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A Slower Speed of Light
Rank and Play ID: RNP-IGDB-18122

A Slower Speed of Light

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41.3 / 100
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Release
Dec 31, 2012
Genres
Simulator, Indie

Overview

A Slower Speed of Light is a first-person game prototype in which players navigate a 3D space while picking up orbs that reduce the speed of light in increments. Custom-built, open-source relativistic graphics code allows the speed of light in the game to approach the player’s own maximum walking speed. Visual effects of special relativity gradually become apparent to the player, increasing the challenge of gameplay. These effects, rendered in realtime to vertex accuracy, include the Doppler effect (red- and blue-shifting of visible light, and the shifting of infrared and ultraviolet light into the visible spectrum); the searchlight effect (i…

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