{"id":52750,"date":"2025-10-08T04:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-10-07T19:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=52750"},"modified":"2025-10-10T21:38:57","modified_gmt":"2025-10-10T12:38:57","slug":"chronoscript-the-endless-end-is-an-artistic-metroidvania-coming-from-sony-veterans-who-worked-on-bloodborne-and-the-ps3s-rain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/chronoscript-the-endless-end-is-an-artistic-metroidvania-coming-from-sony-veterans-who-worked-on-bloodborne-and-the-ps3s-rain\/","title":{"rendered":"Chronoscript: The Endless End is an artistic Metroidvania coming from Sony veterans who worked on Bloodborne and the PS3\u2019s Rain\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Chronoscript: The Endless End <\/strong>is<strong> <\/strong>an upcoming exploration-based 2D action adventure published by Shueisha Games and developed by DeskWorks, the Japanese studio behind RPG Time: The Legend of Wright. Announced on September 25 for PC (Steam) and PlayStation 5, Chronoscript is an ambitious project led by a team of seasoned veterans from Japan\u2019s game industry.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Chronoscript: The Endless End - Announce Trailer | PS5 Games\" width=\"1160\" height=\"653\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/rL2rdn9qPuQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In Chronoscript, you step into the shoes of an editor who travels to a secluded Western-style mansion at the request of their reclusive author. But soon after arrival, a mosquito bite knocks you unconscious, and you awaken inside the novelist\u2019s manuscript itself.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As the protagonist, you must then explore the strange world of the novel, unraveling &#8220;the endless end&#8221; of a story that has been continuously rewritten by its author for a thousand years. It\u2019s an unusual, \u201cstory within a story\u201d premise for what <a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/whats-a-metroidvania-plus-game-chronoscript-the-endless-end-developers-on-expanding-upon-existing-hits-like-hollow-knight-and-blasphemous\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">the developers describe as a \u201cmetroidvania plus\u201d game<\/a> \u2013 drawing from established hits like Hollow Knight and Blasphemous, but innovating upon the genre.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At the heart of the project are Masami Yamamoto of Shueisha Games, and Tom Fujii and Nam Namba of DeskWorks.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Yamamoto, Chronoscript\u2019s producer, has been in the industry for nearly 40 years, and has served as head of External Development at Sony Interactive Entertainment. He\u2019s been involved in the development of a wide range of titles, from Tenchu: Stealth Assassins and Japan Studio\u2019s What Did I Do to Deserve This, My Lord?, to <em>S<\/em>oul Sacrifice, Freedom Wars, and FromSoftware\u2019s Bloodborne.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1398\" height=\"782\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1398px) 100vw, 1398px\" src=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/20251006-52750-001.jpg\" alt=\"Chronoscript: The Endless End\" class=\"wp-image-52753\" srcset=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/20251006-52750-001.jpg 1398w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/20251006-52750-001-380x213.jpg 380w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/20251006-52750-001-768x430.jpg 768w\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>After leaving Sony to start his own company, Yamamoto eventually joined Shueisha Games, where he became fully dedicated to his role as Chronoscript\u2019s producer. \u201cDeskWorks is an incredibly talented team of creators,\u201d he told AUTOMATON. \u201cMy role in development is to offer them ideas from an external, objective perspective and help figure out how to best market the game.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Director Tom Fujii, who is handling Chronoscript\u2019s story, level design and 3D design, started out his career working on the development of \u014ckami at Clover Studio, before moving on to original RPGs and later Japan Studio\u2019s rain, which is when he met SIE\u2019s Yamamoto. Later, he went on to establish DeskWorks with Namba.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Update:<\/strong> Correction regarding Fujii&#8217;s career history<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Namba serves as Chronoscript\u2019s character designer, level designer and lead 2D animator. The two have been friends since their student days, working separately at different companies while collaborating on independent projects like RPG Time: The Legend of Wright.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1392\" height=\"770\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1392px) 100vw, 1392px\" src=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/20251006-52750-002.jpg\" alt=\"Chronoscript: The Endless End\" class=\"wp-image-52754\" srcset=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/20251006-52750-002.jpg 1392w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/20251006-52750-002-380x210.jpg 380w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/20251006-52750-002-768x425.jpg 768w\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>For Chronoscript, the team set out to incorporate their distinct hand-drawn art style into a 2D action game. \u201cWe wanted to create a satisfying platformer that takes advantage of DeskWorks\u2019 signature handcrafted visuals and animation,\u201d Yamamoto explains.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Once development began, Yamamoto says he was struck by the duo\u2019s endless creativity and their passion for reasearching what players enjoy and what resonates in the market. \u201cThey\u2019re constantly overflowing with ideas,\u201d he says. \u201cI believe they can breathe new life into the Metroidvania genre and create what we call a \u2018Metroidvania plus.\u2019\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Chronoscript: The Endless End is set to release in 2026, for PC (<a href=\"https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/app\/4018380\/Chronoscript_The_Endless_End\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Steam<\/a>) and <a href=\"https:\/\/store.playstation.com\/ja-jp\/concept\/10016840\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">PlayStation 5<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A look at the core development team behind Chronoscript: The Endless End, Shueisha Games&#8217; hand-drawn 2D Metroidvania.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":55,"featured_media":52752,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_gspb_post_css":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[17],"class_list":["post-52750","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-japan-related-news"],"blocksy_meta":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - 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