Veins - The First Artery
Veins is a vertical slice of a first-person RPG and immersive sim. One Artery, three depths and nine floors.
What you do is up to you, there are multiple endings and multiple solutions to the challenges you will face and many tools at your disposal.
Everything you see and hear is generated at runtime in JavaScript and web audio. No Install, No Downloads, No Asset Folder just Open and Play.
Content Warnings: Body Horror/ Gore/ Violence/ Possession/ Rot/ Blood Magic/ Animal Death (Rats)
Features -
Magic
Nine schools. Six aspects. Dual casting. Spellbound items. Grimoire slots. Will and resistance. Forbidden arts.
Mercy
Sleep. Calm. Cleanse. Subdue. Rest. Bind. Pickpocket the unaware.
Combat
Light and heavy attacks. Parrying. Blocking. Dodging by load. Stamina. Reach, arc, pierce.
Ground
Fire, water, blood, fat, spores, rot, ice, ash, rubble, mist. Reactions between them. Leans by school, by room, by claim.
World
Cracked stone. Rolling barrels. Braziers lit and doused. Bone piles that rise, unless burned or rested. Pods. Cracks. Secret stones. Rune circles. Warded gates.
Skills
Learn by doing. Weapon mains and families. Schools and aspects. Tongues. Crafting. Dual casting. Death.
Items
Quality. Rarity. Makes. Affixes. Enchantments. Affinities. Unique effects. Anomalies.
Crafting
Salvage. Patterns. Catalysts. Benches. Hone levels.
Death and time
Revival. Grudge. Infection spread. Unrest. Rot. Slow, rewind, stasis, feign death.
Divination
Read. Find. See through stone. See ahead. Sever fate. Bind fate. Ordain. A deck.
People
Trade. Quests. Bounties. Banter. Favour. Beast tongue.
Run
Difficulty tiers. Champions. Feats. Endings. A gallery. A journal. A map.
| Published | 7 days ago |
| Status | Prototype |
| Platforms | HTML5 |
| Author | HenryIX |
| Genre | Role Playing |
| Tags | body-horror, Dark Fantasy, Dungeon Crawler, Immersive, immersive-sim, Meaningful Choices, Multiple Endings, Pixel Art, Retro |
| Average session | About a half-hour |
| Languages | English |
| Inputs | Keyboard, Mouse, Gamepad (any) |
| Accessibility | Color-blind friendly, Subtitles, Configurable controls |
| AI Disclosure | AI Assisted, Code, Graphics, Sounds |





