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1	[[quoteright:280:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Aether_screen_shot_McMillen_Glaiel_8261.jpg]]
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3	->''Venture into space! Exploring distant planets and solving their puzzles to change the way the world views you, become a hero!''
4	--->-'''Creator/EdmundMcMillen'''
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6	So says the description of Aether. Aether is a video game designed by Creator/EdmundMcMillen and Tyler Glaiel and published by website Armor Games. Released on September 3, 2008, it can be played for free online or downloaded for offline play. Players control a HeroicMime boy and an octopus-squid-alien-EldritchAbomination-thingy that the boy encounters on his travels, solving puzzles and the friendly (and not-so-friendly) inhabitants of different planets to restore them from monochrome to color. The two travel through space by swinging on clouds and asteroids with the monster's huge tongue.
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8	It can be played [[http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/459147 here]].
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10	As of August 31, 2012, a remastered edition has been released in The Basement Collection, along with a few of Edmund's other old games.
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13	!!This game provides examples of:
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15	%%* ABoyAndHisX: A boy and his...weird...octopus...thing. %% Add more context to describe their relationship and what effect it has on them. %%
16	* BabyPlanet: It takes about 12 seconds to traverse the circumference of most of the planets. The moons are even smaller.
17	* BeautifulVoid: 95% of the game world is asteroids and clouds. The other 5% is populated with creatures that are only really concerned with their own problems.
18	* BatmanCanBreatheInSpace: The boy and the creature can survive in the vacuum of space just fine.
19	* DeliberatelyMonochrome: Until you start solving the planets' problems.
20	* EasterEgg: There are little moons near most, if not all the planets. Sometimes they have [=NPCs=].
21	%%* GainaxEnding: Goodbye, Earth!
22	%%* HopeSpot: the ending.
23	* GeniusLoci: The planets and moons all have faces.
24	%%* OurMonstersAreDifferent: The friendly octopus.
25	%%* OverlyLongTongue: Your main method of transportation.

Context VideoGame / Aether