Relatively Special Deliveries
Relatively Special Deliveries
Game Info
Background
Relatively Special Deliveries - Delivering the packages of today - tomorrow!
Thanks to Einstein’s Special Relativity, time slows down for a traveller moving at near light speed. We make use of this property of space-time, plus our expendable employees, to run your future errands!
That’s right, for only a handful of SpaceBucks, we will plunge into the far-flung future to deliver things on your behalf. Worried about forgetting your anniversary in 10 years? We’re on it! Want to send a birthday present to your great-great-great-grand daughter? Look no further!
With Relatively Special Deliveries, the future is now!
All trips are one-way, travelling back in time is not possible with our current understanding of physics. RSD is not responsible for any loss of goods or personnel due to cataclysmic future events.
How to Play
Use the dials to increase or decrease your speed, which is a percentage of the speed of light (c). As you approach 100%c, the rate of time passing on Earth increases, so while it's only been a few years for you on the ship, hundreds of years can go by back home.
Deliver the packages by decreasing your speed to zero as close to the target Erath time as you can. Spend your winnings on upgrades to your ship which allow you to get to 99.99%c and then 99.9999%c and watch the time fly!
The Science
This game uses real physics to calculate the difference in time experienced by a stationary person and a person moving at near light speeds. This is called Time Dilation and was predicted by Einstein's Special Relativity.
Time dilation is calculated using the following:
delta_t = delta_tau/(sqrt(1-(v^2/c^2)))
where delta_t is the time on Earth, delta_tau is the time on the rocket, v is the speed of the rocket and c is the speed of light in a vaccuum.
As the speed of the rocket approaches the speed of light, time slows down for them exponentially, allowing them to travel far into the future.
GitHub Game Off 2019
The Game Off is GitHub's annual game jam, where participants spend the month of November creating games based on a theme.
- Theme: Holes
- Dates: November 1st to December 1st, 2019
- Number of submissions: 228
Results for Relatively Special Deliveries
- Overall: 68th
- Gameplay: 112th
- Innovation: 4th
- Theme Interpretation: 44th
- Graphics: 91st
- Audio: 26th