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| number    = 2712
 
| date      = December 16, 2022
 
| title    = Gravity
 
| image    = gravity_2x.png
 
| imagesize = 740x700px
 
| noexpand  = true
 
| titletext = It's a long way down.
 
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*To experience the interactivity, visit the [http://xkcd.com/2712/ original comic].
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== Yes ==
==Explanation==
 
{{incomplete|Created by HOTBLACK DESIATO'S TAX RETURNS - Please change this comment when editing this page. Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}}
 
In this interactive comic, the viewer pilots a small spaceship throughout a vast area in space. The viewer is capable of exploring various bodies and planets within the play area, many containing easter eggs alluding to What If? 2 and previous xkcd comics. The flight mechanics are largely, if not entirely, Newtonian, so the vessel is capable of using the gravity of planets to alter its trajectory or even enter orbit. The spaceship has several indicator circles around it which appear when a gravitational body comes into range, showing the direction towards their center of gravity.
 
  
After launching the spaceship, it is entirely possible to actually catch glimpses (for the fraction of a second) of other celestial bodies than the player's rocket, every 30 minutes or so, as long as the players keep pointing the nose of the rocket towards the gravity indicators.
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== No ==
 
 
Throughout the play area are coins that change your rocket ship into different rockets and non-space based vehicles, including humans.
 
 
 
The comic promotes Randall's new book [https://xkcd.com/what-if-2/ What If? 2], which was released in September and is available for purchase. Many of the planets contain references to various What If? articles.
 
 
 
The comic is similar to [[1608: Hoverboard]], which celebrated Thing Explainer instead.
 
 
 
===Spoiler Alert!===
 
 
 
The following is an incomplete table of features:
 
 
 
{|class="wikitable sortable"
 
!
 
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! colspan="4"|References
 
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|-
 
! Description
 
! Transcript
 
! Tiles (X, Y)
 
! What If
 
! XKCD
 
! Movies
 
! Other
 
! Explanation
 
|-
 
|'''Earth'''
 
|
 
|(14360, 14360)
 
|
 
|
 
|
 
|
 
|The starting planet. The player begins on the launch pad in a landed position.
 
|-
 
|Earth's core
 
|
 
|
 
|
 
|
 
|
 
|
 
|[[Cueball]] and [[Megan]] floating in a small space in the center of the planet in inverted rotations.
 
|-
 
|'''Europa'''
 
|
 
|(13180, -2540)
 
|
 
|
 
|
 
|
 
|Europa, one of Jupiter's many moons (in real life). A broken, icy crust has a single path into its core.
 
|-
 
|Europa's crust
 
|"It's so unfair we don't get to compete in EuroVision."
 
"The region of the solar system where liquid water can exist on the surface is the habitable zone, and the region where it can exist beneath the surface of moons is the Eurozone."
 
 
 
"WHIRRRR"
 
|
 
|Y
 
|
 
|
 
|
 
|Europa's crust, with a single entrance into the core demarcated by an octopus leaving a hole.
 
Cueball states that Europa is in the Eurozone, a pun on the ''other'' Eurozone, with liquid underneath its surface.
 
 
 
A roomba whirs across the icy crust.
 
 
 
Cueball has a hairdryer and is melting the surface of the crust. A direct reference to [https://what-if.xkcd.com/35/ What If's Hairdryer].
 
|-
 
|Europa's core
 
|
 
|
 
|
 
|
 
|
 
|
 
|A watery ocean with octopi looking out into the great unknown using telescopes. This is a reference to octopus's intelligence here on earth! There's also a secret path leading to a book club, through the wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald.
 
|-
 
|'''B-612'''
 
|"Asteroid deflection mission to earth. The package is delivered. Commencing planetary threat neutralization."
 
|(2610,3700)
 
|
 
|Y
 
|
 
|
 
|A reference to [https://xkcd.com/618/ Asteroid]. The little prince is having his asteroid blown up as it was heading towards Earth, apparently.
 
|-
 
|'''Dog park planet'''
 
|
 
|(1240, 11230)
 
|
 
|
 
|
 
|
 
|A planet with a dog park. Covered in dogs, along with dog walkers and some fences. There's a hole being dug by two dogs and a dog bone empty space in the center.
 
|-
 
|'''What If? 2 scenario planet'''
 
|
 
|
 
|
 
|
 
|
 
|
 
|
 
|-
 
|'''The Sun'''
 
|
 
|(-14950, 12080)
 
|
 
|
 
|
 
|
 
|Difficult to escape from if you hit the core.
 
|-
 
|Sun's core
 
|
 
|
 
|Y
 
|
 
|
 
|
 
|Difficult to escape from. Can be escaped by rotating around the sun until an escape-like velocity could be reached.
 
|-
 
|'''Soupiter'''
 
|
 
|(-800, -9040)
 
|Y
 
|
 
|
 
|
 
|A planet made of soup, with a core. As commented by Cueball, noodle soup. Has several small versions of other planets floating around it.
 
|-
 
|'''Earth without Japan'''
 
|
 
|(-7680, -5850)
 
|Y
 
|
 
|
 
|
 
|Earth, except it's missing japan.
 
