The wait is (almost) over! After months of hard work we can now officially announce that the full version of Aetheris will be available on November 7th! 🎉
Aetheris full version
Multiplayer Co-op: Join forces with up to four friends and slay the evil creatures of Aetheris as a united front, or blame them in case of defeat! ⚔️
10+ New Passives đź”®
40 New Items đź’Ž
10+ New Achievements to unlock 🏆
30+ New Events 🌎
Watch the brand-new trailer
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Patch Notes 0.4.4
An update with several highly anticipated additions: a way to learn about your opponents' skills and a way to quickly start a new game with another group of villagers!
At the same time, we have also taken drastic measures to improve performances in game. Loading times are now much shorter, and minimum configurations should experience fewer crash issues after loading. We hope that players who were facing these problems will finally get to enjoy the game. These changes come with a slightly larger initial download size, hence the longer update installation compared to previous ones.
Version 0.4.4 should ideally be the last update of the early access, except for potential bug fixes. The multiplayer mode is progressing well, and we will now focus on finalizing it and adding content and improvements that will come with Aetheris 1.0!
NEW FEATURES:
- Added descriptions and icons for NPC skills in their character sheets - Added a button in the pause menu to abandon during exploration and combat - Added a setting to automatically skip interface animations - Added a setting to disable edge scrolling with the mouse
BUG FIXES AND OPTIMIZATION:
- Drastically reduced loading times - Optimized all graphic resources in the game - Optimized the initial village loading when starting a new game - Save locations leading to the village now correctly display the village as the current zone - Fixed camera placement during the combat against the Augurs - Fixed a bug allowing the suppression of a spirit in the sanctuary - Fixed the post-combat item deletion phase that didn't prevent returning to exploration - Optimized long battles with many summoned characters - Fixed the save of the leader Vazard during exploration
IMPROVEMENTS:
- Numerous readability improvements in the interfaces - Mystic Thunder now causes a screen shake - New icons for numerous skills - Added an official configuration for Steam Deck
Changes to performance may result in some minor graphical issues on certain elements of the game. If you encounter any, you can report them to us on the official Aetheris Discord server, where you'll have the opportunity to interact with the development team, as well as other players!
The Wild Wits Team
SUMMER SALE ! and Bundle Game + Soundtrack 🎶
Dear adventurers of the Wilderness,
From 29 June (7pm CEST) to 13 July the Steam Summer Sale is taking place! To mark the occasion, Aetheris is available at 50% off its original price.
You'll also find our first BUNDLE ! This bundle contains the Early Access game and the Aetheris Soundtrack. You will save 10% on the total price of the items (including current discounts).
Want the soundtrack but already own the game? No worries, it's also available to buy on its own!
Don't forget to give us your review on Steam! Your opinion counts for us and helps us a lot.
- Display of characters' movement range on combat grid when hovering. - Skill tooltips now display the skill's range. - Visual improvements to numerous tooltips. - Skills' delay is now visible on the character sheet. - The following combat maps have been updated:
1st battle of chapter 4
3rd battle of chapter 4
1st battle of chapter 5
3rd battle of chapter 5
4th battle of chapter 7
- In addition, the third combat map of chapter 6 and the second of chapter 7 received a visual update
BUG FIXES AND OPTIMIZATION:
- Optimization of the village and endgame screens. - Fixed the animation of the Claymort's Judgment skill. - Fixed a bug that caused the action range of a skill to disappear after clicking on an invalid tile. - Fixed a bug that allowed Elioch to summon Ether Sword on invalid tiles. - Fixed the synergy between Propulsion and Targeting Claymort's skills. - Fixed the display of empty skill slots in the Sanctuary. - Fixed a bug where the hit chance display would remain permanently at the end of a battle. - Fixed the display of the range and description of the Huntress Spear. - Fixed the camp interface not displaying when only one Vazzard was left in the group. - Fixed the bonuses of the following items: Knurled binoculars, Royal Wart, Velocity Belt, and Prisoner's chain. - Fixed shared effect description between Claymort's Enraged effect and Flayard's Mad effect
BALANCING:
- Energy Transfer can no longer be used on self and has a cooldown of 4 turns. - Commemoration restores 2 SP when an ally dies. If that ally was a PC, it also grants 1 SP and 2 AP permanently. - Altruism can no longer be used on oneself. - Claymort now uses Wrath only once per battle. Wrath now grants Claymort 7 additional MP. - Vazzards can now reach level 21, which serves as the maximum attainable level in a game.
