workshop stages :: doomsdaybird purple light

This page lists all the Rivals of Aether Steam Workshop Custom Stages I've made so far.
There's a whole lot here. It's been like 7 years! (as of 2026) and Stages have always been my main thing!
No joke, I initially came to Rivals Workshop just to make stages. Stages are my pride and joy!
For the other types of RoA Workshop creations I've made, Go back to the Workshop hub?
My Template and Utility stages are in "Other stuff and community contributions" page, not here.

Pick a stage!

:: Hyuponia's Stages ::

:: Stages I Contributed ::

--What's new?----2026/05/22----(YYYY/MM/DD)--

NEW: The Dark
What if it could get darker? Darker than dark? ...Who's with you in the dark, anyway?

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NEW: Greattree Oasis
Hey hey, finally a timely website update on release!
Hopefully I can keep this up, huh?

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The Stage Page has been realized! Gosh dang, took me long enough to get started. Like, a year or somethin' since this version of website layout got applied?
also, apparently file extensions are case sensitive in neocities. Some of the images werent visible here at first. Watch out!
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As great as our king is, he is pretty lousy at names.
:: The Barrier

My first workshop stage.
As is often the case with these stages, Music was the main driving force for making this stage.
Did you know? ASGORE Arrangement "Bereavement" by Flashygoodness is officially in Undertale soundtrack as a hidden track!

[Steam Workshop link]
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Released 2019/11/15 ::
"barrier" / "the_barrier"

They made an entire universe just to contain Metal Mario
:: Meta Crystal (64 Mix)

I love Metal Mario and Meta Crystal
I've went way beyond on figuring out how the background works that I actually kinda understand why it looks the way it does; it's TWO LAYERS!!
I called it 64 Mix because I wanted to make other versions of Meta Crystal but I never got around to that.

[Steam Workshop link]
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Released 2020/03/04 ::
"meta_crystal_64" / "metacrystal"

Syndrome
:: Unfamiliar Place Again

Boss arena of the character Miru, from Rabi-Ribi.
Kinda wish I could recreate the background wave effect but it seemed a bit too unfeasible with the tools we have in rivals?
One of the reddest RoA stage of all time.
Calmer, less red version is available as a variant.

[Steam Workshop link]
[Calmer Version Workshop link]
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Released 2019/12/24 ::
"unfamilar_place_again"

Live and Let Polygon
:: SSF2 Polygon Zone

A stage from Super Smash Flash 2, I thought the stage looked so cool that I made this stage from scratch within 24 hours after the stage has been announced in the SSF2 update video.
The color changes when a player is KO'd, just like in SSF2!

[Steam Workshop link]
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Released 2020/03/20 ::
"polygon_zone" / "polygonzone"

Drawing architecture is still so difficult!
:: Wintery Loft

A winter-themed stage, featuring characters by various people, both inside and outside the workshop community. Thanks to everyone involved!
After this stage, I planned to make 3 other stages corresponding to each season, but I never got around to that... Oh well.

[Steam Workshop link]
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Released 2020/04/18 ::
"wintery_loft"

Kantonian Skies
:: Poké Floats

I said publicly in places that I would make Poke Floats if stage coding finally comes to workshop. And welp, I made an oath and I saw it through.
A fully functional Poké Floats recreation in Rivals of Aether!
...Well, not FULLY fully functional actually, Pokemon here DOES move like in Melee but doesn't "animate", especially Slowpoke's tail, which is a common complaint.

[Steam Workshop link]
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Released 2020/06/27 ::
"pokefloats"

That's the name you should know!
:: Mt. Dedede Stadium

Stage based on the final showdown against Dedede in Kirby Super Star's Spring Breeze campaign!
Has a challenger name compatibility support.

[Steam Workshop link]
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Released 2020/07/12 ::
"mt_dedede_stadium" / "mtdedede"

Give The Golden Gift
:: Area Lumina

Lumina's home stage.
A remake of an "area" dedicated to Lumina, it is a rather important location to me.
It features two of Lumina's friends in the Aether form. Are they canon? Uhh, to "RoA Lumina", yes, but not to "real" Lumina, if that makes sense.

