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No attribution to the original game?

yes, I should. In case someone outside this thread comes across that 'fork'.

Edit: I added due credit. thanks for pointing that out.

Publish yours un-minified like OP, so we can easily riff w/ or w/o an LLM ;)

The author hasn't complained (yet). I will open source it if he wouldn't mind.

Regarding moat, I doubt the logic behind a server would prevent anyone to copycat game concept and graphics. Games have always been cloned as community remakes, with little recourse to take them down.

I wasn’t suggesting you open source it, for what it’s worth

Nice! Some ideas: Please can you remove the text that hides the main game view. This is the biggest annoyance on both games and slows you down a lot. Also the gravity / physics feels off. Orbit is too slow.

This thread is a perfect showcase of "You NEED a moat".

Also, put your business logic on the backend

you removed the "spacebar" functionality