The post is about how fast the Earth rotates and has an interactive game that children can play using free online to learn more. There is also a section on scientists believing that the earth continues to slow down by 1,000th of a second every year. The article also includes tips on how to share with kids and parents for greater awareness.
“13 minutes to the top of the world” is billed as “an interactive graphic novel with simple controls and an immersive story”, and an adventure game to boot. It’s also a great way to explore the speed at which the earth rotates, and how that varies between places closer or further from the poles.
Studio Sundberg released the game for free on its website in December 2010. Since then, it has been downloaded more than 250,000 times.
The game starts with a plane crash, and you start out as the sole survivor on an icy island. To get off the island, you first need to climb up sheer cliffs. But rather than using your fingers to swipe against rocks, as is customary for such games, you use the arrow keys on the keyboard.
This unusual control scheme is the game’s single greatest charm, though it takes a little getting used to. It took me about 10 minutes before I started making sense of it, and by then I was already hooked on the game.
The game does not look like many other games out there today: All elements are hand-drawn pixel art. Sundberg said “over the years I had collected an abundance of tutorial material on pixel art, and started studying it”. “I wanted to make a very immersive story,” Sundberg said.
The best part about the game is that it’s not just a single player experience: You have to work together to see where your partner needs help. Sometimes there are even obstacles that can only be bypassed by working as a team.
Even if you play the game by yourself, you’ll find that it’s alarmingly fast. You will be surprised to find out how quickly the earth rotates when all you need to do is move your fingers across a keyboard. There are also several minutes where nothing happens at all; this allows for you to really pay attention to what things look like around you.
The screen is defined by a square, and can be about twice as wide or high as your computer display. There are no borders to the land around you, so it’s difficult to get an idea of how big the world that you’re in really is until you play it yourself.
All in all, “13 minutes” requires you to think outside the box, and will act as a wonderful example of how games should be made in the future. Kids interested in science will also find this game fascinating for its presentation of how fast the earth rotates relative to different places on Earth. It even shares why scientists think the earth is slowing down by 1,000th of a second every year.
Include some statistics about how fast the earth rotates, including data from NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) about how far you would move on the earth’s surface if you could travel at the speed of light for just one second.
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All in all, “13 minutes” requires you to think outside the box, and will act as a wonderful example of how games should be made in the future. Kids interested in science will also find this game fascinating for its presentation of how fast the earth rotates relative to different places on Earth. It even shares why scientists think the earth is slowing down by 1,000th of a second every year.