AETHUS

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• Announcements·9 Sept 2026Official

  Announcing 'Tidy Up the Town'!

  Hi folks! It's been a wee while!I'm really excited to announce my second title - Tidy Up the Town!It's a cozy, no-pressure sorting/tidy-up game set in a medieval market town.You're an apprentice wizard whose early morning practice in the market square has had disastrous repercussions... The entirety of the town's market stalls are now strewn on the cobbles, and your master won't restore your magic unless you put it all back in the right place!As you tidy up, you'll re-acquire your magical powers and be able to use them to do so even more quickly. Master Alaric is definitely not going to let you live this down, though.It is your fault, after all...Please do me a massive favour and wishlist the game!
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• Patch Notes·23 Jun 2026Official

  Version 1.036 (23/06/26)

  Version 1.036 - 23/06/26 - 16:35 BST Fixes - Fixed some comically large drill bits. - Disabled the ability to queue up Stub Memories to avoid them double playing accidentally. - Added a fail-safe check for the Reactor Fuel Rod pickup dialogue. - Increased size of the trigger for the Core Containment scan and disabled the need to be inside a habitat to scan.
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• Patch Notes·2 Jun 2026Official

  Gamepad Support now available with Patch 1.035!

  Hello, Pioneers!Patch 1.035 is live now, bringing official gamepad support to AETHUS!With the game going on sale for the next two weeks as of tomorrow 6PM BST (10AM PST), there's never been a better time to pick up a copy and begin your adventure!For clarity, this also includes full Steam Deck control support. I am working on getting the game verified (there's more work to do around performance mainly) but it should be totally playable if you adjust the settings!Remember, you can always try out the free demo (which has also been updated with support) and see if the game is for you, risk-free!Version 1.035 - Patch NotesFocus: Gamepad SupportNew FeaturesAdded official Gamepad Support for any standard gamepad/controller including Steam Deck.I've been hard at work getting this working as I know how many of you love to kick back and play with a controller.I've added a brand new interaction scheme specifically for gamepad, which simplifies the most common game actions like interactions, gathering resources and using facilities!The UI cursor (and 3D cursor) is still available for precise control and interaction, handily attached to holding the left trigger and moving the right stick.Added additional facility signage to the Lost World, Magma Rifts and the internals of Scarpa Climber facilities.FixesFixed not being able to place items in build mode if colliding with destructible resources and collision checks are off.Fixed build menu checkboxes potentially being non-interactable when global UI scaling is increased.I am keen to make the gamepad support the best it can possibly be, so please feel free to leave constructive feedback - it's always welcome!You can do this in the Steam Discussions or on the Official Discord (now at over 2,500 members!).Remember, as of tomorrow AETHUS will be 20% off for two weeks, so if you've been waiting for gamepad support before jumping in, it'll be the perfect time!Next week I'll be taking a couple of weeks off for my first holiday in a long ...
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• Patch Notes·8 May 2026Official

  Version 1.029 (08/05/26)

  Version 1.029 - 08/05/26 - 14:50 BST New Features- Added a new 'Resources' Game Modifier to the New Game screen and the Settings menu, which allows for adjusting resource drop rates higher or lower than standard. Improvements- Dialogues that trigger when the player returns to the surface now also play if the player has died, to reduce potential confusion or a need to quit to menu and resume game or go underground again to trigger them. - Improvements to the grammar of the Module Authenticator item flavour text. Fixes- Fixed the possibility of the player losing items when using a level transition as they died. - Fixed placeable items retaining a link to habitats when moved outside of them which could cause issues with habitat deletion and/or containers temporarily keeping a bonus from the storage hab when moved outside. - Fixed bad collision on the natural rock bridge near Facility Rho which could cause the player to slide off. - Fixed the formatting of the Passing Out tutorial. - Fixed NVIDIA Image Scaling not working correctly in the settings menu. - Fixed the cutaway for the Manufacturing Hab triggering when on the roof. - Fixed roof glass visuals on Manufacturing Hab. - Fixed the player potentially being able to die and not get back to Omega.
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• Patch Notes·1 May 2026Official

  Version 1.028 (01/05/26)

  Version 1.028 - 01/05/26 - 15:00 BST I had a nasty hardware failure last weekend so a lot of this week was lost to getting that sorted... I think we're all good now, though! New Features - Objects in the world that are colliding with what you're constructing in Build Mode will now be highlighted. Structures like Habitats will only be highlighted when constructing other Structures. - Added the 'Shock Absorbers' Upgrade to the Trade Node which increases the distance you can fall before taking damage by 50%. Improvements - Improved the backup save system to not save on the main menu which reduces potential for 'identical' backups. - Increased maximum backup saves to 12 from 10. - Updated Bladestone, Vitaglass, Depthane's Heart and Miner's Bane descriptions to reflect their use in lens crafting. - Updated the Consuming Items tutorial to make it very clear you need to eat the Cactus Fruit to finish the tutorial. Fixes - A dialogue that plays after returning with a certain character that provides a new facility type should now play reliably. - Fixed Ancient Bones not being placeable into the world. - Fixed the potential for the player to be stuck mesmerized. - Fixed the player being able to die during mesmerization.
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