[Steam Workshop link]
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Released 2020/07/15 ::
"lumina"

GAME PAUSED
:: Nihil Descent

My character N/A's home stage, based on a stage from videogame Pause Ahead by Askiisoft.
Complete with Pause Ahead-esque "pausing" gimmick, which breaks online.
No matter what you do now, I win.
It is either obedience or abandonment,
So I ask again... ___ Who is in control?

[Steam Workshop link]
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Released 2020/09/16 ::
"nihil" / "nihil_descent"

Twilight, I only meant to stay a while
:: Starry Hilltop

A stage made for 1 year anniversary of Acid Rainbows' release.
Another remake of one of my "Areas", it is a rather important location to me.
A fan favorite! And clearly it is my favorite as well, you can see it with how much Starry Hilltop imagery is present in my website.
The visions dancing in my mind
The early dawn, the shades of time
Twilight crawling through my windowpane

[Steam Workshop link]
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Released 2020/10/19 ::
"starry" / "starry_hilltop"

Are you making Cookies or Cement??
:: Mario's Cement Factory

From Game & Watch Gallery 4, Mario's Cement Factory minigame stage!
Yep, minigame stage! You can play a full game mode up in here! My first attempt at one of those
All the things present in the original minigame appears in this stage!

[Steam Workshop link]
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Released 2020/11/06 ::
"cement_factory" / "marios_cement_factory"

Big The Cat is there
:: Twinkle Park

Twinkle Park from Sonic Adventure!
I honestly keep forgetting I made this stage
Made for Spamite to go along for his uh Amy character release
i guess??????

[Steam Workshop link]
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Released 2021/02/16 ::
"twinkle_park"

Outer Ring 3
:: Green Mountain (Classic)

Outer Ring Area 3, Green Mountain.
Home stage of Explorer, this version of Green Mountain takes forme of green mountain of old.
The Green Mountain had changed a while before Manyland eventually shut down, so the memories of this version only persists through old screenshots
Features a bunch of people from there.

[Steam Workshop link]
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Released 2021/09/19 ::
"green_mountain"

[A Ride around Town on our Specil Cungadero]
:: A Ride Around Town

Spamton battle stage from Deltarune, released alongside my friends' version of Spamton custom character!
Features a last stock variant, and a gawd dang rockin' custom remix by BobTheGUYYYYY!
Updated in 2023/05/20 as a DX version, truly a [Deluxe Package Deal] [100% Satisfaction Gurantee!]

[Steam Workshop Hyperlink]
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Released 2021/11/01 ::
"a_ride_around_town"

Far and vast, but obscured
:: MountSide ~ Mist

A part of my An Untitled Story 2-stage pack!
An odd, isolated location in the mountains, lit in the oddly comforting color of the mist.
I've always loved the MountSide theme.

[Steam Workshop link]
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Released 2023/05/25 ::
"aus_mountside"

Covered like curtain, but light peers through
:: The Curtain

A part of my An Untitled Story 2-stage pack!
The Curtain is a location high up in the mountains, shrouded in thick, dark clouds.
You fight a Ninja up here. Who was that guy, anyway?

[Steam Workshop link]
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Released 2023/05/25 ::
"aus_the_curtain"

In this ECLIPSE OF my own curse - I WAKE again
:: Eclipse Over Castle

KHH HA AHAHA - Welcome to the SPLASH MOUNTAIN
Stage based on the secret boss arena in Rivals Workshop's Lukarune gamemode stage!
It features: Aether form with the aforementioned secret boss as the stage hazard, and a dramatic laststock form.
Eclipsed moon over the fading castle. The air crackles with freedom... Your sojourn will not stop here.

[Steam Workshop link]
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Released 2023/05/26 ::
"splashmountain"

BEHOLD THE TOTAL ECLIPSE, ECLIPSE OVER CASTLE
:: IF: Eclipse Over Castle

Stage based on the other stage based on an another stage....? It's gettin' confusing up in here!
New 2025 version of Eclipse Over Castle with two new rotating platforms, and without the fast-moving river in the background.
Eclipsed moon over the crumbling castle. The air crackles with freedom... Your zeitgeist itches for the endless fight.

