Hello everyone, I’m Rift.
Today I’m here as a dev with a project that is deeply, painfully personal. Like many of you, I have spent years sitting in rooms with loved ones who were slowly being taken by the fog of dementia. I have watched the people I love become strangers, and I have felt the exhaustion of trying to be the one who remembers for both of us.
Echoes of the Tide was my way of processing that journey.
The Story:
You return to a salt-worn lighthouse to restore the light. There you meet Silas Vane, a fox who has been waiting for you to come home—even if you don't remember leaving. As you work together, the world begins to distort. You soon realize the lighthouse isn't just a building; it's a testament to a 41-year love story that you are slowly forgetting.
This isn't just a "mystery." It's a depiction of caregiving, devotion, and what it means to stay when leaving would be easier.
A Note on the Fog:
For everyone who has sat in a room that isn't home, or who has learned a new route to a new door, this game is for you. It is an illness that rearranges the furniture, but as Silas shows us, love sits down anyway
Thank you for letting me share this piece of my heart with you.
- Rift