Chronotron
Verdict: wicked smart
In a Nutshell: This is a casual puzzle/platformer where the solutions require your current self to plan moves for your future self/selves, then to go back in time so that your past self/selves have cleared the path for your current self . . . ouch.
“It’s about a robot that goes back in time for some reason. (His best friend is a talking pie!)
Use your time machine to interact with past versions of yourself in this puzzle/platformer!”
- Fun Rating: Fun
- ESRB: n/a
- Players/Mode: Single-player
- Game Duration: as much or as little time as you want to spend on it
- System: Web
- Developer: Scarybug Games
- Website: http://scarybuggames.com/
- Cost: free! Play it over at Kongregate
| Would I play this again? | yes |
| Would I recommend this game? | yes |
| Was the story good? | n/a |
| Was the music good? | so-so |
| Were the graphics good? | yes |
| Was this game difficult? | definitely |
| Was this game frustrating? | at times |
| Was this game offensive? | no |
| Was this game worth your time/money? | yes |
Playing the game
Use the standard directional controls (arrow keys or W-A-S-D) to move your robot around to open doors or move blocks for your future self so that you can collect the piece of your capsule. Then go back in time to get through the opened doors, etc, to collect the piece or to help yet another future version of yourself.
What the game gets right
This is a smart game. And by smart I mean I really had to use some brain juice to grasp the solutions to the puzzles.
Level design is solid and there’s lots of variation to the levels. Out of the 28 I managed to get through, I never felt like I was repeating a level.
For each new element added to the game, there are in-game tips to help you along.
What the game gets wrong
A bit lean on the information about the game as it took me a while to understand the difference between “Level Time” (the durration the robot was out of the capsule the last time it left the capsule) and “Player Time” (how long it actually took to complete the level).
There were a couple of timing glitches that caused me to start the level over. Might have just been my connection, though.
Sum it up
Any game that makes me walk around in the real world trying to apply game strategy must be good. “If I come back into this room, I can tell myself where the trash can was and save myself some time . . .oh, wait . . .”
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September 11th, 2008 at 12:06 pm
I enjoyed this game quite a bit. Haven’t finished it yet, but I thought the difficulty ramped up nicely, and the brain-bending nature of the puzzles keeps me interested. I’m a sucker for brain teasers. And time travel. Also Robots. So basically this game pushes all the right buttons with me.
I will note that it ran fairly choppy on my slightly older laptop, so it’s best to play it on a computer with plenty of resources.
Speaking of playing on the laptop, I made an account on Kongregate, played through about level 27 or so on the laptop, then logged into my Kongregate account later on the desktop and found that it didn’t save my progress! Why did I make an account if I was just going to have to play all the way through the first 27 levels again? Hmm.
October 6th, 2008 at 2:06 pm
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