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== Development and release ==
''Thinking with Time Machine'' was developed by Ruslan "Stridemann" Rybka and published by SignHead Studio.<ref name=":2">{{Cite news |last=Orland |first=Kyle |date=May 3, 2015 |title=Steam Gauge: Measuring the most popular Steam games of 2014 |url=https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2015/03/steam-gauge-measuring-the-most-popular-steam-games-of-2014/3/ |access-date=August 3, 2024 |work=[[Ars Technica]] |archive-date=July 16, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240716013609/https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2015/03/steam-gauge-measuring-the-most-popular-steam-games-of-2014/3/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Torrejón |first=Rocío |date=April 19, 2021 |title=Portal 2: 10 años de la penúltima obra maestra de Valve |trans-title=Portal 2: 10 Years Since Valve's Penultimate Masterpiece |url=https://as.com/meristation/2021/04/19/reportajes/1618822119_095027.html |access-date=August 4, 2024 |work=Meristation |language=es |archive-date=August 4, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240804180147/https://as.com/meristation/2021/04/19/reportajes/1618822119_095027.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Rybka said that the development of the mod began after the release of ''Portal 2'', that the overall development was frustrating, and that at one point he was close to quitting the development.<ref name=":1" /> Initially, the mod was published on the [[Mod DB]] website in 2013.<ref name=":1" /> The mod later went through the [[Steam Greenlight]] process and was accepted due to the mod's concept.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":3">{{Cite news |last=Svetlichny |first=Sergey |date=April 27, 2024 |title=Thinking with Time Machine: добавляем в Portal 2 четвертое измерение |trans-title=Thinking with Time Machine: Adding a Fourth Dimension to Portal 2 |url=https://itc.ua/articles/thinking-with-time-machine-dobavlyaem-v-portal-2-chetvertoe-izmerenie/ |url-status=live |access-date=August 4, 2024 |work=ITC.ua |language=uk |archive-date=August 4, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240804180055/https://itc.ua/articles/thinking-with-time-machine-dobavlyaem-v-portal-2-chetvertoe-izmerenie/ }}</ref> The mod was released on [[Steam (service)|Steam]] for free on April 18, 2014, for [[Microsoft Windows]], [[OS X]], and [[Linux]] platforms.<ref name="pcg2">{{Cite news |last=Savage |first=Phil |date=April 22, 2014 |title=Portal 2 mod Thinking With Time Machine now available on Steam |url=http://www.pcgamer.com/portal-2-mod-thinking-with-time-machine-now-available-on-steam/ |access-date=November 11, 2017 |work=[[PC Gamer]] |archive-date=November 11, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171111205540/http://www.pcgamer.com/portal-2-mod-thinking-with-time-machine-now-available-on-steam/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=April 23, 2014 |title=Découvrez le mod Thinking with Time Machine avec Portal 2 |trans-title=Check out the Thinking with Time Machine mod for Portal 2 |url=https://syfantasy.fr/actualites/decouvrez-le-mod-thinking-with-time-machine-avec-portal-2/ |access-date=August 4, 2024 |work=Syfantasy |language=fr |archive-date=June 25, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210625005620/https://syfantasy.fr/actualites/decouvrez-le-mod-thinking-with-time-machine-avec-portal-2/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Considering that it is a modification, users must own ''Portal 2'' to play ''Thinking with Time Machine''.<ref name="pcg" /><ref>{{Cite news |last=Hurley |first=Leon |date=April 25, 2014 |title=New Portal 2 Mod Adds Time Travel |url=https://kotaku.com/new-portal-2-mod-adds-time-travel-1567628112 |access-date=August 4, 2024 |work=[[Kotaku]]}}</ref> The game was one of the top 200 on Steam in 2014, and was downloaded over 300,000 times.<ref name=":2" />
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