As one of my favorite bands Iron Chic points out in the song “Whatever Happened To The Man Of Tomorrow?", we’re all on a giant blue rock that’s spinning through space, falling in circles forever into the sun. It’s a pretty morbid way to view human existence, and kind of depressing, but the one lyric that makes me feel better is “This once we all fall together." Hey, we’re hurtling towards a giant fireball in space, but at least we’re in it together, right? That’s similar to the premise behind Sunburn! ($2.99), the debut title from developer Secret Crush that just hit the App Store this morning.

You’re the captain of a spaceship, but unfortunately a comet destroys your ship and strands you and your crew in space. The realization hits you: There’s no way out of this one, this is how you’re going to die. As horrible a fate as that is, you decide that the only thing more horrible would be if any of your crew would have to face death alone in the vastness of space. So your job is to round up all of your crew, using tried and true gravity-based physics puzzling, so that once everyone is reunited you can all burn up into the sun in the company of friends. Such a dark, twisted idea… wrapped up in such an adorable package! Check out the trailer.

Sunburn! has been very high on my list of most anticipated new games since we first covered it back in August. I was a bit worried when it didn’t launch alongside all the week’s new releases last night, but was overjoyed to wake up today to see people talking about it in our forums. I’m pretty sure this is how I’ll be spending all my free time today, so if you like physics puzzlers or simply just like the thought of flinging a chain of astronauts into the sun, then you’ll definitely want to look into Sunburn!