AetherShot

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• Announcements·25 May 2026Official

  Aethershot EA V1.2 Released

  Hey all, it's be a little while since there's been updates or news! I apologize for the radio silence but outside circumstances got in the way of me working on AetherShot for a good while. In any case, I have a new update! It's mostly backend stuff for a larger update I want to do soon, but there's still a couple new things to play around with in the meantime!ResearchCrafting runes has instead been replaced by research! The process of spending resources to unlock runes is the same, but this streamlines it. Instead of needing to craft every single rune, you simply need to research tiers of the different runes. Once researched, any rune belonging to that tier will be freely accessible outside of the trials, and can be added to your loadouts. No longer do you need to perform upgrade chains or make 5 of the same rune to have enough for all your spells! However, once in a trial, you will only have access to the runes you brought with you, and any you may find while exploring, so choose what you bring wisely!(Excess runes will be refunded in a later patch)Aetherboosted EnemiesYou're not the only one capable of utilizing the plentiful aether in the trials! Recognizable by the flames emanating from them, enemies that are aetherboosted have greater stats, and drop extra resources when defeated. All aetherboosted enemies have an elemental affinity which dictates which stats get boosted, as well as giving extra resistance to that element.Other ChangesAdded a portable toolkit! Crafting it allows you to edit your spells within the trials (while not in active combat). Crafting additional sets allows for editing your vessel and gear as well. Use by pressing "X" on m&k or "Select" on controllerCombination runes have been removed from loot pools and research. They generally cluttered loot pools and didn't add much that other runes couldn't solve. These runes will be refunded in a later patch, but can still be used if owned.Loot from clearing rooms is now twice as likely to offer mor...
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• Patch Notes·12 Feb 2025Official

  EA V1.1.2.1 - Tiny Fix

  A couple rooms got missed in floor 2 for tileset upgrades, this patch fixes that
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• Patch Notes·12 Feb 2025Official

  EA V1.1.2 - Sights and Sounds of the Trials Pt 2

  It's a new year and the updates keep coming! Along with this update we're having a sale, and if you want to try the game before buying, we'll have a demo version up as soon as we get all the approvals from Steam! While this is mostly an asset update, we have included a couple other neat things as well! Change log: Added completely unique tilesets for floors 2 and 3 Added 4 new tracks composed for AetherShot to replace the free use ones that were previously in use Retextured more old sprites and touched up some of the rougher new ones Added more chatheads (more to come!) Added a new tutorial for the workbench when first using it and upon unlocking the gear tab Adjusted damage numbers to be easier to read and they appear when dealing the killing blow Bug fixes: Fixed the third floor staircase not properly unlocking after beating floor 2 Fixed several Y-sort issues Fixed certain enemies changing the player's spell color Fixed damage numbers disappearing if the enemy died while they are active Small GUI fixes Dialogue fixes
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• Patch Notes·6 Jan 2025Official

  EA V1.1.1 - Bugfixes

  - Fixed some doors not having proper collision - Fixed doors changing colors under some circumstances - Fixed some z-axis fighting
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• Announcements·27 Dec 2024Official

  EA V1.1.0 - Sights and Sounds of the Trials

  Happy Holidays and Happy (almost) New Year! We've got a big update here today with a smaller one coming in early January! It's time to give the game a huge makeover to get away from much of the temporary art that lined the walls and floors of the Trial floors. Our Artist, Kay and I have been working hard to remaster or completely replace tilesets and objects within the game, and the difference is quite amazing! Old: {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/45197512/8d266217948128675b7e9c0edf6a8948179cf395.png New: {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/45197512/96d6a5edf2d1dfeb483ab830143f83c170895c46.png We've also shuffled a few things around in the base camp to make navigating quicker and making npcs more accessible, as well as adding a couple new NPCs! We couldn't quite get everything we wanted ready before the Holidays so there will be a part two to this update in early-mid January next year. Details of upcoming changes are below the main change log! Change log: First floor and base camp tilesets completely remade and re-implemented. Floors two and tree currently use a palette swapped version of floor one, we couldn't quite get the other floors done before the holidays, but they'll come soon! Remade several object sprites such as the crafting bench, well and set dressings like crates, tables and chairs Touched up some other sprites that weren't in need of a full overhaul yet, but will be in the future Reorganized the Base Camp to reduce travel times in the hub and remove redundant staircases Added Derg and Kay to Camp Derg manages restoration materials, buying specific materials for increased prices, and also hears gossip from around the camp. Kay is a restoration artist and is currently busy studying the second and third floor's art. Added sounds for the Player having Low Health, Taking Damage, and full Aether, as well as when their shield starts to recharge. Made enemy health bars red so they are more visible Added Dummy enemies to the base camp for trying out builds Adjusted some room layouts to be ...
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