01 / The original soundtrack
VaultaraOriginal Soundtrack
Original music from the game: voyages, expeditions and battles.
Artwork & tracklist Watch music videoIndependent game studio · Charting our first world
Worlds worth
exploring.
Chest & Compass creates thoughtful adventures with a hand-built spirit. Our first expedition is Vaultara.
01 / The studio
Small crew.
Long horizons.
We make independent games with curiosity, patience, and respect for the player’s time. Worlds with texture. Systems with consequences. Stories that leave room for discovery.
This website is our permanent logbook: a quiet, direct line between the work and the people who care about it—without advertising, tracking, or an algorithm in the middle.
02 / First expedition
In development
Vaultara
A world beyond the edge of the known map.
Draft description · placeholder copy
Vaultara is our first game: an expedition into a dangerous, changing archipelago where every journey asks what you are willing to carry—and what you must leave behind.
Details, platforms, release timing, and store links will be announced here when they are ready.
03 / Music from the isles
A world,
in music.
Two collections from the same horizon: the original music of Vaultara, and a tribute to the games that helped inspire it.
Explore the music project
02 / The tribute collection
Vaultar-EdA Tribute to Gaming Classics
Classic game melodies reimagined in Vaultara’s musical style, for players who remember the adventures behind them.
Artwork & tracklist04 / Field journal
Notes from the making.
Development stories, decisions, sketches, and discoveries—published here first.
Why we are building our own harbour
A future note about creating an independent home for the studio, the game, and its development archive.
Coming laterThe shape of an expedition
A future design journal about choices, preparation, and the systems that make every voyage feel personal.
Coming laterDrawing the first chart
A future behind-the-scenes look at Vaultara’s visual language, mapmaking, and sense of place.
Coming later05 / Correspondence
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dispatch.
Chest & Compass is a small independent studio. Email is our preferred asynchronous way to hear from players, press, creators, and fellow travellers.