2026-08-02 · essay
Solving the Time Loop — Designing Games Where Knowledge Is the Only Save Data (from Majora's Mask to Outer Wilds)
A time loop is a machine for making knowledge the only save data. From Majora's Mask's three days to Outer Wilds' twenty-two minutes and The Sexy Brutale's twelve hours, a design reading of loop games as observation puzzles extended along the axis of time.