[Steam Workshop link]
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Released 2025/11/15 ::
"splashmountain-IF"

The faint lights in the sky, malleable.
:: Purple Garden

An original stage, technically taking place in the same world as Starry Hilltop
A garden clad in purple, with echoes of blue.
My personal favorite! It turned out so, so well
Featuring different platform variants with Basic and Aether mode.

[Steam Workshop link]
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Released 2023/09/06 ::
"purplegarden"

See you on the other side
:: Purple Otherside

Upside down, a moment in time
2025 alternative variant of Purple Garden. When in stock mode, the music that plays here is separated into multiple parts so it progresses as the match progresses as well, quite experimental
My final thing before moving from my old home

[Steam Workshop link]
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Released 2025/04/14 ::
"otherside"

Grind rails!!
:: Highskate Downtown

We now enter a brief period where I'm making stages for Rivals 2 Contest characters.
Welcome to the Julesvale downtown! In the middle of the neighbourhood, there is a skatepark bustling with activity!
Skating enthusiasts all around the land of Aether gathers here to practice their skill!
Home stage for Flo, The Sliding Firestarter, character by Lukaru.

[Steam Workshop link]
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Released 2024/10/25 ::
"midtown_skatepark"

Glimpse of worlds
:: Threads of Fate

Here in the civilization of the Weavers, stands The Threads of Fate.
Perhaps they observed the world for eons and eons, here, from this endless web linking everything - Fate.
Was this pyrrhic victory worth it? One brought forth by your own hubris. That too, is such a fate.
This stage is the home stage for Archarid, by Barney, who also programmed the stage's gimmick!
Since this is mostly my original design I kinda wanna remake it my way and call that my own

[Steam Workshop link]
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Released 2024/02/01 ::
"fates_that_dream" / "fate"

Where there is, Is, and where there was, Was
:: Aethereal Spiral

Somewhere involving the Abyss, the very reality seems to be coming undone, consuming everything around! But even in the chaos, your decisive battle must still go on...!
This stage is one of the two home stages for the character Rudra, by spadster.
Concept by WuzzyFuzzy, some programming by spadster!

[Steam Workshop link]
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Released 2024/01/15 ::
"abyssfalling"

Four is all, and harmony of all, Aether
:: Stars of Aether

Skies above the lands of aether, the stars of the elements smiles at you. Duke it out in this magical, glimmering starfield!
This stage is one of the two home stages for the character Rudra, by spadster.
Some of the programming was done by spadster!

[Steam Workshop link]
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Released 2024/01/15 ::
"aetherspace"

Now we have reached the absolute.
:: Surface Fallen

Stage made for Soka/Ambi/Bar's Chara character!
A twisted vision of UNDERTALE's Surface World, where the fallen human is said to have come from... Something has terribly gone wrong. Will you see through to the end of this world?
There is also a laststock variant... Prove your Power.

[Steam Workshop link]
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Released 2024/02/14 ::
"surface_fallen" / "surfacefallen"

Crimson Absorption, Carmine Absolution
:: Red

A stage I speedran making, just to put music I like on it.
One of the another reddest RoA stage of all time.
Very stimulating, it's like a simulated adrenaline rush.

[Steam Workshop link]
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Released 2023/11/02 ::
"red"

\<You are going to be free!\>g to be free!\>
:: 👍︎🕆︎❄︎❄︎✋︎☠︎☝︎💧︎☟︎✌︎👎︎⚐︎🕈︎

the gash weaves down as if you cry

A very, very weird april fools stage. The graphics are experimentally entirely non-pixel art, but it worked out well I think

Thanks to Callie3634 who made the music used, who I didn't ask permission at first but was chill with it
I love the music

[Steam Workshop link]
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Released 2024/04/01 ::
"cuttingshadow" / "shadowcutting"

The time that follows, tracks, yet so fleeting.
:: Snowy Clocktower

Another favorite of mine.
A clock tower built anew in 2021, it stands tall overlooking a snowy city.
Drifting snow from the sky, the dusk of the stars and clouds, and the steady heartbeat of the clock, the time.
I put so much effort in the background scenery but it's like barely visible because the clocktower covers everything, which is a shame cause im quite proud of the background
Special thanks to Southbynorthsouth for creating the original concept.

