In developmentUnfinished build. Systems and art will change
A deterministic dark science-fiction multiplayer RPG built around biology instead of loot. Combat is directional. Each of the eight races is locked to one Affinity.
Active development build. Not a finished release.
Opening cinematic
An early look at Dross after the Harvester Cataclysm. This is the tone and world Alatheya is being built toward.
Systems
Core systems from Alatheya’s design canon. Still evolving in the development build.
Geometry-driven targeting. Attacker position and facing decide hits against anatomical weak points. No dice rolls.
Natural Development grows the organism. Tunings and Xeno-Spliced Expressions reshape abilities. Syntropy funds Attunement and customization — not a loot treadmill.
Dross under Vournakhalion. Eclipses and orbital cascades reshape the fight, and regional weather can stack on top of both.
Fixed-tick simulation with prediction and reconciliation. Multiplayer was the starting point, not a bolt-on.
Playable races
Each race is a fixed biological pairing. Affinity is anatomy, not a menu choice. Select a form to read its place on Dross.
Resonance
Once called Sylph
Battlefield conductors whose living acoustics favor information, denial, and ally synchronization over raw burst.
Not plants or druids. Lithe bio-ceramic instruments with a solid olive chest, mint acoustic antler membranes, three outer-hip diaphragms per side, and a continuous dorsal fin flowing into a short leaf-shaped tail.
Magnetism
Once called Mur'Ik
Living magnetite athletes of frictionless movement. Martial mobility that turns the field itself into a weapon.
Petal Array sensory membranes and forearm launch spikes. Graphite body, Magnetism magenta in exposed organ tissue — never blue/cyan affinity light.
Ion
Once called Gambol
Canopy sprinters who author conductive paths, then exploit them. Extreme speed along routes only they can close.
Plum tissue, ivory accents, cyan conduction channels. Tall forked capacitor lobes and a broad balancing tail — no crest, clothing, or claws.
Gravity
Once called Sorani
Crystal-angel controllers who own the vertical fight through sniping, mass fields, and pinning.
They do not overcome gravity — they redefine it. Swept crest, hip lamellae, visible indigo Curvature Core. Anatomical wings stay forbidden; flight is traversal VFX.
Plasma
Once called Rigi
Magma-blooded berserker-shamans. Volcanic biology with heat denial that hits like blunt force.
Tall rear mantle, Kiln Brow face, and a conspicuous back heat organ. Pressure builds in the core; authored releases spend it, unmanaged heat becomes strain.
Morphosis
Once called Nincaida
Living evolution engines. Anatomical adaptation in real time, but only into forms that still work.
Amber chitin over dark articulation. Four walking legs, two blade-ended weapon arms, and a Gene Matrix that forbids shapeless outcomes.
Coherence
Once called Veneficus
Grounded serpents of prediction and shared cognition. Armor is ammunition — plates leave the body to act.
Three amethyst slit-pupil eyes in a wise, aggressive mask. Ten detachable silver-grey plates both armor and hotbar cost; the upright core is twisted Coherence tendrils.
Inertia
Once called Liegen
Ancient mineral-organic anchors. The immovable tank that arrests acceleration and grounds the fight.
Two massive forelimbs and one central rear anchor. A continuous golden Inertia organ from dorsal branches into a chest V — dense living mass, never a stone golem.
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Special thanks
Before Alatheya became the game it is today, it was a shared project shaped by Team Augreal. Around 2008, volunteers helped this world take its first steps.
The Alatheya now in development is a new work, but their early contributions remain part of its history. This page is here to thank the people who helped Alatheya begin.
I kept the original concept art and design documents from that chapter. They have been part of finishing Alatheya ever since.
Special thanks to Team Augreal
Thank you for helping Alatheya begin.
A note from the creator
I first came up with the concept for Alatheya in 2003. A few years later I was lucky enough to have a dedicated team of volunteers help bring an early alpha to life. That chapter ended suddenly, for reasons outside my control. When I could finally come back to the project, I no longer had the resources to give it the attention it needed.
I still wanted the game finished. Not as a nostalgia exercise, but the thing I had been trying to make for most of my adult life.
I cannot staff a studio. I cannot rebuild every mesh and texture by hand on the timeline of a single person working around a life that already has bills and limits. AI tools are how I got Alatheya moving again at all. They help me produce work I would otherwise never complete alone.
The design and the responsibility for what ships are mine. If AI-assisted games are not for you, that is fair. I would rather say this outright than pretend otherwise. I am just glad I get to make Alatheya again.
Playtest
Alatheya is an unfinished development build. Occasional Windows playtests are invite-only. Expect bugs and missing pieces, and things can change without warning.
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