, I will be available soon for freelancing. I have a small portfolio of applications I built here: http://www.stefanom.org/devel/ http://www.stefanom.org/devel/
- bradleysmith 13y ago
  Thanks for the game, man, it's fantastic.
- abiglan 13y ago
  Thank you so much for this! Awesome little sim/game. Beyond my coding skills, but it would be lovely to also show some of the Lagrange points for the orbits. I've noticed (I believe) that I can get objects stable around L4/L5 (but not L3) But I may also be imagining things :-) Very cool!

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Pxtl 13y ago

... is your Planet 2 something that's even possible in real life? I'd think a large body so close to a star would get destroyed by tidal effects and converted into a ring.

pavel_lishin 13y ago

That link doesn't seem to work for me; I only see one planet.

greyskull 13y ago
It's a recording of his session. You can speed it up the using the controls on the left to see stuff happen faster.

bradleysmith 13y ago

Got you beat[0] just barely, with only the addition of a dwarf star. The speed multiplier is certainly the key. It also seems your initial planet placement is random, so it's getting something that allows use of the dwarf star. [0] - http://www.stefanom.org/spc/?view=2974678 http://www.stefanom.org/spc/?view=2974678

sejje 13y ago
http://www.stefanom.org/spc/?view=3030063 http://www.stefanom.org/spc/?view=3030063 Same thing, but I scored higher, unsure why.
pygy_ 13y ago
How about two dwarf stars? I ended up at 190M (I also had a big crowdedness factor), but I can't find the "share" link.
fennecfoxen 13y ago
At least one dwarf star, plus everything you can fit in the habitable zone, seems to be the way to run it. The main trick is keeping the initial planet from ejecting itself when you add these things.
- pikipupiba 13y ago
  Like this! http://www.stefanom.org/spc/index.php?view=4940722 http://www.stefanom.org/spc/index.php?view=4940722
- pikipupiba 13y ago
  What you have to do is drop them at just the right distance to evenly space 9 of them while only placing one at the same orbital alignment of the two central stars so they all follow the same orbit.
PhasmaFelis 13y ago
Wait, does speed actually multiply your score? I thought it was just displaying the current speed setting next to the multipliers.
- bradleysmith 13y ago
  It does not, no. realized this some time after commenting as well. Habitability (planets in habitability ring, I would assume) and crowdedness give multipliers.

nacs 13y ago

If you like playing around with planets and solar systems and such, try "Universe Sandbox": http://universesandbox.com/ http://universesandbox.com/ I've heard good reviews (I've never played it myself though). It's also on Steam.

stefanom 13y ago

Thank you! I should add that the entirety of the code will be published on GitHub, like my other projects (http://github.com/stefano-meschiari/ http://github.com/stefano-meschiari/), so people should feel free to fork, make pull requests, etc. If anyone likes what I do, I will be available soon for freelancing. I have a small portfolio of applications I built here: http://www.stefanom.org/devel/ http://www.stefanom.org/devel/

bradleysmith 13y ago
Thanks for the game, man, it's fantastic.
abiglan 13y ago
Thank you so much for this! Awesome little sim/game. Beyond my coding skills, but it would be lovely to also show some of the Lagrange points for the orbits. I've noticed (I believe) that I can get objects stable around L4/L5 (but not L3) But I may also be imagining things :-) Very cool!