{"slug": "starfling", "name": "Starfling", "category": "media", "category_name": "Media and creative", "description": "", "recommenders": 3, "commenters": 4, "warners": 1, "score": 1.758, "rising": -0.98, "first": "2026-04-10", "latest": "2026-04-11", "why": "", "why_is_quote": false, "has_verdict": false, "sentiment": {"recommend": 3, "neutral": 0, "compare": 0, "warn": 1}, "spark": [0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 3, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0], "listed": true, "loved": [], "caveat": "", "short_quote": "", "kind": "game", "icon": false, "domain": null, "github_repo": null, "official_url": "", "pricing": "", "aliases": ["Starfling"], "verdict": null, "praise": [{"label": "", "summary": "", "quotes": [{"id": 763657840, "item_id": 47728615, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47728615", "by": "modinfo", "date": "2026-04-11", "version": null, "stance": "recommend", "quote": "Cool game!", "excerpt": "Cool game! I scored 7581 (120 stars) on STARFLING :P https://pod.sekor.eu.org/@modinfo/statuses/01KNXT3ZQDTHZBDYFJ2G7T1WX7", "context": "", "use_case": "casual browser game", "switched_from": "", "story": "Starfling: A one-tap endless orbital slingshot game in a single HTML file"}, {"id": 763649056, "item_id": 47728066, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47728066", "by": "yuppiepuppie", "date": "2026-04-10", "version": null, "stance": "recommend", "quote": "This is good fun!", "excerpt": "This is good fun! I\u2019ve added it to the HN Arcade :) https://hnarcade.com/games/games/starfling", "context": "", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "", "story": "Starfling: A one-tap endless orbital slingshot game in a single HTML file"}]}], "caveats": [{"label": "", "summary": "", "quotes": [{"id": 763663840, "item_id": 47728990, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47728990", "by": "tux3", "date": "2026-04-11", "version": null, "stance": "warn", "quote": "The restart button is also strange on desktop", "excerpt": "Very much applies on desktop. The restart button is also strange on desktop, it plays animations instead of restarting. I recommend pressing pause and restarting from the pause menu, which is instant.", "context": "", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "", "story": "Starfling: A one-tap endless orbital slingshot game in a single HTML file"}]}], "who": [], "tags": [], "use_cases": ["casual browser game"], "compared": [], "makers": [{"id": 763818176, "item_id": 47738636, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47738636", "by": "TeMPOraL", "date": "2026-04-12", "version": null, "stance": "neutral", "quote": "I'm now inclined to fix a few things to make it properly playable", "excerpt": "Thanks for the feedback! Given how easy the port is, I'm now inclined to fix a few things to make it properly playable, so I'll address it :). I agree, the moment I launched the ported version I remembered the core annoyance in playtesting was always the ball spending most of its time off-screen, with player waiting for it to maybe come back. I was thinking to solve it more by scaling - zooming out, like in the origi", "context": "", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "", "story": "Starfling: A one-tap endless orbital slingshot game in a single HTML file"}], "threads": [{"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47698455", "title": "Starfling: A one-tap endless orbital slingshot game in a single HTML file", "mentions": 5}], "sentiment_by_month": {"2025-11": {}, "2025-12": {}, "2026-01": {}, "2026-02": {}, "2026-03": {}, "2026-04": {"recommend": 3, "warn": 1}, "2026-05": {}, "2026-06": {}, "2026-07": {}, "2026-08": {}, "2026-09": {}, "2026-10": {}}, "versions": [], "version_unnamed": 0, "family_ref": null, "runs_on": null, "lines": [], "quotes": [{"id": 763671904, "item_id": 47729494, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47729494", "by": "vavkamil", "date": "2026-04-11", "version": null, "stance": "recommend", "quote": "", "excerpt": "rookie numbers, paste this to the browser JS console https://pastebin.com/rjGgyp4V", "context": "", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "", "story": "Starfling: A one-tap endless orbital slingshot game in a single HTML file"}, {"id": 763663840, "item_id": 47728990, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47728990", "by": "tux3", "date": "2026-04-11", "version": null, "stance": "warn", "quote": "The restart button is also strange on desktop", "excerpt": "Very much applies on desktop. The restart button is also strange on desktop, it plays animations instead of restarting. I recommend pressing pause and restarting from the pause menu, which is instant.", "context": "", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "", "story": "Starfling: A one-tap endless orbital slingshot game in a single HTML file"}, {"id": 763657840, "item_id": 47728615, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47728615", "by": "modinfo", "date": "2026-04-11", "version": null, "stance": "recommend", "quote": "Cool game!", "excerpt": "Cool game! I scored 7581 (120 stars) on STARFLING :P https://pod.sekor.eu.org/@modinfo/statuses/01KNXT3ZQDTHZBDYFJ2G7T1WX7", "context": "", "use_case": "casual browser game", "switched_from": "", "story": "Starfling: A one-tap endless orbital slingshot game in a single HTML file"}, {"id": 763649056, "item_id": 47728066, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47728066", "by": "yuppiepuppie", "date": "2026-04-10", "version": null, "stance": "recommend", "quote": "This is good fun!", "excerpt": "This is good fun! I\u2019ve added it to the HN Arcade :) https://hnarcade.com/games/games/starfling", "context": "", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "", "story": "Starfling: A one-tap endless orbital slingshot game in a single HTML file"}]}