We would like to thank you all for your feedback, which has been invaluable in helping us address numerous issues in the game and bring new improvements to the Aetheris experience. We are currently preparing our upcoming patches, which will include several other fixes to issues you have reported, while continuing to actively work on the game's multiplayer mode. If you wish, feel free to join the official game Discord, where you can interact with other players and team members to share your experience with Aetheris (don't let that stop you from additionally doing so through a Steam review!). We would be delighted to discuss with you!
The Wild Wits Team
Patch Notes 0.4.2
Early Access Patch Note 0.4.2
IMPROVEMENTS:
- Display the chance to hit a target on hover. - Display unlocking conditions for skills in the Codex. - Equipped items' skins are now displayed in the Character Sheet. - Added new loading texts for Chapters 2 to 7.
BUG FIXES AND OPTIMIZATION:
- Fixed Exploration HUD visibility during one of the ending scenes. - Fixed Hauger not triggering traps - Fixed unclickable cells after hovering out a character. - Fixed descriptions of Mystical Thunder and Opening. - Fixed Steam achievements not unlocking correctly for some players. - Fixed team-wide passive bonuses stacking indefinitely. - Fixed synergy between Protective Bubble and Thorns. - Fixed a combat issue in the Ferals' Plains where a character couldn't move. - Fixed Mekacell death animation. - Fixed multiple typos in the English version of the game. - Fixed potential save corruption upon leader death during exploration (affected save files can now be resumed without issue). - Fixed softlock caused by enemy summons in prolonged battles. - Optimized endgame scenes.
BALANCING:
- Reduced Electrified effect duration to 2 turns. - Increased Hunter Expertise poisoning effect (4 damage for 5 turns). - Increased Malintent bleeding effect (6 damage for 3 turns). - Commemoration now costs 1 AP and 1 SP instead of 2 AP and 1 MP. - Precaution now reduces Initiative by 8, Dodge by 25, and increases Defense by 12. - The Anomaly gains 6 Strength and 4 Initiative. - Hauger loses 6 Defense and 4 Magical Defense. - The Sentinel and the Mekacell lose 3 Defense. - The Eye loses 3 Magical Defense and can only use Fixation once every two turns. - Mother Darkness can no longer fail to spawn an egg.
ONE LAST THING:
- Added a banner on the home screen for the Kickstarter of our upcoming game, Crown Gambit, launching today!
Additionally, we want to express our heartfelt gratitude for your incredible support since the release of our game! We've read all your feedback (which warms our hearts as a team) and it has contributed to improving the Aetheris experience. Feel free to join the official game Discord, where you can interact with other players and team members—we would love to connect with you! Also, make sure to leave a review of the game on Steam, both to share your feedback and to help us reach a wider audience. Our dedication to Aetheris is stronger than ever, and we look forward to continuing this journey with you!
The Wild Wits team
Patch Note 0.4.2
Early Access Patch Note 0.4.2
IMPROVEMENTS:
- Display the chance to hit a target on hover. - Display unlocking conditions for skills in the Codex. - Equipped items' skins are now displayed in the Character Sheet. - Added new loading texts for Chapters 2 to 7.
