Summum Aeterna, the new game from Aeternum Game Studios, is now available!

By surprise, Aeternum Game Studios announces that its second title "Summum Aeterna" is available today, a frenetic action Roguelite that you can find available on Steam for a reduced price of €15.99 / $15.99 and launched in Early Access:

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1815230/Summum_Aeterna/

Summum Aeterna is a Roguelite that combines a world generation mechanic never seen before in the genre with a frantic combat system and an art style Very characteristic unique 2D. At the controls of the King of Darkness, you must explore impregnable territories full of treasures, traps, hordes of enemies, and powerful bosses.

This is a prequel to Aeterna Noctis that introduces us to a King of Darkness in one of the most convulsive and bloody periods of its history. The rhythm of the combat triples the formula seen in Aeterna Noctis, with frenetic action and a variety of weapons being the main components in the combat system of this new title. The game includes significant improvements and assists over the previous title that will make players feel really agile and powerful in combat.

Among the features of Summum Aeterna, stands out a world generation system that has never been seen before in a title of the genre. Worlds are created from seeds (or world generators) that, when germinated, create a new challenge with different environmental characteristics, enemy behavior, special rooms and completely random rewards depending on the genes contained in the seed. The so-called Seed Mechanics will allow players to enjoy a totally different gaming experience every time they venture into a new world.

Day One content

Let's take a look at what is included in the first version of the game currently available on Steam:

• 2 worlds featuring 2 different areas each

• 2 final bosses

• 1 special room… The Death Roulette! Featuring a mechanic that makes your run even more interesting… Would you spin it? Be careful, it could curse your game or make you unstoppable!

• 3 weapon types: swords, scythes, and pistols

• 21 unique weapons, each one with different offensive and passive attributes

• Introduction to the Seed Mechanic, a unique world generator system: Each seed you find generates a unique world with different enemy behaviour, rewards, special rooms, and map size depending on its genes and rareness.

• More than 20 unique world modifiers: The so-called “seed genes” make each seed different from the last, and so will the world generated from them!

• Permanent character upgrade system: No matter how many times you’re defeated, your progression in the skill tree will be saved!

• Permanent world upgrade system: The world improvements you unlocked will last forever, even if you are defeated a hundred times!

• Weapon customization options: Add new attributes and improve the combat performance of your weapons by embedding gems

• More than 15 epic music themes

Everything mentioned above is already included in the current playable version of Summum Aeterna. We rely on the community feedback to improve the gaming experience. We are willing to include new features based on our player base opinions as well. Feel free to send us your suggestions and share your thoughts!

Project timeline

Summum Aeterna is scheduled to be in early access for a year and a half, so the full version will be ready at some point in 2024, but there’s no specific end date. However, all main updates for the next months are already scheduled, and the content for the first half of 2023 is almost planned.

Future content scope

Now that the first version is available, let’s take a look at the future content. Right now we have 4 major upgrades to cover the game progression until the end of 2022. Small patches could also be released between each main update to solve possible bugs or expand the customization possibilities.

This is the roadmap of our first cycle in Early Access:

Major Update 1 - July

• 1 new challenge room that will offer a true combat challenge only recommended for the most skilled players… The Shrines of Idalith!

• 3 minibosses

• 3 new weapons: Mantis Claw (scythe), Jade Katana (sword), and Taser Gun (pistol)

• 2 new NPCs: Rasen Lupine and the Dummy

• 1 new seed type: Chance of Worlds

• New lethal genes

• More gems

• Many more surprises!

Major Update 2 – August

• 1 new world (2 currently) including 2 different areas (4 currently)

• 1 new final boss (2 currently)

• More genes to modify and alter the worlds

Major Update 3 - September

• 1 new world (3 currently) including 2 different areas (6 currently)

• 1 new final boss (3 currently)

• 1 new weapon type (3 currently)

• 8 unique weapons, each one with different offensive and passive features (24 currently)

Major Update 4 – October / November

• 1 new seed type… Exotics Seeds! They will teleport you to a unique world including exclusive features. Would you survive?

• 1 new type of world including a certain challenge to overcome

• Inclusion of legendary weapons, allowing access to more than 30 unique tools of destruction!

What will come after Major Upgrade 4?

• We will add more types of special rooms, and some of them will include new upgrade mechanics

• Expect more unique variants for each weapon type

• More worlds are also on our radar

• New gems will be added

• More available options in the skill and world tree

• All the good ideas provided by the community to make Summum Aeterna even more fun!

We will update the roadmap and the next content scope in early 2023. Thank you so much for your constant support! We rely on you to make Summum Aeterna an epic experience.