Licences & credits

The open-licence material in the game and on this website, with the attributions their licences ask for.

The short version

The game's code, story, procedural art and score are ours. A few pieces come from generous creators under open licences, listed here.
The game's tabletop-style rules use the SRD 5.1 under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0.
The Ember Depths is independent and not affiliated with Wizards of the Coast.

This summary is here to help; the full text below is what applies.

System Reference Document 5.1

This work includes material taken from the System Reference Document 5.1 (“SRD 5.1”) by Wizards of the Coast LLC and available at https://dnd.wizards.com/resources/systems-reference-document. The SRD 5.1 is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License available at https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode.

We adapted the SRD's rules for a real-time action game (changes were made). Everything else in the game, including its world, story, characters and names, is original.

The Ember Depths is an independent game. It is not affiliated with, endorsed, sponsored or approved by Wizards of the Coast LLC. Its rules material comes only from the SRD 5.1 or is original.

Art, fonts and data

Third-party material and its licences
What	By	Licence
System Reference Document 5.1 (rules material)	Wizards of the Coast LLC	CC BY 4.0 Rules adapted for a real-time action game; changes were made.
16x16 DungeonTileset II (tiles and sprites)	0x72 (Robert), recolour by GrafxKid	CC0 1.0
Jersey 15 (font)	The Soft Type Project Authors	SIL Open Font License 1.1
Pixelify Sans (font)	Stefie Justprince	SIL Open Font License 1.1
emojibase-data (emoji names, keywords and shortcodes)	Miles Johnson	MIT License
Unicode CLDR annotations (emoji names and keywords, via emojibase)	Unicode, Inc.	Unicode License v3

The fonts are used under the SIL Open Font License 1.1 and may be used, studied, modified and redistributed freely under that licence; they are bundled, not sold. Emoji pictures are drawn by your own device's emoji font.

Music

The title, dungeon, boss, arena and Classic town music, and all sound effects, are generated by the game (by Emptyset Media). Hearthold's recorded tracks:

“Angevin” by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com). Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0. Source: incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1200110.
“Heavy Heart” by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com). Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0. Source: incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1600002.
“The Pyre” by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com). Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0. Source: incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1100846.
“Fantasy Choir 2” by César da Rocha. CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication). Source: opengameart.org/content/fantasy-choir-3-orchestral-pieces.
“Fantasy Choir 3” by César da Rocha. CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication). Source: opengameart.org/content/fantasy-choir-3-orchestral-pieces.

Tracks were trimmed, loudness-matched and re-encoded for the game.

Everything else

© 2026 Emptyset Media LLC. All rights reserved, except as stated above. Screenshots and videos from the press kit may be used to write about or show the game. The same credits are in the game under Settings → About → Credits.