Game Gadgets & Goodies

It's the Final Countdown:

... or is it? I love Decagone's time loop mechanic, so I put together a Countdown app to visualize (and ... audiolize?) it. Set the time, start the countdown, and it will loop infinitely. The remaining time persists between sessions, for when the one-shot turns into a two-shot.

Seconds tick by with soft beeps, which slowly increase in volume as the countdown progresses. The pitch also ramps up over the last minute, to increase the tension. At 00:00 it plays an elevator ding and door opening. Not 100% accurate to the module, but it's evocative.

  • For the best experience on mobile: Adding the app to your Home Screen will allow you to launch it in full-screen mode.
  • On iOS, the above must be done from Safari. Also note that sound will only play if your phone isn’t muted so make sure Silent mode is off (Do Not Disturb is fine, and recommended).
  • Android hasn’t been tested, but it should work as expected.

For my fellow privacy weirdos, this app runs 100% client-side and tracks nothing. Cloudflare Pages records basic analytics, but uBlock Origin will knock that out. Local storage is used only to persist settings and remaining time across sessions.