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Protocol:Chrono

A fast-paced action roguelike where time is your vital resource. Battle digital hordes, harvest fragments to survive, and use Chrono Tokens for deep, ARPG-style weapon customization, traveling through planets to save the dimension.

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SilverMoon Labs
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SilverMoon Labs
Release
April 3, 2026
120 days ago
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About the Game

TIME IS YOUR ONLY CURRENCY.

Protocol: Chrono is a fast-paced action roguelike with bullet heaven DNA. There’s no health bar — your lifeline is Time, constantly draining away. Every second matters, every kill buys survival, and every mistake brings your end closer.

A Universe in Collapse

You are the Chronal Agent — a security process deployed into a simulation suffering Terminal Entropy. The system is breaking, data is leaking, and corrupted shadows — hungry processes that feed on time — will do anything to terminate your execution.

Travel across 10 unstable planets (sectors), push back corruption, and stabilize the Kernel before everything is erased.

Key Features

Time Is Health (Literally)

Forget potions and hearts. In Protocol: Chrono, your “HP” is a timer that never stops ticking down.

  • Defeat enemies and collect chrono fragments to regain seconds.

  • Taking damage doesn’t reduce “HP” — it steals time.

  • Watching 0.0s get closer is the fuel for your adrenaline.

ARPG-Style Buildcraft

You don’t just pick weapons — you compile a build.

Use Chrono Tokens to unlock slots and equip upgrades that reshape your playstyle: multipliers, effects, synergies, and combinations you can adapt on the fly.

Explosive thermal payload chains? A defensive feedback field? Autonomous daemons holding the line? Your build, your rules — mid-run.

Bosses and the Run Climax

The run ramps into a frenetic climax:

  • Boss encounters trigger as you progress and dominate the sector.

  • At 20 minutes, you face a decision: finish the run or continue into Endless mode.

You’ll find

  • Fast-paced action focused on movement, positioning, and pattern reading.

  • Deep buildcraft with dozens of weapon + support combinations.

  • Intense ~20-minute runs with a late-game spike.

  • Cyber-neon aesthetics: minimalist silhouettes, high contrast, neon accents.

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