OrbitLab: New orbital simulation app

General (non-technical) New Apps / Works in Progress
#1

OrbitLab, my first app for iPad and Android tablets, is now in iTunes and Google Play. Also coming up in Amazon, but still waiting on review for that.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AMevZvCmoNU

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/orbitlab/id768342771?ls=1&mt=8

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.orbitlabapp.OrbitLab

http://orbitlabapp.com/

With OrbitLab you can see how planets, asteroids, and satellites behave in space, under the mutual influence of gravity. Planetary systems are created with controlled, but randomized parameters. Each planetary system creates its own unique music, directly related to the orbits of the bodies within it.

OrbitLab stems from an app I made for Macintosh back in 1986 called Orbital Mech. That version was written mostly in Forth, with a little assembler code to speed up some of the calculations. I sold about $40,000 worth of that, but my expenses were $60,000. I’m hoping this time I’ll at least stay in the black.

Currently it’s only for tablets, but I’m working on ways to fit everything onto a small screen. 

#2

This is genuinely cool, I like it. Hope it becomes a success :wink:

#3

Thanks! It’s off to a bit of a slow start, but I haven’t started advertising yet. I’ve had a few sales, though, and over half are outside of the US, so I think localization probably is going to pay off. Gotta figure out how to advertise on Weibo.

#4

Neat!

#5

This is genuinely cool, I like it. Hope it becomes a success :wink:

#6

Thanks! It’s off to a bit of a slow start, but I haven’t started advertising yet. I’ve had a few sales, though, and over half are outside of the US, so I think localization probably is going to pay off. Gotta figure out how to advertise on Weibo.

#7

Neat!