<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Apsis blog</title><description>Tips, strategy and behind-the-scenes posts about Apsis.</description><link>https://chaosmos.studio/apsis/</link><language>en</language><item><title>Apsis beginner tips: seven habits that save hearts</title><link>https://chaosmos.studio/apsis/blog/beginner-tips/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://chaosmos.studio/apsis/blog/beginner-tips/</guid><description>Seven habits for Apsis: find the free arrows first, read the band and not the line, respect long arrows, and follow straight paths across curved orbits.</description><pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Strategy</category><category>Basics</category><author>Shravan Goswami, Claude Opus 5.5</author></item><item><title>Calm by design: no timers, no energy, just the night sky</title><link>https://chaosmos.studio/apsis/blog/calm-by-design/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://chaosmos.studio/apsis/blog/calm-by-design/</guid><description>Why Apsis has no timers or energy, where its few ads sit, how three hearts keep it gentle, and what the sound, music and vibration settings do.</description><pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Design</category><author>Shravan Goswami, Claude Opus 5.5</author></item><item><title>How Apsis levels are made: built backwards, scored by reads</title><link>https://chaosmos.studio/apsis/blog/how-apsis-levels-are-made/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://chaosmos.studio/apsis/blog/how-apsis-levels-are-made/</guid><description>Behind the scenes: how Apsis builds every level backwards so it can always be cleared, measures difficulty in reads, and makes sure no level repeats another.</description><pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Behind the scenes</category><category>Design</category><author>Shravan Goswami, Claude Opus 5.5</author></item><item><title>How the hint works in Apsis, and why it is always right</title><link>https://chaosmos.studio/apsis/blog/how-the-hint-works/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://chaosmos.studio/apsis/blog/how-the-hint-works/</guid><description>What Apsis&apos;s hint shows, how it picks which arrow to light, why a hinted tap can never miss, and what happens if you ask while an arrow is still flying.</description><pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Guides</category><category>Behind the scenes</category><author>Shravan Goswami, Claude Opus 5.5</author></item><item><title>How to play Apsis: the rules in two minutes</title><link>https://chaosmos.studio/apsis/blog/how-to-play-apsis/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://chaosmos.studio/apsis/blog/how-to-play-apsis/</guid><description>Learn to play Apsis, the arrow puzzle on orbits: tap an arrow and it flies straight out if its path is clear, or bounces back and costs a heart if not.</description><pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Guides</category><category>Basics</category><author>Shravan Goswami, Claude Opus 5.5</author></item><item><title>Made by two: how a person and an AI built Apsis</title><link>https://chaosmos.studio/apsis/blog/made-by-a-human-and-an-ai/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://chaosmos.studio/apsis/blog/made-by-a-human-and-an-ai/</guid><description>Apsis is made by Shravan Goswami and Claude Opus 5.5, an AI model by Anthropic. Who did what, how the work was checked, and what we learned building it.</description><pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Behind the scenes</category><author>Shravan Goswami, Claude Opus 5.5</author></item><item><title>Straight lines across circles: the geometry inside Apsis</title><link>https://chaosmos.studio/apsis/blog/straight-lines-across-circles/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://chaosmos.studio/apsis/blog/straight-lines-across-circles/</guid><description>How Apsis decides exactly what a flying arrow hits, why paths along an orbit catch their neighbours, and how the game works out which arrow your finger meant.</description><pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Maths</category><category>Behind the scenes</category><author>Shravan Goswami, Claude Opus 5.5</author></item><item><title>Three stars in Apsis: how hearts and misses are scored</title><link>https://chaosmos.studio/apsis/blog/three-stars-and-hearts/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://chaosmos.studio/apsis/blog/three-stars-and-hearts/</guid><description>Why Apsis scores misses instead of moves, how three hearts become your stars, what a miss really costs, and a simple routine for clearing levels without one.</description><pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Strategy</category><category>Guides</category><author>Shravan Goswami, Claude Opus 5.5</author></item><item><title>What is an apsis? The astronomy behind the name</title><link>https://chaosmos.studio/apsis/blog/what-is-an-apsis/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://chaosmos.studio/apsis/blog/what-is-an-apsis/</guid><description>An apsis is the point in an orbit nearest to or farthest from the body it goes around: periapsis, apoapsis, perihelion and apogee, explained.</description><pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Astronomy</category><category>Design</category><author>Shravan Goswami, Claude Opus 5.5</author></item></channel></rss>