{
  "id": 16354331,
  "title": "Only one person in the world can play this free Steam game at a time",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/24/only-one-person-in-the-world-can-play-this-free-steam-game-at-a-time",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-10-24T17:39:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "TechSpot",
    "slug": "techspot",
    "url": "https://www.techspot.com/news/114323-only-one-person-world-can-play-free-steam.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Only one player can control Jono, a free platformer game on Steam, at any given moment. Created by Jono's designer, Tuomas Erikoinen, the game features a single pixel-art character navigating through spikes, crushers, ice, and portals. Players queue up and take turns controlling Jono for one minute at a time. Upon failure, the character returns to the beginning of the current room without losing progress. The game, which has already amassed over 540 players and 85,000 messages in just 17 days, aims for one million unique rooms. Though most rooms are generated procedurally, some are handcrafted by Erikoinen. The strict one-player-at-a-time rule serves as a deterrent for copycats, as AI-driven game cloning has become increasingly common.",
  "summary": "Jono is the work of Tuomas Erikoinen, the artist behind the original Angry Birds, who now makes games on his own as Part Time Monkey. In the game, when your turn finally comes up, you get exactly one minute to steer the tiny pixel-art hero past spikes, crushers, ice, and... Read Entire Article",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}