In Flowrate, fuel is your life. You start with 500 tons, and you’ll need every bit of it to survive. The challenge? Traveling between planets eats fuel fast — and only landing lets you get more.

Here’s the current burn system:

• 10 t/s passive drain in space

• +360 t/s while accelerating in space

• +7 t/s for vertical movement on a planet

• +5 t/s for horizontal movement on a planet

• +15 t/s if you had a hard landing in the last 20 seconds

• +5 t/s every real-time minute — the longer you play, the faster you burn

Fuel is measured in tons per second. If you’re not careful, you’ll run dry long before you find another safe landing.

Landing = Life

The only way to gain more fuel is by landing on planets and collecting it.
Some planets barely have any. Others might be rich — but dangerous to reach.

This forces every decision to matter:

• Is that planet worth the landing cost?

• Can I even survive the descent?

• Should I explore, or escape while I still can?

Upcoming Features

I’m planning to add systems that push skillful movement:

• Hard planetary entry = extra burn — come in smooth or lose tons

• Asteroid fields = obstacles that force clever navigation

• Gas clouds = zones of reduced burn, rewarding smart routing through space

I want flying to feel like a dangerous dance — and fuel to be the music. Panic will kill you. Precision will keep you alive.

What Do You Think?

Would you survive with 500 tons?
Would you risk a detour through an asteroid field to hit a gas cloud and save fuel?

Let me know — and thanks for reading.