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D'ni Clock Innards

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I made a clock that ticks on a completely different time system. D'ni Time to be precise, from the Myst series of computer games. I gave a presentation of this clock during Mysterium 2009. The presentation was far better received than I had expected. I'll upload a video of the presentation plus my slides once I'm done cleaning up the footage, but for now enjoy this photo of my clock under construction. I'll show off the completed version soon enough. :D
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:star::star::star::star::star: Overall
:star::star::star::star::star: Vision
:star::star::star::star::star: Originality
:star::star::star::star::star: Technique
:star::star::star::star::star: Impact

How do I start?

Imagine making a clock. Definitely sounds like an arduous task in itself.

Now imagine making a clock that runs on a completely different time system.

I don't know about anyone else, but doing something like that seems near impossible to me. But somehow <img class="avatar" src="a.deviantart.net/avatars/r/i/r…" alt=":iconriumplus:" title="riumplus"/> did it. From what I've learned from watching his gallery for a while now, he's been working on this project for a really long time. Near a decade, I believe. That's why I gave this five starts for vision. What sort of vision does it take to even begin imagining such a crazy task? I know I would have given up.

I don't know how to make clocks, how to calculate how a different time system works, or any of those things, but I do know that this project is a great inspiration for me and tons of other people who have learned about it.