Temporality (2018)

Developer: James Earl Cox III
Platforms: Windows
Genres: Indie
Rating: 4.3 of 5, 143 player ratings
Typical playtime: about 9 minutes
Where to get it: Steam

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How it feels

A contemplative side-scrolling experience where you control time forward and backward through a stylized World War I landscape, accompanied by a reflective song.

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What players say

A short, experimental game about war that players finish in about 5 minutes. It has only four scenes and a reverse-time mechanic, but some say the repeated stories wear out the message.

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