since 2021 · salem

cryptic crawl

nettlequirk crafts arcane games from shadow and script. each title is a grimoire — bound in mystery, etched with forgotten runes.

decipher
5+
cycles
7
grimoires
11
runes

bound in shadow

arcane · forgotten · ritual
Dirge
a whispered elegy for a dying world. navigate catacombs of memory and mourn what was lost.
atmosphericdarknarrative
Folio
a living grimoire that writes itself as you explore. each page is a door to another realm.
proceduralmagicexploration
Wisp
guide lost souls through a twilight forest. every spirit carries a fragment of a forgotten song.
gentlespiritmusic

the scriptorium

founded in 2021, nettlequirk dwells in a candlelit attic in salem, with scribes in prague and kyoto. we are 14+ archivists, runekeepers, and shadow poets who forge games from parchment and pixel.

our craft is slow and deliberate. we write by lamplight, illustrate with ink, and code in cursive.

14+
scribes
3
archives
7
tomes
100%
arcane

the circle

archivists · runekeepers · shadow poets
Morwen Ash
keeper of keys
guards the old lore. speaks in riddles.
Thorn Grey
runescribe
inscribes logic into ancient patterns.
Ivy Night
illuminator
paints with shadow and gold leaf.
Wren Hollow
echo weaver
captures whispers from abandoned places.

consult the oracle

we welcome correspondences, commissions, and cryptic collaborations.

scriptorium

12 Charter St, Salem MA 01970, USA

whisper

+1 978 594 0237

raven

[email protected]