time time strip beginning single frame published midnight march image updated minutes march updated periodically hour days days total ending july total unique images image represented single frame larger story essentially making comic video extremely low frame rate referred time attracted significant attention received online projects web communities built won hugo award category plot time begins stick figures woman man building sand castle complex beach woman notes sea visible right frame rising construction completed temporarily stopping sea castle away decide journey discover cause rising sea level leave frames slowly fade white beginning destruction construction shown journey finding river unaware couple follow river observations resting tree man finds remains discovering area inhabited later find massive oddly shaped trees markings find boat use cross river continue mountains climbing small hill man sees snake woman hear tree pause briefly observe bird chick nest resting miniature river woman discovers cliff large contemplating decide discover mountains like climb eventually reach small abandoned house man attacked big cat woman strikes away piece wood man unscathed woman wound leg wrap flag brought creating sand castle deciding traveling search people mountain structure better medical option heading home continue night falls rest wild man takes guard shift stars night sky time lapse wakes woman turn sleep eventually wakes characters press intention turning find people find small structure woman spots people leave structure think sand castle wondering fate screen flashes scene lone bucket floating body water flashes bit traveling characters contact people wearing woman attempts communicate native language people shows wound treat paste group man woman follow town receiving water man woman sleep following morning man locals drawing pictures dirt local informs sea level fact rising characters follow talk rest way man woman look map locals continue city castle led natives leader speaking language protagonists poorly explains reason sea rising reveals people erected calls planet river bay presently days away breaking flooding man woman home explains journey reach home warn living long choice remain mountain people ignoring man woman flee run home taking mountain people provisions way guiding maps woman stolen returning home characters attempt coordinate escape fellow people girl appears boat constructed wood sand castle beginning story causes tribe abandon original plans instead attempt float river expanding boat group loads sets sail soon join remaining members tribe smaller boat night drifting asleep man woman spot land reach story ends man woman depart going new wilderness explore boat seen water final frames comic boat water currently rotating pattern comic website conception development described reasons creating time interview rolling_stone stated came idea space animation daily comic wanting interview stated seen attempt project wanted work noted cases things interesting difficult access books deliberately story complicated hoped people slowly got world language readers deeper level according like time difficult reach people hour tool internet following ending story comic creator explained story details context article wired noted time set years future future civilization humanity present civilization long extinct takes place basin mediterranean_sea largely following activity shutting atlantic_ocean modeled similar occurrence incident approximately million years ago crisis eventual flooding crisis end story supposed flood reportedly researched plants wildlife region added comic offering hints story location according got suggestions file details species characters encountered talked like dwarf trees sand scene male female sleep shifts time lapse stars night sky occupies background help astronomy software render night sky characters location specific time accounting projected stellar motion years lacks star consulted told star date time set language language script written gave characters native mountains created help meaning words symbols given language fans dubbed later picked media opened possibility language future comic publishing frames time originally updated minutes frame updates hourly frame frames appeared quick succession showing shooting sky updates returned hourly technical details comic publishing described independent website follows inside page script uses simple download new image script easy follow number programmers taking time figure request new image difficult impossible future images created know links previous images resulted number sites putting frames produce animated pseudo video downloads frame turn reception time received online saying coming nicely publishing backstory conclusion wired called journey epic referred comic said comic slow paced entertainment fast paced world kind experiment keeps people coming best isn strip comic idea factory shared experience time got mentions verge writer washington_post blogger april comic announced nominee hugo award category won award august accepted award behalf dressing drawn earlier strip comic garnered obsessive attention viewers forum discussion thread exceeds pages posts fans created specific time invented terms describe comic
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