

Aeternum
Creaky Lantern Games · 2017 · Action, Indie, Bullet Hell, Shoot 'Em Up, Anime
PC
Positive94% · 16 📉 Recent reviews down 73%
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About Aeternum
✦ AI summary
Guide Ellica through a magical academy mystery by dodging bullet-hell barrages fired by eccentric enemies and intricate boss patterns across five story stages. A fresh take on classic bullet-hell SHMUPs with an original cast and setting, complete with multiple difficulty levels and bonus modes like Pacifist and Arrange for hardcore fans.
Ellica is a Demonic Magic Studies student at one of the most prestigious schools in the realm, Aeternum Academy. But her schoolwork has to take a back seat one day when she discovers her best friend Macy is missing!
Help Ellica brave the crazed groundskeeper, an overzealous hall monitor and waves upon waves of wayward flying cats in the adventure of a lifetime… or maybe just the adventure of this week.
Aeternum is a side-scrolling "danmaku" (aka. bullet hell) SHMUP where you must guide the main character through waves of enemies firing masses of bullets at you, and face off against boss characters featuring intricately scripted patterns of bullets.
The game and aesthetics were heavily inspired by the likes of other shmups like Deathsmiles and the Touhou Project series, but with an all original cast, story and setting there's plenty of brand new SHMUP fun to enjoy.
Play Story Mode, where you help Ellica attempt to unravel the mystery of a rash of disappearances of students from Aeternum Academy, including her best friend Macy. Or, turn off the dialogue and just enjoy dodging bullets!
Once you've mastered that, take on Arrange mode for a more advanced scoring experience, or try Pacifist Mode where you can't even shoot back!
Aeternum features five stages, and 8 full boss fights, as well as five difficulty levels all the way from Easy up to Lunatic, which is definitely not for the inexperienced!

The Aeternum soundtrack features seventeen tracks of entirely new chip-pop synth music by long time video game remix scenester Jesse Bishop. Sure to get your heart pounding as you dodge!
Full OST download is included as free DLC with the game!
The Aeternum team is:
Help Ellica brave the crazed groundskeeper, an overzealous hall monitor and waves upon waves of wayward flying cats in the adventure of a lifetime… or maybe just the adventure of this week.
Aeternum is a side-scrolling "danmaku" (aka. bullet hell) SHMUP where you must guide the main character through waves of enemies firing masses of bullets at you, and face off against boss characters featuring intricately scripted patterns of bullets.The game and aesthetics were heavily inspired by the likes of other shmups like Deathsmiles and the Touhou Project series, but with an all original cast, story and setting there's plenty of brand new SHMUP fun to enjoy.
Play Story Mode, where you help Ellica attempt to unravel the mystery of a rash of disappearances of students from Aeternum Academy, including her best friend Macy. Or, turn off the dialogue and just enjoy dodging bullets!
Once you've mastered that, take on Arrange mode for a more advanced scoring experience, or try Pacifist Mode where you can't even shoot back!
Aeternum features five stages, and 8 full boss fights, as well as five difficulty levels all the way from Easy up to Lunatic, which is definitely not for the inexperienced!

The Aeternum soundtrack features seventeen tracks of entirely new chip-pop synth music by long time video game remix scenester Jesse Bishop. Sure to get your heart pounding as you dodge!Full OST download is included as free DLC with the game!
The Aeternum team is:- Brooks Bishop: Design, development, programming, art and scripting.
- Nate Graves: Dialogue and scenario development
- Jesse Bishop: Music
What Steam players say
Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.
Guys, help out, my wife said if there are 300 thumbs up and 50 awards, then she will buy me a new PC and a case of beer is NOT a SCAM!!!!!10 found this helpful
I am 32 years old. My ex-wife and I have a daughter together, and we adopted our son together. Both are now 4 years old. When we were going through our separation, I felt lost and unhappy. I was self-destructive. One day, I was so angry with everything spiraling out of control that I punched a concrete wall in a moment of overwhelming emotion. This resulted in breaking my fifth metacarpal in my right hand—the hand I worked with, played games with, and used to carry my children to bed—the hand I desperately needed to ensure I could continue providing. Upon learning the severity of the self-inflicted damage, I became almost suicidal. Keep in mind that just a few months before this, I was the happiest man, with no history of depression or anxiety. I had never experienced anger outbursts, nor was I the type to break down and cry, but I was in a tough situation that truly prevented me from seeing the light on the other side. With nothing better to do, I looked for a game I could play WITH ONE HAND while recovering. Somehow, I stumbled upon this game and read some of the comments. I decided it was worth a try... I must admit I didn't beat the game, nor did I play as much as some of y…4 found this helpful
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Aeternum, developed and published by Creaky Lantern Games, is a compact but spirited entry in the bullet hell shooter genre that leans into fast reflexes, dense projectile patterns, and a distinctly playful tone. It clearly draws inspiration from classic shoot ’em ups, yet wraps that familiar structure in a quirky setting and a light narrative framework that gives it a personality of its own. While it does not attempt to redefine the genre, it focuses on delivering a tightly designed experience that emphasizes skill, precision, and replayability. The game follows Ellica, a student at the unusual Aeternum Academy, a place where magic and technology coexist in a whimsical, slightly surreal environment. What begins as a relatively ordinary school setting quickly shifts into something stranger when a fellow student disappears, prompting Ellica to confront a series of increasingly chaotic encounters. The story unfolds through short dialogue segments between stages, and while it never becomes the main focus, it adds context and charm to the action. The tone is often light and eccentric, with odd creatures and humorous elements that contrast nicely with the intensity of the gameplay. At…
Wapanese crap bullet hell, not for me definitely.
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