North Rift

North Rift Games

64° N · 20° W — Reykjavík, Iceland

Games from where the earth is still being made.

−0120 m · Entering the rift

North Rift Games is a one-person studio in Reykjavík, on the island where two continents are slowly pulling apart. Every world here is designed, built and shipped end to end by one developer. Three so far.

ReleasedBrowser · CrazyGames

Driftwood Isles

A cozy survival adventure on a chain of tropical islands.

Wash up on a palm-fringed beach with a few sticks to your name. Gather, craft and build your way to a stilt house by the lagoon, an outrigger canoe and, in the end, a ship that can cross the storm that rings the islands.

Every island, sky, song and voice is generated at runtime. There are no external assets.

  • Survival
  • Crafting
  • Building
  • Sailing
  • Open world
Play free on CrazyGames

The studio

One developer.
Every layer.

North Rift Games is where my games live. I’m David Elvar, a developer and designer in Reykjavík, and I build each one end to end: the design, the code, the art, the sound and the release.

Working alone keeps every world small enough to care about and every decision close to the player.

  • 3worlds so far
  • 1developer
  • 64°Nstudio latitude
More of my work at davidelvar.com
Core sample · NR-01
  1. 01DesignWorlds, systems and pacing.
  2. 02CodeFrom the browser tab to the desktop build.
  3. 03ArtLow-poly, and often procedural.
  4. 04SoundMusic, ambience and effects.
  5. 05ReleaseStore pages, builds and updates.