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The Aether Project · published 15 Jun 2026, 17:00 UTC

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Greetings everyone. I am a solo indie developer striving to make a good tower defense game. Above this text you can see the roadmap that I currently have.

I will be doing my best to maintain the demo while also working on the release version of the game. Right now I will be mainly focusing on level design and gameplay and further on I will start incorporating the Campaign I have planned.

More details about the full 1.0 release, including its content and release plans, will be shared later on. I am currently aiming for a base price of around €9.99 at launch. (around $11) Final regional pricing may vary and will be confirmed closer to release.

Every feedback and criticism for the game is welcome. I want to make a good game to serve the community.

I will include a bug report/feedback form below (bug report in game coming soon):
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSf4QcHVodf6mcHVIScr-v2Ily3bKtQlSFZyvFjjVC19IMgcqg/viewform?usp=publish-editor

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