A CELEBRATION OF LIFE / JUSTIN TAHAI

In loving memory..... the love of my life.

Yes. The car.

Those who have known me for a very long time, know that my beloved "Buttercup" was with me for a very long time. For 11 or 12 years, I enjoyed driving that car.

I drove my son home for the first time in that car.

Some cars are just transportation. Buttercup was never just a car to me.

And yes, I absolutely had named it after the horse in "Half-Baked." Get over it.

I ask not for condolences, flowers, or recognition. In a celebration of life for my beloved, I ask that others try this free-to-play game.

Instead of a moment of silence, take her for a drive.

It is my hope that the joy Buttercup brought me for so many years may now also be enjoyed by others.

She deserves more than a photograph to be remembered by. She deserves a road.

Introducing: 99-1/2 REBORN.

You don’t have to know her history or understand why somebody would miss an old Volkswagen this much.

In the style of the video game DRIVER, please enjoy the ride.

This one’s for you, Buttercup. We’ve still got some miles left.

Legends Never Die — they EVOLVE.

— JustinFOR BUTTERCUP. FOR THE ROAD AHEAD.

01 / THE NEXT CHAPTER

Not a goodbye.
A second ignition.

North Berwick is more than a route. Learn its roads, look after the Jetta, help a stranded driver, and carry fictional passengers through conversations that unfold while you drive. Drive Memories now preserves selected Free Drives locally: follow your own route ghost, watch a cinematic replay, and hear synthesized mechanical symptoms that were present on the road. Echo Roads, the existing story, Harbor Run, Pursuit and Breaker Yard remain part of REBORN.

FREE DRIVEHARBOR RUNPURSUITVEHICLE COMBAT

Play 99½ REBORN Download the complete game ZIP ↓

Pass 49 · Build 058 · Audio, Accessibility & Recovery
19-layer deterministic vehicle/load/surface mix · graded retained activities and complete town-event type coverage · saved captions, flash, shake, color, target and text options · atomic retryable North Berwick bundle loading that never resets progress · retained Photo Mode, MkIV oracle, save ownership and graphics recovery. Owner and physical-device gates remain open.

Actual WebGL capture from playable Build 008: the imported Mk IV Jetta in the car inspection studio. — ACTUAL PLAYABLE CAPTURE / MODEL INSPECTION · VISUALS CONTINUE TO EVOLVE

02 / CURRENT ROAD

North Berwick under the tires.
Every road remembers.

PACKAGE SOURCEP46 / B055STATIC · FRONTEND ONLY

330mapped road features

1,705building footprints

15landmark anchors

0runtime map APIs

Changing Maine roads

Rain builds standing water; cold turns moisture to ice. Snow packs, melts into slush and is cleared on fictional public-works schedules. Worn tires and brakes make the difference.

Select Seasonal Journey or a weather scenario in Settings.

A Jetta with a history

Fuel, component condition, faults, repairs and originality persist. Diagnose symptoms, preserve a part or replace it, and keep a record of the miles.

J opens your Jetta hub: status, workshop, town and journal.

A town that carries on

31 fictional incident definitions, bounded local traffic and roadside decisions build trust and leave consequences. Free Drive is not a race grid.

F interacts nearby · E retains the existing pulse action.

The drive is the scene

Three fictional passengers notice the route, the weather, hard braking, mechanical strain and whether you keep your word. Dialogue happens without taking the wheel away.

1 / 2 / 3 answers · silence is a real choice · J opens relationships.

Build 044

Frame Pacer

Adaptive desktop/mobile frame caps with local jitter, skipped-frame and render-cadence reports.

Open frame pacer

Build 044

Photo Mode

In-game local screenshot, caption and JSON report overlay for creator posts and manual feedback, with no telemetry.

Open photo mode

Build 044

Audio Lab

Local Web Audio diagnostics, sound-setting report export, and a user-triggered tiny tone check with no microphone or telemetry.

Open the audio lab

Build 044

Input Lab

Analog touch-stick shaping plus a local keyboard/touch/gamepad report overlay for desktop and mobile playtests.

Open the input lab

Build 035

Performance Lab

In-game local performance overlay with desktop/mobile render diagnostics, report export, context recovery counters and no telemetry.

Open the performance lab

Build 027

Accessibility Kit

Keyboard map, readability checklist, touch and recovery testing notes, and local-only reporting references for playtesters.

Open the accessibility kit

Build 044

Credits Kit

Public attribution map, third-party manifest, and launch checklist for keeping Buttercup's dedication and asset credits visible.

Open the credits kit

Build 044

Pro Tier Pass

Latest-model polish hub for launch clarity, QA discipline, screenshots, proof links, and free-to-play review before wider sharing.

Open the pro tier pass

Build 044

Release Candidate Kit

Go/no-go checklist, static deploy runbook, rollback plan, and launch-readiness routing for public sharing.

Open the release candidate kit

03 / KEEP THE MEMORY MOVING

The code is yours to build on.
Her memory comes with it.

Drive it. Study it. Improve it. Build a new game from it. The source is here for its next chapter—and Buttercup’s dedication travels with the covered code.

THE DEDICATION TO CARRY FORWARD

In loving memory — Buttercup, Justin Tahai's 99.5 mkIV

Open source. A visible memory.

The code is offered under the Common Public Attribution License 1.0. Its completed attribution exhibit requires a prominent dedication when a covered game starts a session, including larger works that contain the code. This release also keeps the dedication in its credits.

There is no required graphic, permanent gameplay watermark, or forced countdown. Read the complete license for the source-sharing and other obligations; the dedication is not the only license condition.

Read the license & attribution terms →

Start the next chapter.

Editable game and website source, local build tools, tests, and the memorial notice. No hosting account is needed to run the downloaded game locally.

Download the code GitHub · jtahai/reborn · Clone, fork, or choose Code → Download ZIP.

Build 044

Privacy Kit

Local-first privacy summary, data inventory, deletion path, and no-telemetry proof points for public-alpha playtests.

Open the privacy kit

Legends Never Die

— they EVOLVE.

This one’s for Buttercup

In loving memory..... the love of my life.

Not a goodbye.A second ignition.

Changing Maine roads

A Jetta with a history

A town that carries on

The drive is the scene

Frame Pacer

Photo Mode

Audio Lab

Input Lab

Performance Lab

Accessibility Kit

Credits Kit

Pro Tier Pass

Release Candidate Kit

The code is yours to build on.Her memory comes with it.

Open source. A visible memory.

Start the next chapter.

Privacy Kit

— they EVOLVE.

Not a goodbye.
A second ignition.

The code is yours to build on.
Her memory comes with it.