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A Slower Speed of Light

November 21st 2012, 01:15 PM
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Anyone heard of A Slower Speed of Light?

It's a game made by MIT in which you wander around an area collecting orbs - the more orbs you collect the slower the speed of light gets until it slows to almost walking pace. As the speed of light slows you start to see all the related effects such as the Doppler Effect, time and distance going screwy and more.

Made me feel slightly sick after playing for 15 mins on top settings
Quite amazing though.

If you like odd games or are interested in physics and relativity, take a look!

There is a bug with some integrated Intel graphics cards which means you won't be able to play it (it crashes after the intro).
I had this but found a way around it - right click and choose a different GPU. Screenshot

Edit: For some odd reason the Doppler effect is slightly visible right at the start. I guess light is pretty slow to begin with...
November 22nd 2012, 08:08 PM
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Maaaan, I'm tripping balls.
November 25th 2012, 10:23 PM
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That's a crazy game. It probably wasn't smart of me to play it when I have a headache. Nope. Not smart. I'd like to see this game in 3D. I wonder if that would be too much though.
December 1st 2012, 04:56 PM
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Striker
Noble She/Her United States
Daniel, there are clowns. 
Heh, the guy at the beginning of the trailer looks like redink1.
December 1st 2012, 09:24 PM
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Robj
Jester He/Him Australia
You feed the madness, and it feeds on you. 
Whoa, I think my brain just turned inside out.
December 3rd 2012, 04:57 AM
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Skull
Peasant He/Him Finland bloop
A Disembodied Sod 
Wasn't that bad. Only problems I had after playing the game was stumbling around and falling off the balcony.