An exciting (if not nostalgic) announcement! (Patreon)

"We have adopted the Aether Legacy project. Now under the new (or old) name of just The Aether We will continue to foster this loving community through patches and updates to The Aether between now and Remastered's release. We have much more to share in the near future. But for now how about you check out the revamped Curseforge page!" https://minecraft.curseforge.com/projects/the-aether

This was the announcement we put up to our Discord server and recently to our regular social media channels over the past week or so. So I thought it would be worth putting here and expanding on what lead to this change and how it will impact Aether II and the original mod itself.

So basically we've been quite distant with the Aether Legacy project since it's initial inception and this has lead to a lot of division and poor community management between Aether II and Aether Legacy, so as part of a larger effort to address issues with our community management and branding we decided it would be best for us to adopt the Aether Legacy project and bring it in closer with our rebranding of Aether II.

Part of that is returning Aether Legacy to it's original name, The Aether Mod. Retooling this project as the current up to date version of the original mod, officially distributed by Gilded Games.

We're sure this is going to cause a lot of differing responses, especially for those concerned that this will impact the development and support of both Aether II and The Aether Mod. To alleviate those concerns I will note that along with the curseforge page and project repo we have also brought Aether Legacy's lead developer Kino on board to continue his amazing work on The Aether Mod. This basically means that development of both projects should not be impacted by this shift, but instead allow us to share resources, technology and social platforms between the two projects.

On top of that we've recently announced a partnership with Horizon Studio to bring a full remaster of The Aether Mod to you guys.

We're still keeping details on this project close to our chests but we hope The Aether: Remastered can offer a modern fresh take on the original mod that brings it more in line with Aether II. Again as development duties are with Horizon Studio this should not have an effect on Aether II's development. We hope to share more details about this remaster relatively soon, so if you want to stay up to date with that please come join our Discord server which has had a makeover to accommodate The Aether Mod, Aether II and The Aether: Remastered.

Overall we're really happy with these developments and hope it means we can continue to grow the Aether's community and offer more amazing experiences to you guys. We'll also soon be implementing the LONG awaited Patreon Cosmetics to the Aether II. In general we're going to be pushing for more Patreon exclusive posts and insight as well as in-game rewards for both the mod itself and our upcoming OATS (Official Aether Testing Server), we are also looking into the possibility of an AOS for The Aether Mod that will also have Patron exclusive perks (TBA)

Basically we wanna give you guys the thanks we feel is appropriate for your contributions towards the ongoing development of Aether II and the growth of the Aether community. So we'll have a lot of stuff to share very soon.

Lots of love

Oscar Payn - Creative Director and Community Manager at Gilded Games