New Ship + Real-Time Shadows + 3 Things to Find

Slingshot just shipped a big visual + content update. New ship, new lighting, and three new things to discover deep in the system.

What's new

• Redesigned pixel-art ship, every tech upgrade now visible on the hull

• Sun-side lighting that rotates with the ship's nose direction

• Drop shadow projected onto every planet you fly over, with spherical foreshortening near the limb

• Silhouette transit when you sun-skim, with a soft heat-haze blur

• Sharper day/night terminators on every body

• Three new things hiding deep in the system, no spoilers

• Four new achievements

• Solar eruptions and 13 hidden anomalies for the curious

• Phase Shield orbit illusion: ship now passes properly behind planets it shields through

• Plan mode goes cosmic: zoom past the Oort cloud, time slows to a crawl

• Voyager golden record glows in your current Spacify track color

• Thermal Vents replaces Ion Drive (continuous burn), Solar Collector tops up in solar flares

• Engine overheats: long burns lock the engine until cooled

• XP overhaul: Gravity Chain bonuses and a veteran bonus after 100 games

About Slingshot

An orbital mechanics game built for the 2026 Vibe Coding Game Jam. Fly near planets to gain speed, burn at the closest point for maximum boost, escape the solar system. Twelve technologies to unlock, twelve destinations beyond the solar system, hidden anomalies to find.

Pure vanilla JavaScript. Zero dependencies, zero sprites. Every pixel drawn at runtime.

Play now

Try the latest update free in your browser: slingshot.indiega.me

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