★ Coming to Kickstarter · August 2026 Lead dev caught rolling new stats at 3am · again Bards remain officially the most-rolled class The studio blob has a name. It's Glerb. Sound design dept: one (1) guy humming Nat 1 on stealth check — still shipped Office runs on 88% pizza, 12% spite We tested the consent tools by hugging it out DM cried during the campaign finale (again) QA team: "That's not a feature, that's a feat" ★ Coming to Kickstarter · August 2026 Lead dev caught rolling new stats at 3am · again Bards remain officially the most-rolled class The studio blob has a name. It's Glerb. Sound design dept: one (1) guy humming Nat 1 on stealth check — still shipped Office runs on 88% pizza, 12% spite We tested the consent tools by hugging it out DM cried during the campaign finale (again) QA team: "That's not a feature, that's a feat"
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Build Weird. Build Bold. Build Worlds.

We're Aetherian Studios — a tiny crew making strange, sharp software for tabletops, taverns, and the chronically curious. First up: Guildstew. A virtual tabletop that grew teeth.

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// 01 — ABOUT

Who is Aetherian Studios?

A game should feel like someone cared too much.

Aetherian Studios is an independent software studio building tools and games for the misfits, the makers, and the chronically curious. We don't ship features — we make worlds.

Born from a long list of "wait, what if we just…" conversations, we're tiny on purpose. Small enough to take risks. Sharp enough to land them.

Right now we're heads-down on Guildstew, the TTRPG platform we wished existed when we sat down at our first table.

// the studio rules

  1. Stay small. Stay weird. Big enough to build worlds. Small enough to still give a damn.
  2. Players are people. Not wallets. Not metrics. Not “users.” People.
  3. Make things with teeth. Pretty is nice. Memorable is better.
  4. Lore matters. If the world feels empty, the mechanics won't save it.
  5. No soul tax. We don't squeeze players for every coin they have. That's boring villain behavior.
  6. Fun first. Always. If it feels like homework, something has gone horribly wrong.
  7. Build what we'd play. Then make it good enough to share.
SIGNED — THE CREW
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// 02 — PROJECTS

What we're brewing

▸ NOW IN DEVELOPMENT

GUILDSTEW

A virtual tabletop that grew teeth. Combat engine, four native character creators, a real homebrew studio, a creator marketplace, and a streaming overlay — one platform, the whole game.

Web App Kickstarter · August 2026 Launching with D&D 5E + PF2E System Agnostic
  • Immersive character creators that teach you to play as you go
  • Lore tools: language system, Thieves' Cant cyphers, and more
  • Mörk Borg · CY_BORG · Kids on Bikes · Blades in the Dark coming next
  • Full combat engine with inventory, loot & level-up baked in
  • The Brewery: build races, classes, spells, monsters — code-mod the system itself
  • The Tavern: tier-scaled creator revenue, OBS streaming & consent tools
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Other Experiments

// MAP TOOL
Cartographer · partnering with Guildstew

Forager

A map-making companion built for worldbuilders and GMs. Plant pins, draw regions, hand the world straight to your Guildstew table.

Before the End of Me // IN DEVELOPMENT
Choose-your-own narrative RPG

Before the End of Me

A storytelling roleplaying game with village management. Branching choices, lives lived, villages remembered.

Aetheneum // IN TESTING
High-fantasy political TTRPG

Aetheneum

Crowns, alliances, betrayals. A high-fantasy political TTRPG where the bigger plays happen between sessions.

// 03 — CONTACT

Say hello, weirdo.

Pitch us
something
strange.

Kickstarter backer. Creator partner. Press. Investor. Person who just wants to send us a weird email at 2am — we read all of it.

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