This is the first game written in BasicC.

Initially, it was supposed to be a type of Asteroids supplemented with gravity. When creating "Tanker Pongy" I thought that you can do a duel of 2 players in space. After a while, I noticed that one of the first computer games - Spacewar! has a similar concept and I created a newer version of it ...

The action takes place in our solar system at a slightly accelerated pace (the earth's rotation around the sun takes less than 4 seconds). While controlling a spaceship, you must destroy your opponent 5 times. Hitting a projectile and hitting a space object causes the ship's shields to lose energy. The collision with the captivating sun causes instant death.

Controls: player 1- left / right arrow, player 2 - Z / C, left and right simultaneously - gas.

MENU Keys:

1,2 - the number of players and the start of the game
3-9 - engine power

Android version in preparation, please contact us if you are interested.

OrbitalA contains additional asteroids.

Download

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ORBITAL.7z 470 kB

Install instructions

The included SDL2 library files for Windows, in Linux you need to install them (if you don't already have them).

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I am experiencing the same issues with the embedded player as MrMelonMonkey. Cool concept overall!

the embedded player does not work for some reason. its just a black screen with a thin yellow "T" in the middle. the score and life bars show up, too. there is immediately damage to both players. other than that nothing is happening.

the download verion works though and its quite challenging to get hold of the controls, also turning speed seems a little slow for my taste. other than that cool concept. dont exactly know how you're your own enemy though.

a very challenging pvp asteroids game with a gravitational twist! Even playing solo, it took me quite a bit of effort to get the hang of controlling and aiming my ship, and not lose control and spinning wildly. After some patience I was able to get pretty accurate. Really fun, thanks for sharing!