Comments on: Try not to go blind.

Try not to go blind.

Malor — Tue, 13 May 2008 16:04:40 -0800

Chronotron is a Flash game in the same vein as the earlier Cursor*10, which was deliberately triple-posted. (Sadly, the mods didn't see the humor value....) This is a very clever game mechanic, in which you cooperate with yourself to try to solve puzzles. Lots of fun. (I also found it slightly depressing to realize just how predictable I am.) [via]

By: ewagoner

ewagoner — Tue, 13 May 2008 17:32:37 -0800

Ok. That concept is about the most fantastic thing ever.

By: notsnot

notsnot — Tue, 13 May 2008 17:32:50 -0800

That is a right proper mind-fuck. Bravo!

By: Phssthpok

Phssthpok — Tue, 13 May 2008 17:55:52 -0800

I loved the causality violation mechanic the first time I saw it, in All Things Devours. Timebot and Cursor*10 have pretty good puzzle design. Chronotron really adds a lot by supporting basic platfomer physics, but it's disappointing that some levels can be completed without using time travel at all, or trivialized by time traveling dozens of times more than necessary. I'm excited to see this kind of thing in upcoming mainstream games like Braid and The Misadventures of P. B. Winterbottom.

By: garlic

garlic — Tue, 13 May 2008 18:11:18 -0800

the worst part is after you're done playing the game and you try to move on with your life. But now you're trying to cooperate with your time traveling self in real life. That's messed up.

By: garlic

garlic — Tue, 13 May 2008 18:15:45 -0800

the worst part is after you're done playing the game and you try to move on with your life. But now you're trying to cooperate with your time traveling self in real life. That's messed up.

By: jlowen

jlowen — Tue, 13 May 2008 18:54:24 -0800

As I was playing, it updated my facebook. How did it do that? How did it know what my account was? Cookies? WUH?

By: BrotherCaine

BrotherCaine — Tue, 13 May 2008 19:26:15 -0800

Argh! I was going to post this today. Very awesome concept. They should have a limited loop time on each level to make it even more challenging.

By: vernondalhart

vernondalhart — Tue, 13 May 2008 20:38:12 -0800

That's incredibly cool. How many levels are there?

By: rubin

rubin — Wed, 14 May 2008 00:29:02 -0800

If you get to the end, there are bonus levels, and if you click around the end screen some, there are some deleted scene type levels too. Very cool.

By: JonnyRotten

JonnyRotten — Wed, 14 May 2008 03:50:10 -0800

Here is my personal challenge for that game. Try to make your "first" self complete the level, using the following selfs to do whatever needs done to get your first self through.

By: fearfulsymmetry

fearfulsymmetry — Wed, 14 May 2008 07:48:30 -0800

I think I might be coming back to that game more than once

By: chrisamiller

chrisamiller — Wed, 14 May 2008 15:05:06 -0800

jlowen, Go here to turn that privacy-nightmare of a feature off" http://www.facebook.com/privacy/?view=feeds&tab=external

By: fearfulsymmetry

fearfulsymmetry — Wed, 14 May 2008 15:56:15 -0800

Curse you Phssthpok, I am so stuck on level VIII of Timebot!

By: eustatic

eustatic — Wed, 14 May 2008 18:11:38 -0800

Ack. After playing this game, I'm full of anxiety about whether or not i can exit my office at the split second my ride is going to show up.