XENOCHRON

by ericns

XENOCHRON

What are they?

No one knows.

All we know is that they have way more advanced tech than we do. And that they're dangerous.

GAMEPLAY

XENOCHRON is a fast-paced top-down shooter, similar to games like *Hotline Miami*. Your objective is to try to save your friend Joe from unknown invaders. To do so, you must either sneak past enemies, or knock them out with either your gun or your fists. Be careful, their technology is way more advanced to yours. Their suits allow them to heal from any injury you can make, and their weapons can kill you in just one hit.

CONTROLS

Only Keyboard supported.

Use WASD or Arrow Keys to move.
Use Shift or Right-Click to Dash.
Use Left-Click to attack.
Use E or Middle-Click to switch your weapon.

LORE

!>The year's 199X. Joe was just a regular guy with bills to pay, and a big house to take care of. Until they came. Their ship dropped right next to Joe´s house, and started entering the place. Joe has no idea how to defend himself, so he hid in his room and called *you* for help.

!>

!>-*"I- I don´t know what they are! I think they could be aliens..? But they be looking kinda human... Please, hurry up, dawg!"*

Comments17

EricNSauthor19 Oct 2026, 03:52

Let me know if you liked it, if enough of you liked the concept i might actually work on it on the future, and if you want to leave some feedback go ahead!

Tanjou19 Oct 2026, 17:22

I really liked the movement of the arms and the song is catchy. Pretty dynamic movement. There is a small delay after the dash which makes it a bit challenging but it's cool!

Tanjou19 Oct 2026, 17:22

I also love the name

EricNSauthor20 Oct 2026, 01:12

@tanjou thx so much! I noticed the game was pretty easy so i made the dash slow on purpose, glad you liked it!

estelgames20 Oct 2026, 02:05

Funny little game. After my 5th attempt to beat the first room, I just started running straight forward. 😄

KataStudios20 Oct 2026, 02:28

this game put me in a good mood right from the start, great job!

EricNSauthor20 Oct 2026, 02:55

thank you @estelgames and @katastudios! i'm glad you liked it. @estelgames i tried to make the game hard on purpose because it's really short lol

yupaz20 Oct 2026, 13:23

Really simple but very addictive, loved the way u can use the dash to brain the enemys, its quite satisfying !

EricNSauthor21 Oct 2026, 00:54

@yupaz thank you! my main goal while making the gameplay was getting the feeling just right, so i'm glad you like it!

Lvdou2nd21 Oct 2026, 01:14

I enjoyed it, but I wish there was more content to explore.

EricNSauthor21 Oct 2026, 01:33

@lvdou2nd thank you so much! i wish that too, but i had barely any time to make the game, it's a miracle i actually made something on time. someday i might use the main concept and expand from there for a full game.

baziki21 Oct 2026, 02:08

I think this is my favorite one I've played so far! The music was a vibe. The visuals were goofy but charming. My one gripe is that I didn't end up using the stun mechanic at all. I found it really hard to use because the enemies attack with melee almost immediately upon closing in on them, and it didn't feel rewarding enough to only stun them.
But even then, the gameplay was overall quite fun! Super good stuff.

Segtree21 Oct 2026, 06:37

After several deathes in the first room, I run past the enemies and completed the game in one try. I think the most innovative part of this game is that you don't have to fight against the enemies, you can choose to avoid them.

perrarancino21 Oct 2026, 12:12

a top down shooter where you sneak around and save your friend joe is a strong combo, and the alien tech gives the whole thing a proper sci fi edge. the arm movement and the dash add a lot of dynamism, it looks really satisfying to play. was the dash delay something you tuned on purpose to keep the pace tense? really cool project.

EricNSauthor21 Oct 2026, 12:59

@baziki @segtree @perrarancino thank you all so much!
@baziki you're right, it is easy to just avoid the enemies, but i think it does help give the game some replayability in case you want to try to stun all enemies (and it gives you more options to approach level design too). I'm glad you liked it that much!
@segtree thanks! the ai isn't really that complex but i mainly wanted it to be a stealth game so I'm glad you liked it!
@perrarancino I'm glad you liked it! i made the dash had that delay because it was really easy to just spam it and get through all the rooms insanely fast

Eugenik21 Oct 2026, 14:17

I loved the tension created by having to choose between stealthing past the threats or engaging them directly. This project has a really cool dark sci fi vibe.

EricNSauthor21 Oct 2026, 15:59

@eugenik thank you so much! glad you liked that aspect of gameplay, and also that you liked the vibe, i worked hard on it

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