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Tired and confused, you awake engulfed in darkness, in a prison that seems to have no end. Your memories are clouded, but your desire for freedom allows you to endure.

But you are not alone. Accompanied by a strange, luminous entity that calls itself your Memento, you carve your way out through might and magic, eager to meet the light of the sun.

Yet, as despair slowly consumes your spirit, a ray of hope shines forward. Imprisoned like countless others, the denizens of a once thriving town, now ravaged by vicious forces, await your aid.

As you rescue them from various, terrible fates, they will lend their skills and help you rebuild their homes. You will learn their trades, secrets, and dreams, assisting them in their many quests, and perhaps, in time, become a legend in the annals of their land: Emberville.

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At Emberville, we craft stories that burn bright and worlds that breathe. We’re not just making games — we’re building immersive experiences where every pixel, mechanic, and line of dialogue matters.

We're a small, independent team with big ideas and even bigger ambitions. If you're passionate about meaningful design, love solving creative and technical challenges, and want to work on projects that push your boundaries — we’d love to hear from you.

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We’re incredibly excited to introduce you to Emberville, a game where fast-paced dungeon crawling meets deep progression systems and a town you’ll come to call home. Whether you’re a master of magic, a lover of loot, or a builder of beautiful things, this is a world designed for you to shape, explore, and grow in.

Emberville has been growing behind the scenes for a while now, and we’re finally in a place where we can start sharing it with people beyond our own little dev island. So here’s a walkthrough of what Emberville is shaping up to be — part dev journal, part preview, and part love letter to the genre mashup we’ve always wanted to play.

Emberville&nbsp;is an action-adventure dungeon crawler wrapped around a town-rebuilding mechanic, all layered with deep progression systems and a "life skills" system. It's the amalgamation of our favorite games here at Cygnus Cross.

You wake up deep inside a massive, strange structure called the Vitromotus, with no memory of how you got there. This world is alive. ever-Shifting. and Unforgiving.

Alongside the dangers of the Vitromotus is the ruined town of Emberville, wrecked by a ritual that shattered both the world and the people in it. Your job? Rebuild the town, help the survivors, and slowly stitch together the story of who you are and what really happened.

Right now, we're still working with a mix of blockouts, temp animations, and a whole lot of unpolished magic. But the foundation is here.

One thing we agreed on early:&nbsp;everything you do should matter. You don’t need to fight just to progress. Exploration, crafting, life skills — it all contributes.

Even when you’re out gathering or fishing, you’re pushing something forward.

The Loop That Makes It All Work

We spent a long time designing a gameplay loop that would feel meaningful on every cycle.

Classic XP leveling through fights and quests. Nothing wild here — just a solid foundation.

Weapons level&nbsp;independently. Use a sword enough, and it starts unlocking sword-specific skills and bonuses. Same goes for bows, staffs, etc. This makes your loadout feel like a build, not just a swap.

Instead of picking a class at the start, you&nbsp;unlock them&nbsp;by hitting milestones while using a weapon or armor type. Once unlocked, you can freely switch between them — each class comes with its own&nbsp;skill tree. Want to respec mid-run from brawler to magic support? No problem.

Combat in&nbsp;Emberville&nbsp;is built on:

If you want to mash buttons, you’ll still get through. But if you want to master timing, optimize chains, and pull off cool combos — we’ve got room for that too.

There are 16 planned weapon categories and 13 distinct classes. It’s ambitious, and we’re still refining how it all fits together, but the variety is already starting to show up in internal builds.

Outside of combat, Emberville has a set of life skills that feel more like building a life than building stats.

These skills unlock rare materials and high-end recipes, which you’ll need to access the best gear in the game. Some players might spend just as much time mastering the forge as they do fighting bosses — and that’s by design.

This is the main "dungeon". It's more of a world inside a crystal but you'll learn more about that later! It's procedurally generated, split into 8 biomes, and full of weird enemies, traps, and bosses. Every time you start a new game, the layout changes.&nbsp;

The main player hub. The more you rebuild, the more systems you unlock. The more you unlock the more the town tells their story over time.

We’re working on showing only the completed sections in the next cut — might do a kind of NPC slideshow or card-style rollout to show who lives where and what they unlock.

Your own little space. Build your home, grow crops, decorate, craft. All your life skills tools live here too. It’s your personal off-ramp from combat.

That’s the current state of&nbsp;Emberville. We’re still early, still figuring out a lot, and still crawling through piles of footage and lore dumps trying to find the throughline — but the bones are strong.

There’s a story here about rebuilding, remembering, and carving out a home in a shattered world. We’re making something we genuinely want to play, and it’s been fun watching it take shape, one rough build at a time. We’re still early, yes. But if any part of this sparked something — whether it’s the dungeon crawling, the town building, or the quiet joy of fishing after a boss fight — we’d love for you to follow along as we keep building.If you're an artist, dev, or storyteller who sees a place for yourself in this world, reach out.If you're just curious to see where it all goes — stay close.

&nbsp;Thanks for following along — we’re not quite ready to show the polished version yet, but trust us, it’s coming.

(Probably lost, probably overencumbered, definitely having a good time.)

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Hey everyone! We’ve hit our third monthly development update, and it’s been a big one. The team has been heads-down building out Emberville Town—an essential early-game location—and this milestone gave us a clear target: bring the town to life from every angle. Lore, level layout, systems, visual identity… everything got some love this cycle.

The design team went deep on structure this month—narratively and mechanically.

Also, a side note from my end: reading through these internal docs sometimes feels like spelunking in a mythology cave. There’s a ton to pull from—but it’s also a challenge to find that&nbsp;thread&nbsp;that connects it all when building external materials.

Designed key town buildings: carpenter’s shop, the seer’s house, the fountain (which ties into that new deity lore 👀)

In-Engine builds completed for NE, SE, and SW sectors of the Emberville town

Visual identity really clicked into place this cycle.

Gabriel composed a new theme for Emberville Town that captures its quiet, haunted beauty. It’s subtle, but it stays with you.

Back end systems quietly made huge leaps!

Combat and creature life got a lot more expressive.

Finalized concept art for Biomes 2 and 3, including interiors

We're also on the lookout for a&nbsp;**UI/UX Designer**—someone who can help us translate our systems into intuitive, immersive player experiences.

Thanks for sticking with us. Whether you’re part of the dev team, a future player, or someone who just likes watching games take shape—your support makes this all feel worth doing.