Time Stands Still

August 6, 2015 11:18 AM

400 Years - a browser game that uses time as a gameplay mechanic as you play a stone idol racing to stop a looming disaster (via Gamefilter).
posted by The Whelk (22 comments total)

If the villiagers can't make something out of the wheat I so thoughtfully provided they can go pound sand.
posted by Ogre Lawless at 12:42 PM on August 6, 2015 [2 favorites]

(they will, you have to wait)
posted by General Malaise at 12:44 PM on August 6, 2015

Just played through. This was really fun and quite novel. Would love to see a longer version.
posted by General Malaise at 12:45 PM on August 6, 2015

Ogre Lawless: "If the villiagers can't make something out of the wheat I so thoughtfully provided they can go pound sand."

What wheat?
posted by Samizdata at 12:51 PM on August 6, 2015

Interesting. It all comes down to that.
posted by kadmilos at 1:01 PM on August 6, 2015

(they will, you have to wait)

Being in the right place helps. Also not misinterpreting their anti-ageless figure bigotry for still hungry. Ungrateful bastards.
posted by Ogre Lawless at 1:09 PM on August 6, 2015

Ogre Lawless: "(they will, you have to wait)

Being in the right place helps. Also not misinterpreting their anti-ageless figure bigotry for still hungry. Ungrateful bastards."

BUMP - WHAT WHEAT?
posted by Samizdata at 1:18 PM on August 6, 2015 [1 favorite]

Storage compartments? Storage compartments?
posted by Naberius at 1:21 PM on August 6, 2015

Oh, that's beautiful. Love the ending, or at least the first part -- the plane didn't have nearly as much emotional impact for me as what came before, to the point where it almost spoiled it a little. It would've been better with children playing in a village nearby maybe.
posted by catchingsignals at 1:36 PM on August 6, 2015 [2 favorites]

Also:

a stone idol racing

Oh, you kid.
posted by catchingsignals at 1:40 PM on August 6, 2015 [1 favorite]

This was really good. Thanks for posting it.

Samizdata: “BUMP - WHAT WHEAT?”

Hover for hint.
posted by ob1quixote at 1:47 PM on August 6, 2015

BUMP - WHAT WHEAT?

You have to explore past the village a bit, and then return. Under water.
posted by nubs at 1:47 PM on August 6, 2015

Such a beautiful little game.

I seem to remember playing it before but it's well worth the replay.

Thank you for posting this.
posted by motty at 3:23 PM on August 6, 2015

I'll start playing now, but my spacebar's broken. I'll get back to you by 2414 with how I'm doing.

> But Sunburnt, how do you type spaces in this post?

Copy/paste!
posted by Sunburnt at 4:42 PM on August 6, 2015

I have a soft spot for 'Hold Your Fire'.
posted by Jessica Savitch's Coke Spoon at 6:53 PM on August 6, 2015

Ok, but how do you get across the water after the village. The "sometimes he needed help" or whatever location?
posted by DebetEsse at 8:58 PM on August 6, 2015

Tried to edit. Failed. I figured it out. I just lack patience.
posted by DebetEsse at 9:14 PM on August 6, 2015

There's totally an easter egg of some kind on the other side of the end place that you can get to by planting two trees on two different ledges, but the asshole village humans kept stymieing my progress by chopping down the trees I was using. Then I finally got my second chestnut over and my first tree was gone, so I just went ahead and finished the game. If anyone has the patience, let me know what the deal is. I saw a tombstone.
posted by Gymnopedist at 9:22 PM on August 6, 2015

Nice. Thanks for the post.
posted by Athanassiel at 12:27 AM on August 7, 2015

Hm, turns out this isn't actually a browser game. It seems to require some sort of runtime environment called "Macromedia Adobe Shockwave Director Lite, Flash Edition"

I look forward to when they port it to run in a browser, though!
posted by rum-soaked space hobo at 1:04 AM on August 7, 2015

The tombstone reads: Here lies a traveler between worlds, whose name is unknown. May his curious soul find a way home, like you have found his resting place.
posted by sandswipe at 7:15 PM on August 7, 2015 [1 favorite]

Whatever it is, it runs in both Firefox and Chromium on this absolutely ancient installation of Ubuntu Linux I'm using.
posted by XMLicious at 10:40 PM on August 7, 2015 [1 favorite]