Chronomachia

Chronomachia is a 2-person platform couch-battler, built for the GMTK Game Jam 2025. Play as an elemental mage with the ability to rewind time! But your opponent has similar powers. Who will win and become the master of all time?

This game requires controllers and 2 players.

The name is a fusion of the Greek "chrono-" meaning time, and "-machia" meaning battle or contest.

Controls

• Directional Movement: Left Control Stick 
• Jump: A or B 
  
• Ranged Spell Attack: Hold X or Y to Aim with Left Control Stick, Release to Fire
  
• Rewind Time 3 Seconds: Right or Left Trigger 

Narrative

In an era long forgotten, of myth and sorcery, one type of magic rose above all others: CHRONOMANCY, the power to rewind time and rewrite history itself!

Coveted for its limitless potential, it sparked a savage war among the most powerful mages, for time can have but one master.

Arcane arenas were conjured to contain the chaos, each a dueling grounds locked outside of time. Here the fate of wizardry would be decided.

Let the battle for all of time commence... for this is CHRONOMACHIA!

GMTK GameJam 2025 Theme: Loops

Chronomachia is contained within a looping arena - exiting the stage through any portal teleports the player to the opposite side. The core mechanic of the title is the ability to rewind time by 3 seconds a limited number of times; allowing a player to reverse an attack, take another route, or force their opponent to re-think their last move!

Credits

Rainbow Chicken Games
Ryan Scheppler - Programmer, Designer, Gameplay
Justin Riddler - Producer, Narrative Design, Art

2D Art Assets

• 12 Free Pixel Backgrounds – 128x128 Pack
  By NinjaGame_Dev
  https://ninjagame-dev.itch.io/12-128x128-pixel-backgrounds
  Licensed as free to use 
• Human Male Model
  By SmoulderBlock
  https://smoulderblock.itch.io/human-male-model
  Licensed as free to use
• Ocean and Clouds Free Pixel Art Backgrounds
  https://craftpix.net/freebies/ocean-and-clouds-free-pixel-art-backgrounds/
  Licensed under CraftPix.net; a copy of the license is available at: https://craftpix.net/file-licenses/

Fonts
All fonts used are licensed under the SIL Open Font License, Version 1.1.
Licenses are available with a FAQ at: http://scripts.sil.org/OFL
Acknowledgement provided as additional thanks.

• Chomsky
  Copyright (c) 2018, Fredrick R. Brennan (copypaste@kittens.ph)
• Norwester
  Copyright (c) October 14, 2013 Jamie Wilson (jamiewilson.io), with Reserved Font Name Norwester.

Music

• "Space Fighter Loop" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
  Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
• "Undaunted" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
  Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ 

Sound Effects

• Jingle_Achievement_00.wav by LittleRobotSoundFactory -- https://freesound.org/s/270404/ -- License: Attribution 4.0
• rewind.wav by crunchymaniac -- https://freesound.org/s/687272/ -- License: Attribution 4.0