Hey everyone, Lee here from Capps-Studios. If you are landing on this page after seeing our recent gameplay showcases or vertical Shorts over on YouTube—welcome aboard the CAPPS! [^0.1.9] It has been absolutely incredible seeing fresh faces checking out the project over the last 24 hours. Atomic & Astra: The Ninth Horizon is a massive labor of love built natively in the Godot Engine [^0.1.9]. This 1-hour playable alpha preview is our foundational vertical slice, focused entirely on our first persistent world: Aurelia [^0.1.9].

🎮 What You Can Play Right Now

When you download the Windows or Linux build today, you can dive straight into the mechanics you saw in the videos [^0.1.9]: • Starship Operations: Walk the interior of the CAPPS cabin and execute our loading-screen-free atmospheric entry sequence [^0.1.9]. • The Survival Loop: Test the 3-strike resource harvesting rule with your field axe and build defensive campfires [^0.1.9]. • Companion UI & Taming: Meet the native Echo Hound and preview the ship’s egg incubation nursery menu [^0.1.9]. • Narrative Quests: Play through early-stage story content like “The Sleeping Signal” and interact with the Bloomara native population in Dawnreach [^0.1.9].

🛑 Important Note on This Build

Please remember this is an early production preview [^0.1.9]. While the core coding loop is locked down, elements like remote settlements, audio mixing, full character animations, and deep performance optimizations are continuously being worked on [^0.1.9].

🚀 Help Us Reach Our Next Milestone

Right now, our immediate focus is raising the US$100 Steam Direct platform onboarding fee so we can set up our official “Coming Soon” store presence [^0.1.9]. If you download the game via the “Name Your Own Price” option, any donation you choose to leave goes 100% directly toward covering this entry fee [^0.1.9]. If you can’t donate, don’t worry at all! Playing the build, leaving a comment below with your feedback, or sharing the project link is completely free and helps us just as much [^0.1.9]. Thank you so much for the early support. Drop a comment below to let me know what you think of the survival loop or companion menus! See you on the horizon, Lee Evans / Capps-Studios

🚀🔥 Absolutely fantastic feedback, and thank you so much for taking the time to share it! 💙

You’ve hit on something we’ve been passionate about from the beginning — the journey itself should feel like an adventure, not just a transition between scenes! 🌌🛸

Walking through the CAPPS spacecraft, experiencing that atmospheric descent and finally stepping onto Aurelia is one of the moments we really want players to remember.

And you’re absolutely right about making that our opening hook! A short GIF showcasing the sequence is a brilliant suggestion, and we’ll be looking at bringing that moment front and centre as we prepare for Steam. 🎬🔥

But here’s where things get even more exciting…

Aurelia is undergoing our biggest expansion yet! 👽🌍 We’re developing deeper alien ecosystems, companion bonding, enormous adventures, cinematic discoveries, nighttime survival and a whole lot more!

We’re determined to make this first planet something truly special before moving beyond it.

The Steam Direct milestone is just one step in a much bigger journey, and genuine feedback like yours is exactly what makes sharing our development worthwhile.

Thank you for being part of the adventure this early! 💙🚀

The stars were never the limit… they were only the beginning! 🌌🔥

— CAPPS Studios