Chrono Gear: Warden of Time

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• Announcements·24 Sept 2026Official

  Version 1.1.19 is Live!

  Hello Wardens!We have brought the previous update to the main branch, along with additional fixes and tweaks as listed below.Thank you for your reports!General:- The music filter on death should properly reset if Kronii's death animation ends up cancelling out.- Holding an input to scroll in the menu should work more consistently now.- Cutscene music should now pause properly in the cutscene viewer.- Fixed a bug locking the player in their victory pose after certain cutscene skips in speedrun mode.- Fixed an issue where choosing to restart during the Secret Sanctum gear pickup sequence would reset to Steel on Steel.- Generalized language loading in anticipation of additional language options being added in the future.- Inactive attack hitboxes should no longer activate switches.Widescreen Fixes:- Fixed Doorway to Nowhere boss into and Boros boop cutscene for widescreen.- Fixed the offset of the final score tally at the end of the credits for widescreen.- Extended the terrain in the tutorial's intro cutscene to account for widescreen.- Both the shop menu and the countdown timer in KFP Stadium's boss fight should be properly centered now regardless of aspect ratio.- Crystal Drake's positioning should no longer be affected by the aspect ratio.Kronii:- Performing consecutive drill dive cancels (DDCs) while low to the ground should work more consistently.- Adjusted the drill dash's vertical ledge slide behavior to prevent wall impacts during the slide.The World Tree:- Fixed summer World Tree's background in widescreen.Tidal Camp:- Added interpolation to Chloe's radar icon in the beach race.The Space Between Worlds:- Adjusted the knockback of the boss's orb summoning animation so that she's less likely to pull the player in the same direction that she's moving.Dark Nest:- Fixed the death behavior of Iron Wings in the 3D flight sections.Tower of Darkness:- Fixed the white flash that occurs during the screen transition after collecting the Golden Gear.
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• Announcements·12 Sept 2026Official

  1 Year Anniversary! Version 1.1.14 + Nintendo Switch Announcement!

  Thank you so much for your support over the past year, Wardens!To celebrate Chrono Gear's first anniversary, we have a couple of cool updates for you...Chrono Gear on Nintendo Switch!We are pleased to announce that with the help of holo Indie, a Nintendo Switch version of Chrono Gear: Warden of Time is now in development!In addition, Spanish and Indonesian language options are in the works, which will be brought over to Steam at the same time.Version 1.1.14 Ready for Testing!Tryptech has prepared a new update for us with several popular requests, including a cutscene viewer, true widescreen support, and Mac support!This update is in the beta branch for testing. We'll bring it over to the main branch a few days if everything checks out.You can read the full patch notes below.General:Added support for multiple aspect ratios (4:3, 3:2, 5:3, and 16:9). Stage layouts, HUD, menus, cutscenes, and 3D flight sections have been adjusted to match.A cutscene viewer has been added to the Extras menu.Adjusted level loading behavior. Transitions now load asynchronously and wait for the previous stage to unload, reducing hitching and memory spikes on heavier stages.Exiting to hub after picking up a Golden Gear always grants the gear and a results screen.Added infinite mana as a custom difficulty option.Custom translation loading is now enabled.Various Japanese translation corrections.Golden Gear animations now play at the correct speed when spawning.The Screen Shake setting now also applies to cutscenes.Fixed the saved window resolution being overwritten by initial launch resizing.Fullscreen and border art settings are now saved when changed.Reverted airborne camera pan decay to an earlier behavior.Enemy health bars are now hidden during cutscenes.Fixed some enemies and objects going abruptly silent when they moved off-screen.Checkpoint icons now light up correctly when their on-screen activation is unhooked.Various minor bug fixes and improvements. UI:An Aspect Ratio option has be...
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• Patch Notes·18 Jul 2026Official

  Version 1.1.13 is Live!

  Good morning, Wardens! Today's update contains further fixes, tweaks and refinements.We've also added more meaningful changes to some of the bosses on Overclocked difficulty so that that are noticeably harder on this setting compared to their behavior on Proud difficulty.Thank you again for your feedback and reports!General:- Fixed new saves potentially loading the last save's difficulty preset.- When the IL timer is enabled through a cheat code, it will now keep ticking after collecting a Golden Gear so that rewinding to the start of the level during the victory sequence resumes the timer correctly.- Adjusted IL timer behavior for several missions and boss fights.- Adjusted the game's audio filter to now have cutoff values that should prevent unsafe sample rates on low-sample devices.HUD:- In the custom difficulty menu, it is now possible to set Stasis resistance to the value used in Overclocked difficulty.- Fixed the gap in the pause menu that was created when Suspend Save is hidden during speedrun mode.- The Codes menu is now disabled during missions to prevent unintended effects.Kronii:- Upside down Haste afterimages should be less likely to appear.Enemies:- Bloomshot and Gloomshot's projectiles no longer instantly explode sometimes on Overclocked difficulty, and their movement is now properly interpolated at high framerates.Eternity Sanctum: - Restored a tile that was accidentally deleted.Carnival Railway:- Added a safeguard that should prevent the game from crashing after collecting the CD given by the red kronies.- Fixed the particle effects used in Polka's introduction cutscene.- Adjusted the boundaries of the bottomless pits.Hoshinova Castle:- Disabled a non-visible checkpoint.- Fixed an issue where the gated checkpoints were not visually lighting up when activated.Ganmo's Grand Finale:- On Overclocked, meteors will spawn 30% more often and be 20% faster.Depths of Atlantis:- A speedrun change related to the launchers in a later level have now been applied t...
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• Patch Notes·12 Jul 2026Official

  Version 1.1.11 is Live!

  Hello Wardens!Today's update addresses several minor bugs and oversights. Thank you again for your reports!General:- Added three dialog lines that were missing from the Japanese retranslation.- Multiple dialog boxes should no longer overlap each other if the player enters a dialog zone before a previous dialog zone conversation has finished.- Prevented softlocks when using low/0% damage as a Custom difficulty parameter.- Addressed an edge case where the filtered music effect during a KO rewind against certain bosses might not properly clear the effect.Kronii:- Fixed an oversight where Kronii's mana always regenerated at Overclocked speed regardless of difficulty setting.Doorway to Nowhere:- Fixed the physics interpolation on the drop chain platforms.Battleship Aquamarine:- Added extra checks for ensuring projectiles are not destroyed when colliding with their source, which was a specific issue with the Defense Tower boss.Intermission:- Restored the trigger for the alternate boss intro dialog when the player fails/rewinds.- The boss should no longer be damaged by her own Iron Wing summons, and she will skip her throwing state entirely if there are too many Iron Wings in the arena.Case Closed:- The duplicates of the boss will now properly despawn when falling off the ship.Dark Nest:- In the 3D flight sections, Iron Wings should no longer immediately dive downwards when spawning on Overclocked.Steel on Steel:- Additional checks and fixes for the background swapping between phases.Zero Seconds to Midnight:- Laplus shadow clones should be less likely to spawn invisible.
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• Patch Notes·8 Jul 2026Official

  Version 1.1.10 is Live!

  Hello Wardens! Thank you for your feedback on the Japanese retranslation! We have brought it to the main branch along with the following fixes: General - The custom difficulty menu should now include Overclocked parameters. - Cutscenes that lead directly into a results screen should now properly save the level being cleared. - Checks have been added to ensure the player isn't immediately trampled by Kronie Wheels after dismounting them. Entropy - Fixed an issue with the ending cutscene in which the camera would not move with Kronii during a specific moment. Hope - Chain walls should now be cleared during phase changes.
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