Although it starts out pretty simple, get to level 15 and the game changes a bit...

One level took me 60 tries and I got lucky at that!

Spaced Penguin

damn you for your work wasting influence!

136,625

172251... Gotta love the game.

503,972.

Including an earth shattering 43,050 ft on level 6. Plus another 11,256 on level 23.

Edited to add: I am playing again now and the poor penguin is STILL rotating around the planet on level 6. This is going to take a while....It looks like the old spirograph, 50,000 ft and counting...70,000 ft and counting...90,000 ft and still going strong....110,000 ft and still going like a bat outta hell....130,000....175,000 this is getting boring....200,000 getting close to the ship now.....finally 231,031 ft on level 6

finished with a 1,612,502 and my initials in the top scores. MCB (I need a life)

250,309 - first time.

looks like I know what I'm doing this afternoon! :rolleyes:

127,416, that was cool!
Mine started rotating on Level 6 also but I clicked out of it because I saw no end in sight.

658,792 on my second try. I got REAL lucky on a couple of them. #25 ended up looking like a spirograph.

Weird I got my little dude going on level 6 also. He was up to 200,000 and the screen was a solid color from his little con-trails. I finally clicked out of it... maybe I should have just minimized him for an hour!

Thats what I did. I just went back to surfing, posting, checking the internet and such. I checked back every minute or so until it finally beeped.

This is going to take awhile.......on level 25, I managed to put the little guy in "perfect orbit" around the four spinning planets.

Its up to 49000 on the distance, its its not gettting anywhere closer to the ship. Just keeps on orbiting. If it every randomly hit the ship, my score it gonna be crazy! (it was just my 2nd shot of the round)

edited: the orbit is slightly eliptical. I have been watching it and it slowly getting to the ship. Its gonna take some "luck" on this one, but I predict a major score! Currently up to 190000 on distance.

edited again: end distance = 221000. End score.... 2,912,873 I made the leader board.

On level 13 I'm in a wierd orbit going back and forth over the lower planet. I've allready hit the bonus thingies and I'm at 300,000 miles and no hope of it moving in any direction. Do I just give it up or see if it ever ends?

socal,
Just minimize it for a while. With luck on your side, it will find the ship, and your score will be insane.

I concur. Minimize and let him sail! Some of the scores on the leaderboard are ridiculous... 38 million?

Dude...

425k miles and no chsnge.

Look to the left, 2.1 Billion.

2nd level, got into an orbit and I've been checking on it the last 45 minutes. So far my distance is at 650,000 and it's not even close to reaching the ship? WTF?

Thanks for reminding me about this one, damn you!

Oh well, I didnt need to get anything done today anyway.

That sumbitch was still orbiting with a distance traveled at almost 3,000,000 last night with no chance of hitting the target.

I gave up and searched for pr0n.

Huh.

Got him stuck on level 5.
He's stuck going back and forth (left to right) between two planets . . .

Stoopid penguin . . .

305177...first try. I enjoyed it!