Time Loader
At the helm of a small robot, you’ll travel back to the 90s to prevent a tragic accident. Explore the house of your creator, solve brain-teasing puzzles, acquire unique and powerful upgrades, and see common household items from an entirely new perspective!But remember: meddling with time has serious consequences. You may succeed in changing the past, but can you deal with the result of your actions?Gameplay Features:Subverted perspectivesEven the most familiar objects look different when you’re the size of a toy car. Will you watch your every move or dive head-first into this dangerous new world?An arsenal to choose fromBoosters, harpoons, screwdrivers… choose among dozens of upgrades to tackle each level and get the job done!Dynamic and branching narrativesDon’t just relive the past: change it! Every choice you make will influence the story and may lead to a different outcome. So do us a favor: change the past responsibly!A complimentary dose of nostalgiaTime Loader features music, references, and items straight out of the ‘90s. Relive your childhood or, if you’re too young for it, just gawk in awe at how primitive humanity used to be back then!Time Loader is a story-driven puzzle-platformer with tiny robots, alternate realities, nostalgic music, and primitive tech from the 90s!
Game Discussion
Steam User 4
This is one of those games that is just long enough and complex enough for a satisfying completion in a few hours. The story is engaging and thought provoking.
My only critique is about the multiple endings. There are 4 different endings to the story, which itself is super cool, but the connection between your choices and the various endings is so tenuous that you probably won't understand why you got the ending you got. On top of that, while the gameplay is good enough for 3hrs, it definitely isn't good enough for 10-12hrs, so I doubt if many people would be willing to replay a couple times to see different endings.
Steam User 2
Solid, short 2.5D physics-based puzzle-platformer with a simple but reasonably compelling time-travel storyline, and level design that nicely conveys the theme of being a small robot in a human-sized house. Suffers from some poorly implemented controls for throwing objects (which a few puzzles revolve around), a few too many instances where it's not clear which objects can be interacted with or traversed over/under, and a climactic chase sequence that doesn't play to the game's strengths, but still worth trying if it's on sale.
Steam User 0
(Played on Steam Deck OLED) A nice easy four hour game for the weekend. I'm a sucker for games that put me in familiar setting but as a small character. The puzzles are not too complicated and each area is pretty linear with zero to minimal exploring. The room design ranges from pleasing artstyle to sometimes what looks like untextured polygons.
Steam User 0
Sweet game. The robot was cute.
The puzzles are not hard and the graphics are good.
I like games where you're small and your surroundings are big.
Steam User 0
This is an incredibly heartfelt and wonderful game, I was not expecting it to be the masterpiece it was despite it being recommended to me. It was both soothing and emotionally stirring - phenomenal development and gameplay mechanics! Highly recommend.
Steam User 0
I really enjoyed time travelling as the cute yellow robot. I love the colours and soundtrack of the game, as well as the many hidden things that encourage you to go back through time and discover them all, together with its different endings. I really enjoyed the story : )
Steam User 0
It's an interesting game with some flaws that need to be ironed out.
I hate the grappling hook. It sometimes has a mind of its own. I aim and time things correctly, only to find myself getting had by the cat or not quite going in the direction I intended to go.
The level select could use some work, like let me know which areas have which objects relevant to the four different endings! It doesn't have to tell me how to trigger the endings. Just tell me where things are! There's like 30-40 different levels, and some levels are repeat areas in a different context.