This is a planning game, not a reflex test. Set the dials, then run a deterministic simulation. The same settings always produce the same path.
Objective
Place the satellite inside the glowing receiver ring. Each sector changes gravity, atmosphere, wind, or payload behaviour. The dials show major marks but hide the exact value until you spend one of three scans.
Efficient play
After a miss, study the path and alter one variable at a time. In atmosphere, each completed dial adjustment costs one energy point. In vacuum, operational adjustment cost is 1 + floor(payload mass ÷ 4); mass still does not alter gravitational acceleration. Scans cost three. A precise solution with fewer launches earns more stars.
Access
Every control works with touch, mouse, and keyboard. Arrow keys adjust a focused slider. Press R for a free, panic-safe return to the sector baseline. The voice button reads status callouts aloud, and the icon button removes visible wording while retaining accessible names.
Kepler gravity lab
The always-available LAB sector replaces constant downward gravity with a central point-mass field. Acceleration follows a = GM/r²; payload mass remains a decoy because gravitational acceleration is independent of the satellite mass in this model.