Shueisha Games and DeskWorks! have released a new trailer for Chronoscript: The Endless End, an action-adventure game focused on exploration. The featured stage is set in the Age of Discovery. According to the publisher, the interior of the writer's mansion functions as a private museum, with themed rooms spanning different historical eras.
Graphics engine and time exploration mechanics 🕰️
The trailer reveals that the game uses a graphics engine that allows smooth transitions between rooms decorated with styles from different periods. The developers have implemented a puzzle system that requires changing eras to progress. The mansion is not a static setting: each room contains interactive objects and secrets that only activate when altering the timeline. The character can move between centuries using a pocket watch as the main tool.
The writer's mansion: a museum that doesn't lend its works 🏛️
The curious thing is that this mansion-museum has no visiting hours or tour guide. The writer, a hermit obsessed with collecting objects from each era, probably didn't pay an entrance fee. One would expect at least a souvenir shop with historical fridge magnets. But no, you have to solve puzzles while the owner watches you from a portrait. Sure, the tour is free, though the cost in headaches from the riddles is not included.