Rocket Slingshot

A full-3D space race with one thumb and no buttons. Your small rocket cruises through open space past glowing planets, asteroid fields and black holes towards a chain of gates. Hold anywhere to let the nearest planet's gravity catch you and curve your flight around it, with a glowing orbit ring and a guide line, then let go to shoot off along your heading. Release when the line turns gold to line up the next ring for a perfect slingshot: it gives a speed boost, a short slow-motion flash and a growing multiplier with a rising synth note. Skim a planet closely for a graze bonus. Race three rival rockets that fly the same course and a ghost of your best run over 25 short levels, with binary planets, moving planets, slingshot chains, narrow wormholes and a spiral of moons. Finish in the top three for one star, second or better for two, and win with plenty of grazes for three. Beat level 25 to become Champion, then fly endless courses. The Daily Challenge and friend rooms use one fixed course for everyone and compare finish times.

How to play

Your rocket flies itself. Hold anywhere on the screen when a planet glows to be caught in its orbit.
Let go when the guide line turns gold and points through the next ring. A perfect release slings you out with a boost.
Finish in the top three to pass. Tap the card for the next level, or tap again to retry a lost race straight away.

Tips

Press a little before the planet so gravity catches you early, then wait for the gold line instead of letting go at once.
Skim close to a planet for a graze and chain grazes and perfect releases to build the multiplier up to x5.
Asteroids and black holes cost speed, so release early to steer clear of the fields between planets.