I am confused

[Camdenator11]

If you can't bring a present cube into the future doesn't that mean that you shouldn't be able to go through the time portal either?

[Gillius]

its a game dude

[mattrearickdroid]

Originally posted by Camdenator11:

If you can't bring a present cube into the future doesn't that mean that you shouldn't be able to go through the time portal either?

Technically I agree. I mean I like the way it works, but for consistency you could bring the present cube to the future and just not spawn the future cube, but that would still net you with one cube in the future, so it'd be pointless.

[Ruinenlust]

But what if you're actually from the future?? checkmate libtard

[GraemeGunn]

Yes, it's all very funny to make fun of someone asking a question.

Anyway, this is a legitimate question, and I'll expand on why.

You and your clothes apparently go through the portal into the future, but you can't bring the cubes with you - OK, it's a game, whatever. BUT, there is no actual "rule" that states you can't take things with you to the future if such a portal were to actually exist.

So why is that built into the game? There's no reason for it to be that way, because with what mattrearickdroid said, you can't exploit it anyway.

I strongly dislike arbitrary rules. There's even a line of dialogue in the game where the narrator states "while it is impossible to bring a present cube to the future" or whatever... like... no it's not. Why would it be impossible?

The game is really good, so whatever.

[Centurion »-S-T-A-B->]

It just sets out some rules to not overcomplicate it. If we'd think about it, taking a cube from the future to help solve puzzle in the past, then move the present cube and grab again the one from the future would create a paradox, I believe. But it can work here with the rules it did set out.

And in theory, there is no reason why present cube couldnt go into the future and then back into the past to stay there.

But I think it would be just too overcomplicated at that point for now.

[Bartholomew III]

Tbh, this is probably the way it is simply because it's easier to code :)

[Coops]

You can't remove the cube from the present because that would destroy the future cube. The future cube appears where the present cube is placed, There never was a future cube because the present cube is gone.
The future cube can be brought to the present because it cannot affect the present cube.
Other objects such as you and your clothing have no alternate time counterpart so you can move freely between times.
I guess you could think of the time portal as a one way purple barrier. Cubes can only go one way but you can pass.

[Andrew]

Originally posted by Coops:

You can't remove the cube from the present because that would destroy the future cube. The future cube appears where the present cube is placed, There never was a future cube because the present cube is gone.
The future cube can be brought to the present because it cannot affect the present cube.
Other objects such as you and your clothing have no alternate time counterpart so you can move freely between times.
I guess you could think of the time portal as a one way purple barrier. Cubes can only go one way but you can pass.

Nobody's talking about the future cube though, they're just saying you should be able to have the present cube in the future. Of course there would be no future cube in this case, but that shouldn't stop the present one from being able to go through and be in the future.

[MASTAXPLODER]

If you move it from the past your are changing the future timeline and it makes the cube spawn in its new spot. also 1.21 gigawatts

[GraemeGunn]

Originally posted by Andrew:

Originally posted by Coops:

You can't remove the cube from the present because that would destroy the future cube. The future cube appears where the present cube is placed, There never was a future cube because the present cube is gone.
The future cube can be brought to the present because it cannot affect the present cube.
Other objects such as you and your clothing have no alternate time counterpart so you can move freely between times.
I guess you could think of the time portal as a one way purple barrier. Cubes can only go one way but you can pass.

Nobody's talking about the future cube though, they're just saying you should be able to have the present cube in the future. Of course there would be no future cube in this case, but that shouldn't stop the present one from being able to go through and be in the future.

Yeah, that's sort of what I was thinking. In the end, it's an artificial imposition, and that's always weird. But whatever, the game is still good.

[kelci]

Two cubes can't occupy the same space at once (basic 3D hard object physics), and the future cube always resets to occupy the same space as the present cube (core puzzle mechanic, even though in reality it means the future is constantly being erased and rewritten). Combined, these mechanics make it impossible for the future cube to go through the time portal.

Specifically, before you can move the present cube all the way into the future, you need to move it halfway. While the present cube is halfway through the time portal, where's the future cube? Oh wait, the future cube must *also* be halfway through the portal, occupying the exact same space as the present cube!

That said, if you could get a time portal that's wide instead of tall, then you could take the present cube into the future by choosing a side; the 180-degree rotation sure comes in handy! Figuring out a convincing way how/why/if the "move the present cube and the future cube moves to the same place [20] years later" mechanic works with the present cube in the future is left as an exercise for the reader; I suspect it's at least as paradoxical as the future cube always resetting on present cube movement as if the future you experienced never happened.

[<3 SOURCROWD]

While playing I noticed this unlogic behaviour aswell. Technicly it would be great if the Devs implement that the Present-Cube can be moved threw the Time Portal into the Future. If a Future-Cube is than spawned, one of both, the future or 1st timeline Cube should dissolve immidiatly again, not allowing to spawn.