Player fantasy
Operate the counter, negotiate with strangers, and decide what to trust.
Founders Alpha — Now Available
Run an interdimensional artifact shop where every visitor remembers you.
Trade. Build rapport. Price risk. Decode what should not be in your ledger. Beneath the trading game is a live mystery already starting to fracture the record.
115 NPCs with memory
104 artifacts to decode
ARG woven into the live build
Android + Windows
Secure checkout on itch.io · Instant alpha access · All updates included
Gameplay
Buy low, sell high, read the room, and navigate conversations with people who may be lying to you.
Mystery
The ARG is already live on the site and in the game. Curious players are already finding fractures.
Low Risk
One purchase gets the current alpha plus future updates as the shop expands.
Transparency
You can see what works now, what is coming next, and what your support helps unlock.
"An Ifrit does not bargain from weakness. But everything has its price — even fire, even shadow, even the artifacts between worlds."
— AIfrit Labs Soul Layer Codex,
What is this
The shop at the edge of everything.
AIfrits Artifacts is a trading game built around conversation, suspicion, and atmosphere. It is also the first public deployment of the Soul Layer — AIfrit Labs' emotionally intelligent NPC system.
You run the shop. NPCs remember what you traded, how you spoke, and whether you handled them well. Some artifacts are not just loot — some of them are doors. What sits underneath the trading game is already moving.
Soul Layer
Emotional nuance, motive, and subtext create encounters that feel alive instead of pre-baked.
ARG layer
Fragments spill beyond the obvious page copy. The site itself is part of the record.
Why it feels different
Clear fantasy first. Strange systems underneath.
Not every trading game is an artifact. Not every artifact is a door. These are the systems that make the difference.
115 living characters
Collectors, outlaws, brokers, survivors, officials, and things that should not have names.
104 unique artifacts
Each artifact has value, lore, rarity, and a place in the shop's evolving record.
Rapport and memory
Characters remember what you traded, how you spoke, and whether you handled them well.
Artifact-gated access
Some items behave like keys. Possession changes what you can reach and who reaches back.
Multiplayer coming beta
Shared dimensions, player trading, and broader convergence are planned for the beta road ahead.
Soul Layer engine
Emotionally responsive AI that reacts to subtext, tension, and tone instead of just input text.
Meet the traders
115 souls. Every one different.
Each one remembers you. Each one has a reason to be there. Most of them will not tell you what it is.
Antagonist
VEX
High snark. High threat. Always wants the exact artifact you are least willing to sell.
"I don't explain what I need it for. I explain what I'll pay."
Official
The Consent Arbiter
Not here to buy or sell. Here to ensure you understand what you agreed to.
"Consent is not a formality. It is the architecture."
Specialist
Riven Ashcroft
Unlocks later. Knows what is inside artifacts that no catalog lists.
"I've seen five phases come and go. This one's different."
Ally
Rusty
Good boy of unclear origin. Pays in a currency you have to earn.
"..." (tail wagging increases)
In the shop
The world, rendered.
The trading floor. The ledger. The codex. The world behind the counter.
Alpha transparency
Built now. Expanding next.
The alpha is fully playable right now. Here is where the build stands and where it is going.
What works now
- Full trading loop, end to end
- 115 characters, 104 artifacts
- Dialogue system with rapport tracking
- Artifact Codex and inventory
- Phase 1 content complete
What is in progress
- Content expansion and new phases
- UI polish and balance passes
- Additional characters and artifact depth
- Multiplayer / Neural Link beta systems
- Mobile optimization and pacing
Alpha Access
Fund the build without the clutter.
One purchase. Instant access. Everything that ships between now and release is included.
Founders Alpha
$7.99
- Full alpha build now
- All updates as they ship
- Name in credits
- Feedback channel access
- You are funding beta
Supporter Edition
$14.99
- Everything in Founders Alpha
- Digital lore packet
- Exclusive wallpapers
- Elevated supporter credit
Founder Pack
$24.99
- Everything above
- Premium founder credit in-game
- Founder recognition on release
- Early beta access priority
Get in touch
Report, connect, contribute.
Bugs, press inquiries, speculation leads. The lab reads everything sent here.
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