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Fifteen players fighting the Colossus

Videos

Real play, recorded in the game. Every fight, every crowd, every spell is what you'll see on your own screen.

Dev diary

A calmer look at the game, and at what we want it to be.

Players fishing off the pier at dusk, the harbour's lamps lit beside it

Dev Diary #2: An evening in Brightharbor

No big fights this time, just an ordinary evening in Aetherchord: the guild on the square, the Auction House, fishing off the pier, cooking your catch, the Coliseum after dark, and then home. Aetherchord is a free pixel-art MMORPG you play in your browser, with nothing to download.

A player on the pier at dawn, the harbour town behind

Dev Diary #1: What we're making

A calmer look at the game we're making. Jonas and I are building Aetherchord, a free pixel-art MMORPG you play in your browser, with nothing to download. In this first dev diary, we take a walk through Brightharbor and talk about what we want the game to be.

Teasers

A company with their lines out from a beach, a huge fish circling in the deep water

Gone Fishing - One More Cast

One more cast, and the fish that took it is two metres long.

Fifteen players against the Colossus in its cavern

Vorakh, the Storm Colossus - Raid Boss 5/5

Once a week the Storm Colossus walks, and it takes fifteen of you to stop it.

The tide flooding one half of the hold in the Keelbound Captain's vault

The Keelbound Captain - Boss 4/5

A drowned captain still keeps his hold, and when the tide comes in, half of it floods, so be on the other half.

An ambush on the road between players with PvP switched on

Strike First, Wear the Skull - Optional PvP

Everyone starts peaceful: turn PvP on, strike first, and you wear the skull until someone collects.

Broadside lines across the deck of Captain Mercy Squall's ship

Captain Mercy Squall - Boss 3/5

Captain Mercy Squall runs out the guns on her own deck: bring a tank, bring a healer, bring all hands.

A swinging bridge in a machine room under the town

Secrets of the World - Some Bells Answer

Some bells answer, some stones walk, and one donkey just stares.

Corwin the Fat on the sand of the coliseum, the stands full of players

Corwin the Fat - Boss 2/5

Bring a friend to Brightharbor's Coliseum and take down Corwin the Fat while the whole town watches.

A company fighting Sister Carillon among the candles of her chamber

Sister Carillon - Boss 1/5

Every word she sings is an attack.

A crowd of players around the fountain on Brightharbor square

This Is an MMORPG

This is an MMORPG: found a guild, furnish a home by the harbour, take a bounty off the board and ride out with your friends to bring down a drake.

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On Instagram and Threads

@playaetherchord

The same fights, cut for your phone.

The bosses sing: a teaser on Instagram The town watches: a teaser on Instagram All hands: a teaser on Instagram Secrets: a teaser on Instagram

The alpha is open

Free, in Discord or in your browser. Best with friends: start it in a voice call and play together.

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