ProtoChrono is the capstone game I created as a student at American University. It is a relatively small metroidvania with a heavy story component. The player goes between a home-base on expeditions into a specially crafted level. These expeditions only last one minute, during which time the player needs to find various civilians and fix temporal anomalies. There are five civilians & five anomalies, and the player can finish the game once all the civilians are rescued and the anomalies are corrected. The player unlocks a mechanic I call "TimeSwap," where the level layout changes. Platforms appear and disappear, and NPCs & anomalies only exist in a single time period, creating an interesting challenge.

I programmed almost everything in the game myself, including all the mechanics, story sequences, and dialogue interface. ProtoChrono uses a large singleton with several managers all controlling different systems and talking to the singleton to get the game working. The singleton and relevant parts also use Unity's "DontDestroyOnLoad" feature, ensuring that the singleton exists for an entire play session. The dialogue interface utilized a program called Articy Draft X, which has simple integration with Unity.