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Robotic Asteroid Mining Operations (2D)

A Canvas2D companion built around a real extraction model: a rover thrusts between asteroids, drills ore at a rate set by drill power and rock hardness, and has to balance a limited cargo hold and energy budget against trips back to the depot.

Geology & Earth Science2DModerate60 FPS📱 Mobile-adapted⇄ 3D version

This 2D companion replaces the 3D original's decorative slider set with a working extraction model: an autopilot-guided (or click-to-target) rover accelerates toward the nearest asteroid, drills ore at a rate set by drill power divided by that asteroid's rock hardness, and has to manage a finite cargo hold and energy budget that eventually force a return trip to the depot.

⚙ Under the hood

Extraction rate = drill power (kW) × 0.06 ÷ rock hardness (kg/s); movement is a thrust-and-drag model (acceleration scales with thruster power, velocity is capped and damped each frame); energy drains with both drilling load and thrust use and only recharges while docked at the depot.

asteroid miningroboticsresource extractionenergy budgetautonomous systems2D

2D · HTML5 Canvas 2D · 60 FPS target · runs fully client-side, no install