Game engines, Steam, and Discord

The last month has been a busy time for Aetherift, both in terms of development and the public presence of the game.

First up, Aetherift now has a Steam page!! You can wishlist and follow it, and tell your friends :) ! https://store.steampowered.com/app/2572620 We’ll be updating the page with more screenshots, videos, and better descriptions as we build the game. For now it’s a big first step towards being more public about Aetherift and its development.

Second, we’re porting Aetherift to a new game engine! Due to recent events we made the tricky decision to switch for the long term health of the game, and to better align with our goals and principles. We want players to be able to enjoy Aetherift for as long as they like after purchasing it with no strings attached. After evaluating multiple options, we decided upon Godot as our engine of choice and have made amazing progress so far in the porting process. We’re rapidly approaching playable again and hope to start closed playtesting in the coming months.

We are also announcing our Community Discord! We’ll be posting in-progress updates and seeking feedback there. Come join us at https://discord.gg/eFR3BKtBfJ.