Gravwell

One shot — aim, launch, and let gravity steer you into the ring.✋

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Play to set a score, then submit it to the board.

About Gravwell

Gravwell is a one-shot orbital puzzle: you choose an angle and a power, launch a probe, and from then on your hands are off the controls. Every planet on the board pulls on it with inverse-square gravity, so the path you fire is never the path it flies — it bends, whips around heavy bodies, and either drifts into the target ring or ends in a crash, off the edge of space, or in a slow timeout. The appeal is the same as a good trick shot: once you stop fighting the planets and start borrowing their pull, the impossible routes open up. A dashed preview traces the opening stretch of the current aim, but only the beginning, so the real skill is reading where the curve goes after the line runs out. Failed shots leave faint ghost trails behind (the last three), which turns every miss into a measurement. Easy has two planets and six shots, Normal three planets and five, Hard four planets and just four. Skimming close to a planet without touching it scores a graze bonus, the ring itself is a band rather than a bullseye, and hitting it within par pays the biggest reward. A Daily board with its own streak puts everyone on the same star map.

How to play

  • Drag the launch pad, use the angle/power steppers, or the arrow keys to aim your probe.
  • Press Launch (or Space) to fire — after that, you only watch as the planets’ gravity curves the flight path.
  • Reach the target ring to win. Crash into a planet, fly off the board, or time out and the shot is wasted.
  • A close graze past a planet scores a bonus without ending the attempt — but drift too close and it is a crash.

Strategy & tips

  • Watch the dashed preview line while aiming — it shows exactly where gravity will carry the current angle and power.
  • A heavier planet bends the path more sharply from farther away — use that curve instead of fighting it with raw power.
  • Grazing a planet’s pull adds bonus points, so a trajectory that skims close (without crashing) beats a wide, safe miss.
  • Fewer shots to reach the ring score a bigger par bonus — a good first-attempt read beats trial and error.

FAQ

How do you play Gravwell?

Drag the launch pad or use the angle/power steppers (or arrow keys) to aim, then press Launch. Gravity from nearby planets bends the flight path after that — you cannot steer mid-flight.

What happens if I crash into a planet?

The probe is destroyed and that shot is wasted. You get a limited number of shots per difficulty, so a crash costs one of them.

What is a "graze"?

Flying close to a planet without colliding scores a graze bonus, since it means you read the gravity well correctly without playing it too safe.