Null & Aether

Null & Aether is an isometric Action RPG that fuses the visceral mob-slaying, screen-cleaving carnage, and rich loot hunting with the dungeon exploration, secret hunting, and environmental puzzle-solving.

Reality has fractured across the Split Horizon. Suspended between two 100-level vertical extremes rests Floor 0: The Sanctuary of the Equinox—the last mortal haven. As an anointed Walker, you must venture forth: ascend into the brass clockwork towers of the Aether Spire or plunge into the rotting biomechanical pits of the Under-Crypts.

"A hero who digs only, or climbs only, will break. Walk both roads, Walker."

⚔️ Visceral ARPG Combat & Precision Skill
Tear through dense packs of cyber-gothic monstrosities, mechanical horrors, and unholy abominations.
Reflex-Driven Action: Master fluid dodge-rolling with invulnerability frames (i-frames) and timing-based Perfect Dodges.

Telegraphed Boss Encounters: Face 40+ handcrafted Wardens guarding every 5th floor. Each Warden features multi-phase telegraphs, bespoke arena hazards, and signature mechanics.

Devastating Ultimates & Arcano-Electronics: Command devastating class abilities, elemental combos, and throwable Arcano-Bombs to turn the tide of battle.

🧩 Dungeon Puzzles & Secrets
Floors are not just mindless combat corridors. Each expedition tests your wits and curiosity:
Laser & Prism Redirection: Align arcane beam reflectors and rotating optical prisms to bypass deadly security barriers.

Pressure Plates & Movable Power-Crates: Solve spatial riddles, weighted switches, and timed sprint gauntlets.

Bombable Walls & Hidden Vaults: Lob Arcano-Bombs at cracked runic masonry to discover secret treasure chambers, datacubes, and locked Sun & Moon vaults.

Persistent Floor Memory: While monsters, urns, and shrines respawn upon floor rebuilds, all unlocked shortcuts, broken walls, solved puzzles, and mapped fog-of-war stay permanently etched into your hero's ledger.

🛡️ 6 Deep Classes, 18 Specialization Branches & 4 Races
Forge your ideal champion from 4 Races (Human, Orc, Dwarf, Elf) and 6 Classes, each wielding three full 3-branch skill trees:
Warrior: Juggernaut (Shield & Thorns), Berserker (Frenzy & Bleed), Cyber-Knight (Shockwaves & Lightning).

Mage: Cryo-Stasis (Freeze & Control), Plasma-Pyromancy (Fire & AoE), Tesla-Sorcery (Chain Lightning & Teleport).

Rogue: Shadow-Blade (Stealth & Criticals), Nano-Toxin (Poison & Corrosion), Acrobat (Grapple & Traps).

Mechanic: Robotics (Sentry Turrets & Drones), Munitions (Mines & Cluster Bombs), Exo-Tech (Hydraulic Wrench & Laser Core).

Necromancer: Cyber-Reanimation (Minions, Ghouls & Bio-Golems), Blood Siphon (Vampirism & Curses), Bone & Blight (Corpse Explosion).

Archer: Sniper (High-Velocity Pierce), Volley (Arrow Rain & Multishot), Trapper (Elemental Traps & Nanite Swarms).

💎 Relic Sets, Affixes & Dual-Road Economy
6 Rarity Tiers: Loot Common, Magic, Rare, Epic, Legendary, and coveted Cyber-Relic items.

18 Dedicated 10-Piece Relic Sets: Collect set gear that dramatically transforms your branch playstyle with game-altering 2-, 6-, and 10-piece synergistic powers.

Deep Crafting & Reforging: Socket Bio-Cores and gems, reforge affixes, and temper your gear from +1 up to +15.

The Two Roads Pay Differently: The Under-Crypts yield Alloy Scrap and Bio-Wire for blacksmith upgrades, while the Aether Spire yields Micro-Chips for arcane reforging. Walking both roads is essential.

💀 The Nemesis System: Vengeance is Yours
Death is not the end—it is personal. Whatever monster strikes the killing blow claims your uncollected gold, earns a unique name and title, and descends deeper into the dungeon to lie in wait.
Track up to 10 active Nemeses in your Codex.

Hunt them down on their chosen floor to reclaim every lost coin plus a ×1.25 Revenge Bounty!

Face dynamic Floor Conditions on every visit—from Blood Moons and Blackouts to lucrative Salvage Tides.

⚔️ Endgame Trials & The Rift Arena
Survive the 200 main floors and prove your mastery in the Rift Arena—a ladder of 16 brutal trials scaling from monster level 50 to 125. Breach the Sealed Gate, face The Sundering, and test your builds against escalating New Game+ (Turns of the Equinox) cycles.

🎮 Built for Desktop & Steam Deck
Full Controller Support: Native plug-and-play support with dynamic button glyphs for Xbox, PlayStation DualSense, Nintendo Switch, and Steam Deck.

Steam Deck Ready: Tailored 1280×800 handheld presentation, responsive interface scaling, and seamless sleep/wake pausing.

Steam Ecosystem: 62 Steam Achievements, 10 real-time tracking stats, Steam Cloud saves, and Rich Presence.