Welcome to Aether Grid

Aether Grid is a vibrant, 2D retro mining and exploration adventure where neon meets bedrock!

Descend into glowing subterranean tunnels, shatter rare crystal formations, and haul your cosmic loot back to the surface to fund your journey across the stars. Master your gear, manage your inventory capacity, and prepare to break atmosphere in a completely expanded interplanetary ecosystem.

▶ Key Features:

• Multi-Planet Rocket Exploration:
  Accumulate credits to fully repair the broken rocket at your station, unlocking the travel grid to fly dynamically between three unique, atmospheric realms—each featuring distinct mineral depths, custom color palettes, and localized soundtracks.

1. Aether Grid: The foundational neon corporate hub. Your reliable home base for early-game progression, inventory handling, and initial speed upgrades.
2. Virelia Lush: A remote, vibrant green industrial frontier hiding entirely separate mineral compositions and a high-urgency commerce loop.
3. Noxara Range: A dark, moody world dominated by massive vertical landscapes, mountain steps, and the highest-value crystal anomalies in the sector.

• Dynamic Galactic Merchants:
  Trading is no longer locked to a single indoor storefront.
  • Track down the Wandering Alien Merchant on Virelia Lush who walks into the sector every 10 minutes to offer a flat 25% price discount—but act fast before his 1.5-minute window closes and he runs away!
  • Scale the steep mountain steps of Noxara Range to reach the Permanent Summit Merchant, rewarding your physical climb with an exclusive, constant 20% discount on endgame Quantum gear.
• Upgraded Movement & Visual Cycles:
  Experience a massive animation boost. Your custom astronaut suit now dynamically switches between four fluid visual states—Breath (idle bobbing), Walk (early-game traversal), Run (high-speed sprinting triggered by Speed Capsule upgrades), and Jump (mid-air physics during drops and launches).
• Mountain Terrain Climbing:
  Break free from basic horizontal layouts. Take advantage of custom vertical movement to smoothly walk and scale directly up the angled steps of massive mountain ranges without losing momentum or clipping blocks.
• Deep Equipment Progression:
  Level up your operational power with Iron, Neon, and Void pickaxes, or expand your payload capabilities with ultra-high-capacity Quantum Bags.

Grab your gear, secure your launch budget, watch your weight limit, and conquer the deepest depths of the galaxy!