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Here a new version with some postprocessing, and additional RCS movement (using A,D,R,Q) for horizontal and vertical maneuvering.
To keep it more realistic (still high) with 2000 asteroids
The collision hull of the asteroids is now more precise.

There are also some more easter eggs to find

spaceclutter RCS demo

here the same demo using an additional js-function to set the document fodus, in case the keys do not react:
spaceclutter RCS demo (start with js focus support)

Your RCS thrusters feel a bit weak; I can't really tell they're doing much, even right next to an asteroid. They might be helpful for landing, but not much else. Also, I find myself wishing I had some kind of faster travel method, like Freelancer's cruise engines.

And I think I found your Easter egg (one of them?).

There are a couple more

The RCS is mostly ment to maneuver around smaller local objects (like docking etc), not really to avoid larger obstacles dynamically. For that the player needs to use the normal steering.
The RCS speed is up to 20 m/s though, (the forward speed is 150 m/s max) unless there is a bug in your game session.

Honestly, spending twenty minutes crossing an asteroid field is not my idea of a fun time. That's the only reason I bring it up. I'm not much of a fan of "trucker" type games; I like something to be happening.

Ok, its just a tech demo currently, here the spoilers for the impatient lot: At least it kept you busy for 20 minutes
Im working on the more exciting game mechanics currently.
But I dont want to squeeze them into a demo assembly, as this is likely to mess up the project code even more.
90% of the time, its slugging though boring codeline. The demo was a fun distraction.

Oh, no, I understand it's a demo. I was just wondering whether you were planning on keeping it space-trucker style, or intending to add a cruise mode or something later on, that's all. Also, I'm excited to see what you do with it, hence the interest in your plans for the future.

Yes, there will be a faster movement mode. One that allows higher relative speeds, at the cost of limiting free movement.
The locations will have up to a 100x100 km area, but the core objectives will be within a few kilometers.
(There are hundreds of locations in the system map)

It will be more fun, when there are concrete objectives.

But I also think there should always be some rewards for people who just like cruising around.

the "stearing" (!= "steering") and the typo'd speedometer (ms/s != m/s) trigger my ocd very hard

Cornflakes_91 wrote: ↑

Sat Jan 20, 2018 4:14 pm

the "stearing" (!= "steering") and the typo'd speedometer (ms/s != m/s) trigger my ocd very hard

My spelling is not my virtue

Damocles wrote: ↑

Sat Jan 20, 2018 4:17 pm

Cornflakes_91 wrote: ↑

Sat Jan 20, 2018 4:14 pm

the "stearing" (!= "steering") and the typo'd speedometer (ms/s != m/s) trigger my ocd very hard

My spelling is not my virtue

not meant in any bad spirit, just noting

No offense taken, I have to spellcheck like every post i make, and reedit afterwards.

Damocles wrote: ↑

Sat Jan 20, 2018 8:01 am

Here a new version with some postprocessing, and additional RCS movement (using A,D,R,Q) for horizontal and vertical maneuvering.
To keep it more realistic (still high) with 2000 asteroids
The collision hull of the asteroids is now more precise.

There are also some more easter eggs to find

spaceclutter RCS demo

The keyboard controls dont work for me.
I don't use a mouse, as I've a touchscreen laptop.. so if I place one finger on the screen, I have to rotate it somewhat before I see the ship from above..
Then using another hand, I click elsewhere on the screen to have the ship rotate in a different direction..
I have no idea how the controls work at this time
But, it looks very good.. works well on Linux Mint

EDIT: ahh, now I get it, if I place two fingers on the screen, I can now control the craft

EDIT2: Okie, I get it now, will get this running ona 50" plasma and my 6-core rig tomorrow.. will leave it running for a few hours and see what happens (can i reach the sun??)

Hm, on Linux I have no problems with the keyboard commands.
So W and S do not response? Or do you use a different keyboard layout (like those french do) ?
What browser is it running on?

Yeah, it's strange.

I did test it on chromium, firefox, opera and brave ... runs fine on every browser but no keyboard input.
I'm on a german keyboard layout which should be no issue for those keys.

It's like the Unity WebGL Player doesn't grab keyboard input somehow.

Hm, do you get keypresses when testing javascript on this website ?
http://unixpapa.com/js/testkey.html

Unity is also just using the basic Javascript backend, unless they try something fancy, or detect a controller, and might get confused.