a game by
R-EqualsMe LLC
any key to enter
VESTIGE
VESTIGE
VESTIGE
you have done this before. you will do it again.
● ENTER A NAME
Enter a name
This is what the place will call you.
—
Name
Signal colour name · map
₯0Drachma
✦lvl 1
▣0 seals
Current Objective
Into the Depths
descend into the next vestige and confront the unknown.
◈ no record yet
VESTIGE
LVL 1
0 / 500 XP
● PERMANENT UPGRADES
What you keep
spend Drachma. costs rise. nothing here is ever taken back.
₯ 0
● THE DESK
What the clerk keeps
the curio desk. small machines, your own face, the way out.
● BLACK BOX
Break a Seal
Seals are earned, never bought. Break one and the box returns a Favor — a small advantage for your next descent.
▣ 0
The box is quiet. Break a Seal to see what it offers.
Favors held for the next run
none yet
Seals are issued for bosses felled, major Writs kept, and new depths reached.
● THE ARCHIVE
What the place has kept
it does not throw anything away. neither do I.
CREDITS
Vestige
a game by R-EqualsMe LLC.
the archive records
Vestige
A game by R-EqualsMe LLC
Core Development
Design & Direction
R-EqualsMe LLC
Writing & World
R-EqualsMe LLC
Programming & Assembly
R-EqualsMe LLC
Visual Asset Packs
Battle Effects
Sound
Score & Ritual Cues
Procedural Web Audio synthesis — no sampled audio
Sound Design
R-EqualsMe LLC
Type & Interface
Fonts
Anton, EB Garamond, and IBM Plex Mono intended; standalone demo uses system fallbacks for offline play
Runtime
HTML5 Canvas and JavaScript
Production Tools & AI Assistance
OpenAI
ChatGPT / Codex
Anthropic
Claude
Google
Gemini
AI Use Disclosure
AI tools were used during prototyping, debugging, writing support, and implementation assistance. No authorship, ownership, endorsement, or sponsorship by those services is implied. Final creative decisions, edits, asset selection, and release responsibility remain with R-EqualsMe LLC.
the record closes
Thank you
for descending.
© 2026 R-EqualsMe LLC · all rights reserved
Esc or Close returns. Next pauses the roll.
i.
intake reopened
You wake in a warm room.
continue
Integrity100 / 100
Kick
LMB
ranged · impact
standing
0 Tithe
chamber 1 / 6
00:00
attempt 0001
the first you
>
Choose what you carry
AGAIN.
YOU LEFT.
Shape the Oddity
Choose its form, effect, and modifiers. What it becomes is what you are down there.
Form — how it acts
it learns its shape
Effect — what it does
Modifier — how it changes 0 / 3 equipped
Risk — power with a cost rare · spend something to gain more
Result — what you made
Ranged + Impact
Plain meaning—
Visual read—
Cost—
DOWNED
6
the loop is counting
THE FIRST YOU
E · interact
● CONCESSION
Spend what this run gave you
Tithe: 0
● SETTINGS
Settings
Display
Colour intensity
How strongly the functional colours glow in the lobby and HUD. Functional stays grim and readable; Bold pushes contrast and station lighting harder.
Accessibility
Screen shake
Camera shake on hits and impacts. Lower it or turn it off if it's uncomfortable.
100%
Reduce flashing & glow
Dampens bloom, glow and UI flashes for photosensitivity and readability.
Text size
Scales in-game text and prompts.
100%
UI scale
Scales HUD and menu chrome.
100%
Crouch
Toggle taps to crouch/stand; Hold crouches only while held.
Input buffering
Remembers a kick / interact press through brief lockouts so it still fires.
Sound
Sound
A low drone under the room and a few dry effects. There is no music. Off is also on-theme.
Volume
Overall loudness of the sound layer.
55%
Performance
Effects quality
Density of particles, fog and glow. Lower it for higher frame-rate.
Auto-reduce on low FPS
Automatically drops effects quality if the frame-rate stays low.
Show FPS
Displays a small frame-rate counter.
Identity
Change identity
Rename yourself, change form or signal colour. Your progress is kept.
About
Credits
Run the studio mark, asset ledger, type credits, and development disclosures.
Controls
Move
WASD / Arrows
Aim
Mouse
Click a control to rebind it, then press a key. Esc cancels capture.
Save data
save
Export / Import
Download your save as a file, or load one back. Importing reloads the game.
Backup slot
Keep a one-click local backup and restore it if something breaks. Restoring reloads.
Developer tools
Testing tools — give resources, jump rooms, invincibility. Also opens with F8.
Danger
Wipe all data
Deletes your account, all progress, currency, level, and unlocks. Hold the button to confirm.
this cannot be undone. the loop will forget you entirely.
BUILD
● PAUSED
The loop holds its breath
Esc to resume
▌DEV TOOLS
Resources
Rooms
Toggles
Oddity test
—
Design
F8 toggles this panel · ` toggles the legacy debug overlay
● EFFECTS LAB
The record's materials
visual-only. nothing here is wired in yet — this is for deciding what earns a place.
ink
bleeds in, trembles once after a hit. integrity · reward fill · the entry being written.
wax
a Seal pressed in — flex, crack, settle. Black Box · confirm · a toggle pressed into place.
thread
a tie holding it shut. the one ambient motion — spend it on the closed Box.
stain
dried residue, a smear toward the door. Room Residue · how a death is kept, not stamped.
KEPT
grit
the record leaking — displacement on a word that is wrong. use it sparingly.
60 FPS
◍ saved