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This was a strange and interesting experimental toy. I liked how it makes almost music even though it is just orbital bounces. It certainly is interesting, though I have a hard time imagining what else it could do if expanded upon.

I was a bit sad the web version cannot add planets. I think post jam a good update would be to add buttons or another input to add/remove them for the web version. Hotkeys would be great for this!

It reminds me a bit of an old game called SimTunes, where there wasn't any goal, instead the players just make musical notes and random artsy things. Perhaps if there was a way to set spawn points for the planets so the simulation could be reset reliably, and then a way to export and share the simulations with other users, we could make similar shared experimental music experiences.

Very cool idea here!

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One way to expand it could be to add some other objects. Maybe a sun that pulses to create a base beat. A clump of asteroids that cover an entire octave, but lack the momentum to escape the planet they bounce off from, so they create a melodic repeating note pattern when repeatedly bouncing off a surface. A black hole that spits out the planets out the white hole placed elsewhere, to create dynamic "loops" of orbits/bounces. All kinds of strange generative things could be done.