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Absolutely. I thought the tortoise was a wonderful shorthand for a particular relationship to history, one that feels very familiar -- late, confused, missing the important moment, trying to catch up -- it's me. I'm the tortoise.

Playing the game was a great way to meditate on history; I couldn't help but try to build through-lines, theories about human behaviour, from my tortoise perspective. What events seemed to formed patterns? Which patterns made me despair and which  made me hope?

I found the lists of events well-crafted. I like that the game could easily be adapted by switching out the lists of historical events (okay, not easily -- making the lists must have been a lot of work!) -- but one could create modules for particular histories, for example -- I can see it being a really interesting teaching tool for thinking about perspectives on history.

That was also my one question -- thinking about the kind of default perspective of the tortoise. For example, the Panama Canal's construction was pretty contentious / calamitous for some people -- could there be ways to build evocations different / varying perspectives on history into the prompts? (Even something as simple as the waters being troubled rather than smooth)?

It's a lovely thoughtful game and a great thinking tool. Thank you for making it for the jam!