|-
 
|'''Just Japan'''
 
|
 
|
 
|Y
 
|
 
|
 
|
 
|
 
|-
 
|'''A blob labeled "Pigeons"'''
 
|
 
|(-9020, -2490)
 
|Y
 
|
 
|
 
|
 
|
 
|-
 
|'''Starship Enterprise'''
 
|
 
|
 
|
 
|
 
|Y
 
|
 
|Star Trek reference
 
|-
 
|'''Dinosaur planet'''
 
|
 
|
 
|
 
|
 
|Y
 
|
 
|An homage to [https://www.qwantz.com/ Dinosaur Comics], a webcomic Randall has mentioned several times before. All the dinosaurs on the planet are black-and-white versions of the clip art dinosaurs in that comic. Also references the Jurassic Park movies, in which the long grass depicted is a plot point in later films.
 
|-
 
|'''What If? 1 scenario planet'''
 
|
 
|
 
|
 
|
 
|
 
|
 
|
 
|-
 
|'''Cat blocking traffic flowing through portals'''
 
|
 
|
 
|
 
|
 
|
 
|
 
|
 
|-
 
|'''Edge of the Universe'''
 
|
 
|
 
|
 
|
 
|
 
|
 
|It looks like a planet labeled "edge of the universe". Outside the universe, so inside the "edge of the universe planet", is another universe, the bubble universe.
 
|-
 
|'''A tree larger than the planet it's growing on'''
 
|
 
|
 
|
 
|Y
 
|
 
|
 
|May be a reference to [https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/2:_Petit_Trees_(sketch) Petit Trees]. More probably, a reference to ''The Little Prince'', a french children's novel about a traveler from a distant asteroid. In the novel, baobab trees are a serious threat to the Prince's home asteroid, as they are so large that their roots would engulf the asteroid entirely. Randall has alluded to The Little Prince numerous times before, especially in what-if articles.
 
|-
 
|'''Milliways'''
 
|
 
|
 
|
 
|
 
|Y
 
|
 
|Hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy reference
 
|-
 
|'''The Great Attractor'''
 
|
 
|
 
|
 
|Y
 
|
 
|
 
|
 
|-
 
|'''Present'''
 
|"I didn't do any of my Christmas shopping yet because I was too busy drawing tiny planets."
 
"I'm done with my shopping! I got everyone What if? 2"
 
 
 
"...You got me my own book?"
 
 
 
"Yeah! I figured that since you wrote it, it must be right up your alley."
 
 
 
"It does make a good gift, though. You can get it at xkcd.com/whatif2"
 
 
 
"I got you this present!"
 
 
 
"Is it an angry bobcat?"
 
 
 
"It might not be."
 
|(22820,-18920)
 
|
 
|Y
 
|
 
|
 
|The XKCD cast react to giving each other What if 2? as a present. Gravity at the bottom of the missing quarter of the planet is inescapable. Black Hat gives Cueball a "gift" which he claims "might not be a bobcat", a reference to [[A-Minus-Minus]]
 
|-
 
|'''Black hole cluster'''
 
|
 
|
 
|
 
|
 
|
 
|
 
|A cluster of black holes with extremely high gravitational strength, set to the maximum of 2048. Not particularly easy to land on with multiple conflicting gravitational fields, but once landed on, rather difficult to escape.
 
|-
 
|'''Remnant'''
 
|"All right, that's close enough"
 
"Oh no"
 
 
 
"So don't delay, act now, supplies are running out"
 
 
 
"In 5 billion years, the Sun will run out of fuel and suffer gigennial burnout."
 
 
 
"The immense gravity of the sun's remnant means that this is the tallest possible skyscraper."
 
|(19620, 3800)
 
|
 
|
 
|
 
|
 
|A stellar remnant, with high gravity (making it difficult to escape, although it's possible to achieve escape velocity by flying sideways). Has various small landmarks, including a "skyscraper" and suspension bridge. There are bombs being dropped from above the planet, with one that seems to be sledding on the planet.
 
|}
 
 
 
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I believe this to be all the data but i'm not sure. this should probably be on a different page but i'll leave that up to the smart people
 
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</pre>
 
==Hacks==
 
'''Modes''' are activated by opening the Javascript Console (F12 [Or Command-Alt-I in most browsers under Mac OS X] to open Developer Tools, then Console tab) and writing corresponding commands.<br>
 
'''Click to expand:'''
 
 
 
<div class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed leftAlign" style="width:100%">
 
 
 
*'''Googles:''' ''ze.googles()'' - returns a warning: "they do nothing!"
 
*'''Speedhack:''' ''ship.engines = "warp"'' - Speed hacking, sets speed to 1.4x. set to "standard" to reset to normal speed
 
*'''Chaos Mode''' ''ship.engines="infinite improbability drive" '' - Seems to randomly teleports the ship
 
</div>
 
 
 
==Transcript==
 
{{incomplete transcript|Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}}
 
 
 
Welcome!
 
 
 
To celebrate the world of what if? 2, here is your very own planet to explore!
 
 
 
Give someone the science question-and-answer book what if? 2 for Christmas:
 
xkcd.com/whatif2
 
 
 
{{comic discussion}}
 
[[Category:Space]]
 
[[Category:Book promotion]]
 
[[Category:Interactive comics]]
 
[[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]]
 
[[Category:Comics featuring Megan]]
 
[[Category:Comics featuring Black Hat]]
 
[[Category:Bobcats]]
 

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