MOVE

Drag anywhere on the left half of the screen. A joystick appears under your thumb. On desktop: WASD.

LOOK

Drag anywhere on the right half to turn the camera.

JUMP

Tap the JUMP button above the mic. Desktop: Space.

FIND AN EMCEE

The marker at the edge of your screen always points to the nearest emcee, with the distance. Colored light beams mark them across the district.

BATTLE

Walk up to an emcee and tap the glowing MIC. Gold rings shrink onto the center circle — tap anywhere the moment a ring meets the circle. Tight timing scores PERFECT, close scores GOOD, late or early is a MISS.

WIN THE CROWD

Every hit raises the crowd bar; misses drop it. Finish the verse with the bar past the WIN line and the emcee falls.

THE GOAL

Collect vinyl records for REP, defeat all four emcees, then step onto the Renaissance Stage and face THE LAUREATE for the crown.

SAVING

Progress checkpoints automatically. Pause (the II button) to resume later or save & quit.

THE RENAISSANCE BLOCK

Some cities sleep. The Block never learned how. Ten square streets of neon and brick where the drum has not stopped since the golden era — where every wall is a page, every corner a stage, and every window keeps time.

THE SILENCE

When the wider world traded soul for signal, the sound went thin. Machines pressed noise without memory. The Block refused. It held the beat the old way — hand to wax, breath to mic — and waited for the culture to wake.

THE FOUR

MC HAVOC guards the force — the battle itself, raw and loud, the proof that words can hit.

VERSE VIXEN guards the craft — the pen, the double meaning, the line that cuts twice.

KID CIPHER guards the circle — the cypher where anyone can step in and everyone is heard.

OLD SOUL guards the memory — every name that came before, so nothing real is ever lost.

THE LAUREATE

Keeper of the crown. The Laureate does not chase challengers — the stage does the calling. Only a voice that has answered all four pillars may step into the light and speak for the Block.

THE VINYL

Ten records pressed in the golden era were scattered through the district the night the sound went thin. Each one carries REP — because respect is the only currency the Block has ever honored.

THE CROWN

It is not given. It is not bought. It is earned in the open, on the beat, in front of the crowd. Whoever wears it does not own the culture — they answer to it.

Every legend took an L first. Run the Block.

Version 1.1 · Effective July 5, 2026

1. ACCEPTANCE

ENVESS: A Hip Hop Renaissance (the “Game”) is published by CYMBIOTIK Gaming, LLC (“CYMBIOTIK,” “we,” “us”). By opening or playing the Game you agree to these Terms. If you do not agree, do not play.

2. LICENSE

We grant you a personal, non-exclusive, non-transferable, revocable license to play the Game for private, non-commercial use. You may not sell, rent, sublicense, publicly distribute, or create derivative works from the Game or its assets without prior written permission from CYMBIOTIK Gaming, LLC.

3. INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

The Game — including the ENVESS name and logo, characters, world, artwork, music, sound, and code — is the property of CYMBIOTIK Gaming, LLC and is protected by copyright and other intellectual property laws. All characters and events are fictional; any resemblance to real persons is coincidental.

4. NO ONLINE SERVICES

The Game is a self-contained offline experience. It has no accounts, no purchases, no chat, and no online features. Progress is kept in a single save slot on your device (see the Privacy Policy) and is never transmitted.

5. DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTY

THE GAME IS PROVIDED “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE,” WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, AND NON-INFRINGEMENT. We do not warrant that the Game will be uninterrupted or error-free on every device.

6. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY

TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, CYMBIOTIK GAMING, LLC SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, OR EXEMPLARY DAMAGES ARISING FROM OR RELATED TO YOUR USE OF THE GAME.

7. GOVERNING LAW

These Terms are governed by the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, USA, without regard to conflict-of-law principles.

8. CHANGES

Future releases of the Game may include updated Terms. The version and effective date above identify the Terms that apply to this release.

9. CONTACT

CYMBIOTIK Gaming, LLC — Pennsylvania, USA.

Version 1.1 · Effective July 5, 2026

THE SHORT VERSION

This Game collects nothing and transmits nothing. Your save stays on your device. Everything the Game needs is inside this single file.

1. DATA WE COLLECT

None. The Game collects no personal information, no identifiers, no location data, and no gameplay telemetry. There are no analytics and no advertising.

2. STORAGE

The Game sets no cookies. It keeps one save slot on your device, using your browser’s local storage, so you can quit and continue. The save holds game progress only — REP, defeated emcees, collected vinyls, stats, and position. It never leaves your device. You can erase it any time from the title screen with NEW GAME → ERASE SAVE. If your browser blocks local storage, the Game still runs and progress lasts only for that session.

3. NETWORK

All artwork, sound, and code are embedded in this file. The Game makes no network requests during play — nothing is downloaded, uploaded, or shared.

4. DEVICE FEATURES

The Game may use your device’s vibration for haptic feedback and its audio output for synthesized sound. Both are processed entirely on your device.

5. CHILDREN

The Game contains no chat, no purchases, no external links during play, and no data collection of any kind, including from children.

6. CHANGES

If a future release ever changes these practices, that release will carry an updated policy with a new version and effective date.

7. CONTACT

CYMBIOTIK Gaming, LLC — Pennsylvania, USA.