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. ------------------------------------
The Team
- Beth Kimber github.com/BethFromAbove
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
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.