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Chronopticon

Chronopticon

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Chronopticon is a discovery game in which players must figure out how to use a 19th century time machine. With minimal clues and some conceptual priming from the Chronopticon’s eccentric inventor, players are presented with a steampunk dashboard containing a model of the earth-moon-sun system. Manipulating the physical position of the model’s celestial bodies advances time to a corresponding degree.

Game Overview

Chronopticon helps players understand relationships between movements of the earth, sun, moon, and stars, as well as how their motions relate to the passage of time.

Players must guide the game heroes, Tim and Moby, from the 19th century back to the present day.

Students in grades 5-12.

Chronopticon records the number of tries (up to nine) players take to solve each of the four problems per level.

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