BUG FIXES AND OPTIMIZATION:
- Fixed Exploration HUD visibility during one of the ending scenes. - Fixed Hauger not triggering traps - Fixed unclickable cells after hovering out a character. - Fixed descriptions of Mystical Thunder and Opening. - Fixed Steam achievements not unlocking correctly for some players. - Fixed team-wide passive bonuses stacking indefinitely. - Fixed synergy between Protective Bubble and Thorns. - Fixed a combat issue in the Ferals' Plains where a character couldn't move. - Fixed Mekacell death animation. - Fixed multiple typos in the English version of the game. - Fixed potential save corruption upon leader death during exploration (affected save files can now be resumed without issue). - Fixed softlock caused by enemy summons in prolonged battles. - Optimized endgame scenes.
BALANCING:
- Reduced Electrified effect duration to 2 turns. - Increased Hunter Expertise poisoning effect (4 damage for 5 turns). - Increased Malintent bleeding effect (6 damage for 3 turns). - Commemoration now costs 1 AP and 1 SP instead of 2 AP and 1 MP. - Precaution now reduces Initiative by 8, Dodge by 25, and increases Defense by 12. - The Anomaly gains 6 Strength and 4 Initiative. - Hauger loses 6 Defense and 4 Magical Defense. - The Sentinel and the Mekacell lose 3 Defense. - The Eye loses 3 Magical Defense and can only use Fixation once every two turns. - Mother Darkness can no longer fail to spawn an egg.
ONE LAST THING:
- Added a banner on the home screen for the Kickstarter of our upcoming game, Crown Gambit, launching today!
Additionally, we want to express our heartfelt gratitude for your incredible support since the release of our game! We've read all your feedback (which warms our hearts as a team) and it has contributed to improving the Aetheris experience. Feel free to join the official game Discord, where you can interact with other players and team members—we would love to connect with you! Also, make sure to leave a review of the game on Steam, both to share your feedback and to help us reach a wider audience. Our dedication to Aetheris is stronger than ever, and we look forward to continuing this journey with you!
The Wild Wits team
Early Access Patch 0.4.1
Early Access Patch 0.4.1
Bug fixes:
- Fixed Steam achievement toaster display when unlocking an achievement. - Fixed "stele" banner in sanctuary constantly visible. - Fixed Breakthrough, Wild Spirit and Prevention item descriptions. - Corrected the descriptions of the items Crown To Crete and Chewing herb, which did not correctly indicate their effects. - King Kraa's coat was not considered a Rare item. - Improved adventurer placement in zone 04 during combat. - Fixed the description of the effect of the skill "Low blow". - Fixed the location of the continue button during the loot phase. - Added missing weapon skin for weapons obtained from Hostiles. - Fixed the permanent display of a skill tooltip after a combat victory. - Fighting alongside Lua Nu is back in the game. - Fixed Softlock due to lack of level-up skills. - Fixed Galvanizing chant, which now works correctly - Fixed camera flickering at maximum zoom
BALANCING:
- Default accuracy is increased from 95% to 100% for Rogues and NPCs. However, only new saves will allow access to villagers with 100% accuracy. - Balancing on several enemies at the start of the game to make combat more dynamic: - Enemies have fewer hit points overall in zones 1 and 2, and have access to slightly fewer resistances. - The Croakook and Elioch will no longer be able to move as far away from the players - The accuracy malus inflicted by the Croakook becomes an initiative malus - In return, the Moolten, Cracorce, Jackrow and Ravencaw gain a little more damage - Enemies in zones 5/6/7, excluding bosses, are now more dangerous: - The Bilgoat's base damage is increased and it will make its final charge earlier, but its Strength is greatly reduced in compensation. - With the exception of the Bilgoat, Vazzard and bosses, the damage of characters in zones 5 and 6 has been slightly increased. - With the exception of Claymort, a drastic increase in damage for all characters in zone 7
IMPROVEMENTS:
- The cost of a skill in combat is now displayed on hover instead of click. - Added a tile outline for characters to improve visibility. - The placement zones in the tutorial have been modified to make it easier to understand how they work. - The game sequence now shows the active player in a larger size with a slight light. - Hovering over a character also displays the character's square in the sequence of play. - The relaunch button is displayed during level gain phases, even when the spirit is off, to make it easier to understand the associated functionality. - Inventory and equipment display in combat. - It is now possible to click on character boxes to launch skills targeting a group or character
