Chronoscript: The Endless End

A thousand years of words… waiting for your final mark. "Chronoscript: The Endless End"" is an exploration-based action-adventure game where you, as an editor trapped within a manuscript, are to unravel the mystery of a thousand-year story that writes itself beyond its end. ◆ Prologue The year is AD 2026. After finally bringing his long-running series to an end, a certain Editor receives a mysterious summons from a new Author. He makes his way to the Author's mysterious manor, sequestered deep in the mountains. There, he is bitten by a mosquito and instantly loses consciousness. When he wakes, he finds himself trapped within a ""endless story"", a manuscript penned by the Vampire Mistress of the estate, who has lived for a thousand years. ◆ Discover Chronoscript: The Endless End Chronoscript: The Endless End is an innovative, exploration-based action-adventure game comprised of two worlds: a 3D rendered grand residence littered with thousands of manuscript pages, and the 2D pen-and-ink illustrated worlds within them. Face off against the Ruined, twisted remnants of souls who departed the waking world with unfinished business. Grow stronger through exploration and combat, and unfold the story of the Vampire Mistress whose tale spans a thousand years and her Editor. A unique approach to spatial perspective awaits you. ◆ Hard-hitting Action Inspired by the tough, action-packed combat of classic 2D platformers. Experience a dynamic combat system as you submerge in pools of ink, unlock unique abilities through exploration and combat, and feel yourself evolve as the game progresses. ◆ Confront ""The Ruined"" Souls who met gruesome deaths in life have been resurrected and now stand in your way as twisted, corrupted versions of their past selves. Defeat them to unravel the tragic threads of their fate. ◆ Traverse the Many Eras Depicted within the Manuscript Within the manuscript pages lies a vast world of stories, tales written by the Vampire Mistress across a thousand years and countless lands. ◆ Intricate Artwork The story's protagonist, enemies, and backdrops are all hand-drawn with pen and ink. The frame-by-frame animation style gives them an eerie sense of life. ◆ Dramatis Personae ・ The Vampire: Viola S Chambers An author cursed with immortality, she has been writing an ""endless story"" for a millennium. Having lived for so many centuries, and undertaken so many stories, she has lost sight of the end. Now, she calls upon our Editor in hopes that he will be able to uphold his ancestor's promise and finish the tale. ・ The Editor: Frederick G Muller A taciturn editor who has brought many a long-running publication to a concise finish. After answering a summon to a secluded manor from a new author, he becomes trapped within the thousands of pages of her manuscript. He must now dive deep to make sense of each bewildering story, while also attending to the Author's anguish and loneliness to bring the ""endless story"" to its conclusion. ◆ Developer: DeskWorks Inc. DeskWorks Inc. is a small development team specializing in unique art styles and gameplay experiences. With a deep love for and understanding of exploration-based 2D action-adventure games as players, they now bring their best ideas to the genre as developers. ◆ Designer: Mari Shimazaki Character designer for Bayonetta (1, 2 & 3), as well as Okami. Also the primary designer for the anime Princession Orchestra. ◆ Composer: Yasunori Mitsuda Composer / Arranger / Producer Major Works: Chrono Trigger, Chrono Cross, Xenogears, the Xenoblade Chronicles series Yasunori Mitsuda was born on January 21, 1972. He joined Square (now Square Enix) in 1992 and debuted as a composer with the release of Chrono Trigger in 1995. After composing the music for Xenogears, he became an independent freelancer in 1998. Three years later, he founded Procyon Studio and became its president. Creating music unbound by genre, Mitsuda currently composes for a variety of media including TV programs, movies, anime, video games, and other media. He also participates in a wide variety of other work such as writing for various publications, providing album production expertise and music to famous musicians, and performing in events and overseeing recording sessions not only within Japan but around the world. Mitsuda's major works include: Xenosaga Episode I: Der Wille zur Macht, Soma Bringer, Kid Icarus: Uprising, Soul Sacrifice Delta, the Inazuma Eleven series (1-3, GO、GO2: Chrono Stone, GO: Galaxy, Ares and Orion no Kokuin), the Black Butler series (Book of Circus, Book of Murder, Book of the Atlantic), Final Fantasy XV Episode Ignis, Irina: The Vampire Cosmonaut, SOUL COVENANT and Delicious in Dungeon among many others. Our esteemed guest creators have fully joined forces with the team, giving their all towards development.