Chrono-Shutter

Welcome to the ruins. The world is in chaos, but time is your tool.

Chrono-Shutter is a high-focus, atmospheric 1-button puzzle-runner designed for players who love precision timing. You cannot stop running, but you can control the world around you through the lens of a vintage camera.

Mechanics:

• The Shutter: You have only one action. Hold [Space / Click] to open the shutter, invert the world into a film negative, and freeze time. Release to let time flow again.
• The Obstacles: Freeze falling logs to create bridges, pause heavy stones high in the air to run safely underneath, and hold time steady to cross crumbling floors.
• The Rules: You have 4 Reels (Levels) to conquer. You are given 5 Frames (lives) per Reel. Lose them all, and the Reel burns.

Controls:

• [Spacebar], [Left-Click], or [Touch]: Hold to freeze time. Release to resume.

Credits & Declarations (DT2020 Assignment 1):

• Developer: Arikrish
• Assets: All art, particle effects, and audio are procedurally generated mathematically in code at runtime. No external image or audio files were used.
• AI Usage: The core monolithic game engine, physics simulation, and procedural asset generation were coded with AI assistance (Claude) based directly on my original mechanics pitch and design document.