I've just added a new category for the game called Minimum Flux.

It's essentially just going through the game trying to minimize the amount of times that you use your time machine. The category rules will give more info.

After watching several runs, I've calculated out that the current practical minimum is 83 time machine uses. At the time of posting, due to rewinding/restarting, no current leaderboard runs can claim this title.

I look forward to any creative ways levels can be beaten with fewer and fewer trips. Good luck!

The current breakdown is as follows: 1: 2 2: 2 3: 2 4: 2 5: 3 6: 2 7: 3 8: 3 9: 2 10: 2 11: 2 12: 3 13: 2 14: 2 15: 2 16: 1 17: 2 18: 4 19: 2 (p) 20: 2 21: 4 22: 6 23: 2 24: 2 25: 1 26: 2 27: 1 28: 1 29: 2 30: 2 31: 2 (p) 32: 3 33: 3 34: 3 35: 4

Any levels marked with (p) currently require the new Pause Carry Glitch to achieve. One use is from the level itself, while the other use is from getting the pause in level 13.

I have been working on the same idea myself for awhile :D With the way you're counting it, I believe the total I have is 74? If going to grab a pause from level 13 counts as a time machine use, then it's not really worth it. Level 19 can be completed with 2 bots without pause abuse, and level 31 can be completed with 1 bot without pause abuse. https://twitter.com/QFlame3/status/1395122893156192264

I will work on putting together a video with the minimum amount of bots :)

Here it is, Chronotron beaten with 74 time machine uses!

Bots by Level Easy: 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 3 Basic: 3, 2, 1, 2, 3, 2, 2 Medium: 2, 1, 2, 3, 2, 2, 4 Hard: 4, 2, 2, 1, 2, 1, 1 Impossible: 2, 2, 1, 2, 3, 2, 3

If we could find a way to save a bot on levels 21 and 22, it would prove all levels are possible with just 3 bots!

Saved 1! 21 with 3 bots. I'm not sure if level 22 can be done with 3, the strategy for doing it with 4 is already kinda complicated.

Another one down! Level 34 with just 1 bot and no pause. Minimum possible flux is at 72.