alt Hacker NewsI would make restarting much much faster than it is now. That's the most annoying part and it breaks the satisfying chain completely for me. I miss and then have to watch it slowly fall, or struggle to find the reset button. And even if I hit the reset, I have to go through the menu.
At the very least, put the reset and play again buttons in the same spot, so I can just keep tapping/clicking there.
Super Meat Boy is how all games like this should be.
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Cort3z • today at 6:57 PM
I would add long-press to restart
igravious • today at 2:51 PM
Tampermokey userscript -- <space> to launch and restart <esc> to give up
```javascript
// ==UserScript==
// @name StarFling Spacebar
// @namespace https://playstarfling.com/
// @version 2026-04-11
// @description Spacebar to launch and restart StarFling
// @author Claude Code
// @match https://playstarfling.com/*
// @icon https://www.google.com/s2/favicons?sz=64&domain=playstarfling.com
// @grant none
// @run-at document-idle
// ==/UserScript==
(function () {
'use strict';
document.addEventListener('keydown', function (e) {
if (e.code === 'Escape') {
e.preventDefault();
// During play, click give-up to trigger the death/restart screen
const giveup = document.getElementById('giveup-btn');
if (giveup) giveup.click();
return;
}
if (e.code !== 'Space') return;
e.preventDefault();
// If the game-over screen is visible, click retry
const gameOver = document.getElementById('game-over');
if (gameOver && !gameOver.classList.contains('hidden')) {
const retry = document.getElementById('retry-btn');
if (retry) retry.click();
return;
}
// Otherwise simulate a tap on the canvas (start from menu / release orb)
const canvas = document.getElementById('c');
if (canvas) {
canvas.dispatchEvent(new PointerEvent('pointerdown', {
bubbles: true,
clientX: window.innerWidth / 2,
clientY: window.innerHeight / 2,
}));
}
});
})();
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I nearly stopped playing because of this, before reaching 11. Just leave out the interstitial when clicking restart at the bottom.