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About Orbit Hopper

Orbit Hopper is a one-tap space arcade game that you can play free in your browser on Playdonya, on a phone or on a computer. Your little ship circles a spinning planet. One tap releases it, and it flies off in a straight line along the direction of its orbit. If it passes close enough to the next planet, gravity grabs it and you start circling again. Miss every planet and your ship drifts off into deep space, and the run is over.

The whole game is about timing. Every planet spins at its own speed, and some spin the other way, so your orbit can suddenly reverse. Further up, planets get smaller, the gaps grow wider and some planets drift from side to side, so you have to aim at where a planet will be, not where it is now. You also cannot wait forever: each orbit slowly decays, and a ring around the planet shows how much time you have left before you spiral into the surface.

Scoring rewards precision. Reaching a new planet is worth points, and if your path was aimed at the glowing core you get a Perfect landing and a bonus that grows with each perfect in a row, up to five times. Stars float between planets and ride along some orbits. Pick up at least one on every hop to keep your star chain going and make each star worth more. Every ten planets you enter a new sector.

Tips: on the first hops a dotted guide shows where you will fly, so use it to get a feel for the release point. Release a moment early rather than late, because gravity bends your path a little toward the planet. When a planet is moving, wait until it swings toward the tangent of your orbit. In the daily challenge everyone gets the same planets, so you can compare scores fairly with friends.