OrbitalVector

An arcade-y flight sim that really takes place in space! Around earth! With missiles and lasers and BBQ galore!

Milestones

• Min features for arcade/flight sim

  • lock on animation
  • weapon inventory
    • weapon switch/select animation/sound/control
  • rate of fire; recharge rate, range/missile life, deltaV
  • target select within targeting fov

• Min features for space maneuvering

  • velocity vector wrt current sphere of influence - prograde/retro grade, inner/outer, north/south
  • velocity vector wrt target - prograde/retro
  • deltaV left
  • acceleration factor indicator

• Min eye candy

  • engine lit/fire on acceleration
  • engine wiggle on maneuvering
  • RCS particles
  • explosion

• Orbital mechanics

  • plot intercept trajectories with burn vector/dV req; real time update
  • recoil on gun fire; incoming damage affect trajectory
  • intermittent trajectory updates - audio/visual warning for suborbital trajectories

GNU GPLv3 license