Isles of Etherion

About This Game

Unique Features

• Voxel-based, dynamically destructible floating islands
  
• 100% destructible environment, including terrain and structures
  
• Physics based spell casting
  
• Airships for transportation, combat, housing, and crafting
  
• Staples like dynamic fire propagation and destructible mesh
  
• No traditional "levels". Spells and abilities are gained by taking them from monsters. Each monster in the game will have at least one skill for you to learn. Spells and can also be obtained through lore

About

Isles of Etherion is an open-world action/adventure sandbox RPG featuring airships, floating islands, dungeons, and 100% dynamically destructible environment.

Story

The story is set in the beautiful yet dangerous world of Etherion, which is made up of thousands of islands floating above a dense Miasma. Rising at night and burning off during the day, the Miasma spawns terrible creatures and is a constant menace to the people of Etherion. The only safe areas are located at the top of the islands. Recently the magic keeping the islands afloat has begun to wear off...

In IoE, you act as the right hand of the Tower of Heaven, Extracting adventures, Escorting Ships, Delivering goods, Reclaiming lost islands.

The airship is the main form of transportation on Etherion. These vehicles play a vital roll in all aspects of life on the Isles.

Game play

The environment in this game is completely destructible. Terrains and structures can be altered and destroyed. Monsters respond in a physics-based fashion. Fire propagates dynamically.

Perhaps the most important feature of the game is the removal of traditional definition of "class" or "level". Instead, players have to venture into the world in order to acquire power and magic spells from monsters and lore books. And their increase in power is not represented in terms of simply dps but in physical effects. Let's use a fireball as an example, instead of a higher leveled player having higher dps, as you increase in experience and power in IoE, you would be able to generate fireballs of larger size and/or further reach. It, in a sense, removes a lot of the predictability out of character advancement, allows more freedom and enhances the sense of adventure. You can't grind and watch the numbers grow. You need to explore and interact with the world in order to acquire new skills, spells and power!