Early Access Patch 0.4.1
Early Access Patch 0.4.1
Bug fixes:
- Fixed Steam achievement toaster display when unlocking an achievement. - Fixed "stele" banner in sanctuary constantly visible. - Fixed Breakthrough, Wild Spirit and Prevention item descriptions. - Corrected the descriptions of the items Crown To Crete and Chewing Grass, which did not correctly indicate their effects. - King Croa's Cloak was not considered a Rare item. - Improved adventurer placement in zone 04 during combat. - Fixed the description of the effect of the skill "Low blow". - Fixed the location of the continue button during the loot phase. - Added missing weapon skin for weapons obtained from Hostiles. - Fixed the permanent display of a skill tooltip after a combat victory. - Fighting alongside Lua Nu is back in the game. - Fixed Softlock due to lack of level-up skills. - Fixed Galvanising Song, which now works correctly - Fixed camera flickering at maximum zoom
BALANCING:
- Default accuracy is increased from 95% to 100% for Rogues and NPCs. However, only new saves will allow access to villagers with 100% accuracy. - Balancing on several enemies at the start of the game to make combat more dynamic: - Enemies have fewer hit points overall in zones 1 and 2, and have access to slightly fewer resistances. - The Cracorce and Elioch will no longer be able to move as far away from the players - The accuracy malus inflicted by the Cracorce becomes an initiative malus - In return, the Mugmatère, Cracorce, Corserre and Corbillac gain a little more damage - Enemies in zones 5/6/7, excluding bosses, are now more dangerous: - The chevrouk's base damage is increased and it will make its final charge earlier, but its Strength is greatly reduced in compensation. - With the exception of the chevrouk, Vazards and bosses, the damage of characters in zones 5 and 6 has been slightly increased. - With the exception of Claymort, a drastic increase in damage for all characters in zone 7
IMPROVEMENTS:
- The cost of a skill in combat is now displayed on hover instead of click. - Added a tile outline for characters to improve visibility. - The placement zones in the tutorial have been modified to make it easier to understand how they work. - The game sequence now shows the active player in a larger size with a slight light. - Hovering over a character also displays the character's square in the sequence of play. - The relaunch button is displayed during level gain phases, even when the spirit is off, to make it easier to understand the associated functionality. - Inventory and equipment display in combat. - It is now possible to click on character boxes to launch skills targeting a group or character
L'Early Access d'Aetheris est lĂ !
Dear adventurers of the Wilderness,
After two years of exciting development, we are finally ready to open the gates to the plains of Aetheris!
Embark on a legendary journey through seven exciting chapters where your choices will shape your destiny. Battle more than 40 fearsome enemies in over 30 stunning battle settings. Collect more than 200 weapons and accessories at events that mark your quest. Build a team of complementary talents with over 140 skills and passives at your disposal!
The Early Access phase will last approximately 4 months until the final release in September 2023. During this time, we will be working hard to add a much anticipated feature: co-op multiplayer, allowing up to 4 players to play online.
We are confident about the quality and stability of the game, but keep in mind that it is still in development and can behave in... unexpected ways!
We look forward to collecting your valuable feedback (bug reports, suggestions for improvements, your best performances, etc.) on our Discord server.
In order to bring Aetheris to a wider audience, we need your reviews on the game's Steam page. We thank you warmly in advance for your support.
The AG French Direct’s 5th edition will start on May 17th live on YouTube at 5pm (CEST). Produced by ActuGaming, the AGFD is the right place to discover French independent studios and French-speaking video games.
We will take this opportunity to make a big announcement!
Be ready to join ActuGaming's YouTube channel on Wednesday May 17th at 5pm (UTC +2) to follow the AG French Direct showcase !
After the conference, we also invite you to join us on our Discord server to discuss the announcements and answer your questions!
