For fans of Portal and other first-person puzzle games, the indie game Chrono from Portuguese developer David Simoes is all about time-controlling objects across various rooms to progress. Note: the developer sent me a key.
Here you get to explore a bunch of puzzle rooms after a computer accident sets you free. The game mechanics are quite simple, but used to great effect. After your escape you'll find a special remote, that allows you to control the temporal properties of objects. You can pause things, rewind them to send them backwards, change their direction and more. There's some really nice ideas in there and it won't take you particularly long to get through (a few hours).
Check out the trailer:
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As shown in the trailer above you'll come across moving platforms, lasers, spinning turbine blades and more that you'll need to figure out the sequence of changing them all using your remote.
It has a nice idea, that I hope they're able to expand on in future, perhaps with a slightly bigger budget. But if you like smaller puzzle games at £2.49 you can't really argue with that price.
Chrono has Native Linux support and works on the Steam Deck. There's also a demo available.
Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
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