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This might come as a shock to you, but, like most of the journalists that I know, I’ve got an unfinished novel (or three) sitting on my computer hard drive right now. A story only half told, with characters that never reach the end of the journey. The latest PlayStation State of Play introduced a game that is designed to hit that specific guilt with Chronoscript: The Endless End.

The story, as laid out in the trailer and the accompanying PlayStation Blog post, follows an editor who arrives at a secluded mountain cabin – a setup that always ends well. What he finds is a writer who has lived 1000 years and still has not finished his story. The editor becomes trapped in the manuscript, fighting the images of a novel without end, to try to wrap up the story in a satisfying way.

The gameplay looks like a mix of Braid and Hollow Knight: Silksong, though it hasn’t been billed as a Metroidvania title, so it might just be the side-scrolling platforming and combat that feel familiar. The artwork is beautiful and gives the vibe of a medieval manuscript come to life. We see the editor slip into an ink pool and slip from one story to another, presumably to try to tie that tale into the one he’s currently trapped in.

The gameplay looks frantic and chaotic, and will probably be more difficult than I’m ready for, but the concept is too intriguing for me not to get excited for. A story about unfinished stories and the tragedy that comes from it is right up my street. It makes me want to work on my novel again to save them from a similar fate. I can’t wait to play Chronoscript: The Endless End in 2026.

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