Did you ever play Braid?  Did you ever play Braid and think “Boy, this game needs to be more baffling,” or “Boy, this game needs some pictures of my niece in it.”?  Well ask and ye shall receive.

A recent thread on Steam’s message boards asked about a hidden map editor contained within the PC version of Jonathan Blow’s award-winning indie game. After a few speculative posts by people who aren’t the game’s creator, Jonathan chimed in with a direct answer;

“Yeah, after I get a new version out in a few days that fixes the problems some people are having, and when more people have played/finished the game, I am going to post some documentation for the editor. The way it works is you can make levels with the editor (up to a full game, potentially) and run that with -universe later... also a tool will be released that lets you take Photoshop files and import them into the game, if you want to put new graphics in your levels.”

While this news is sure to make many creative gamers happy, I’m worried that user-created content could dilute or even destroy the magic of Braid.  On one hand, the idea of creating our own mind-boggling levels in such a great game is exciting and full of promise. On the other hand, how many times will we be able to run through levels full of dicks and boobs before we tire of the game as a whole?

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