Welcome Alpha Tester

Aether Ag is an amazingly fun, science fiction, fantasy, agricultural, RTS MORPG! Also the flagship project of a non-profit venture supporting real-world charities.

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All account information is optional.

  • If you do not provide a callsign, a generic one will be generated.
  • If you do not provide a password, this account is public and others can log in under the same callsign. The account will be auto purged after 30 days of inactivity.
  • Email is strictly used for recovery and MFA, and is currently disabled in the alpha environment. See privacy policy for details.
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Web Assembly build for alpha testing. Built on Godot 4.

Our Mission

Build and maintain one of the most fun ways to give!

Revenue from subscriptions and in-game purchases is distributed to high-quality charities based on player-driven success. Players can work together (or not) to perform a range of missions like, harvest or otherwise procure goods, maintain agricultural land and other eco systems, transport goods between the planets, and provide security all for in-game factions that map to real world charities. These activities earn interface points for a particular faction/charity. Interface points are added to the game during revenue generating events such as a subscription renewals, in-game purchases, and selling underlying foundational growth. Said revenue is then periodically distributed according to the interface points earned for the period.

About the Game

Experience a persistent universe, blending a retro-surreal-sci-fi-fantasy themed game grounded in satisfying realistic physics. Command advanced spacecraft and manage large-scale agricultural operations across the stars. Play for free or become a sustainer where your subscription revenue supports high-quality charitable organizations.

Note This project is currently (pre)alpha. The UI is under construction and the controls are currently constrained to the following mouse and keyboard controls.

  • Use mouse to look around
  • Right click: Move in direction of camera (heading lock)
  • W,S,A,D: Forward, reverse, left, right (relative to camera)
  • Space, C: Up, down
  • Q,E: Roll
  • V: Toggle 3rd person
  • X: Toggle warp Warning: The warp drive is active by default. We obey the laws of Physics (mostly), thus the warp drive is not FTL. Under the current mechanics, turning it off while traversing can result in a free fall at extremely high velocities (specific mechanics are subject to change).

Exploration

  • Discover an ancient universe with many wonders from ages in the deep past.
  • Survey planets for viable resources.
  • There is a potentially endless procedurally created universe to explore, however the playable area is constrained to a size suitable for the number of active players to have meaningful encounters.

Industry

  • Plant, cultivate and harvest the raw materials to help feed trillions of refugees fleeing the Malaton swarm.
  • Use specialized equipment to extract other important resources from planets, moons, comets, and asteroids.
  • Recover valuable salvage to up-cycle into your supply chain.
  • Turn your supply chain into high-value goods for your favorite faction, co-op, or the interstellar economy.

Adventure

  • Adventure into dangerous territory for potentially more lucrative opportunities.
  • Evade, or engage the dreaded Malaton mechanized swarm.
  • Rescue refugees and other explorers.
  • Endure danger to harvest the most valuable salvage from hostile NPCs (or sometimes players).

Free-To-Play or Sustainer

Subscribing players (aka sustainers) have more freedom, which affords them the ability to directly earn interface points for particular factions (charities). Once per standard in-game year (about a real-life month), revenue is distributed to real world charities according to the interface points earned by their in-game counterparts. Sustainers can view how their actions have earned points for various charities, and compare with peers who have opted in to appearing on leader boards. Some additional features available to sustainers are:

  • Command a mother ship that generally gives the player much more capacity to accomplish goals.
  • Build homestead farms planet side, or expand your orbital empire with player built space stations.
  • Form co-ops with other players, which can include sustainers and free-to-players.
  • Handy with Blender? Sustainers will have the ability to build advanced research facility and factory networks to facilitate bringing your lore friendly creations to the game!