[Steam Workshop link]
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Released 2024/03/06 ::
"snowy_clocktower"

Out in the shivering wilds...
:: Frozenbreath Ruin

Formerly known as "guys help me out does this crash", I speedran making this stage just to test out a code that was crashing me. Turns out it was a really, really specific case that crashed me in specific, that was interesting
I asked for an idea in Extended Workshop community then just picked the first idea that was given to me, and went from there.
I made a Speedpaint/Timelapse out of the process! Making it only took me a few hours

[Steam Workshop link]
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Released 2025/04/06 ::
"doesitcrash" / "does_this_crash"

Climb the green mountain trail
:: Green Mountain Trail

A stage based on this mysterious Sonic Fangame(?) simply known as Green Mountain.
Has an experimental feature where the entire stage's visuals were properly synched up with the theme used for the stage, Returnal.
even if it hurts me.
even if i can't sleep.
show me the way

[Steam Workshop link]
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Released 2025/04/06 ::
"green_mountain_trail"

Godspeed.
:: Risk of Rain - UES Contact Light

Stage commissioned by Mallow for their character, Commando from Risk of Rain!
I get a lot of praises for this stage, but honestly all the credit goes out to the original environmental artists for Risk of Rain Returns, of which I've based the stage's aesthetic on, though of course I did customly sprite everything.
Has a last stock variant based on how the stage looks in the final phase of Providence!
Mallow also did some extra programming to give it an extra flair. Check it out!

[Steam Workshop link]
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Released 2025/05/15 ::
"riskofrain"

I love Battlefield designs in smash
:: Key of Fate Battlefield

Made as an art trade with NitroAnilin, this is a stage based on a concept for Battlefield equivalent for "FilthyFred: Key of Fate" Mashup Tournament!
Quite proud of this stage. It's been ready for a good long while before release, but it was waiting for the right moment of the tournament project, which NitroAnilin was a part of the team of. Until I asked one day and things started moving again!
Featuring the tracks from the tournament too, check it out!

[Steam Workshop link]
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Released 2025/11/22 ::
"battlefield_keyoffate" / "bf_key"

Beyond unreachable reflections
:: Forest of Mirrors

Stage Commissioned by TwistedHat333! Features character by them as well.
A stage in a forest, covered with the glow of purple and blue.
I made so many concept art for this stage I feel like I've learned a bunch of things! I shalt use this experience to hone my skill.

[Steam Workshop link]
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Released 2025/12/20 ::
"mirror_mirror"

Steel yourself!
:: Kingdom Outskirts

Stage Commissioned and Programmed by JH!
It's Kingdom Outskirts from Rabbit and Steel! I like Rabbit and Steel as well I think it's fun.
Home stage for JH's Heavyblade Rabbit character!
The sky turned out quite well, but I did base it off of how it looks in the key art for the game, so I can't take all the credit there.

[Steam Workshop link]
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Released 2025/12/30 ::
"kingdom_outskirts"

Giant mountain, begone!
:: Less Busy Tempest Peak

I made Tempest Peak bald.
A stage in the base-game of Rivals of Aether, "Tempest Peak" was a stage with notoriously wide and weird platform layout, and also a giant mountain in the middle that really cluttered the view.
With the power of stage skins by the means of base-game file modding, I felt like I could do something about that, so I did
Ain't just a simple edit, I drew some parts all custom! But a lot of it is still unchanged from what the original artist of the stage has made, of course.

[GAMEBANANA link]

Released 2026/04/07 ::

Is budget higher or lower? You decide...
:: Treetop Lodge Retake

I peeled Treetop Lodge.
The stage "Treetop Lodge" in Rivals of Aether was one of the earliest stages in the game, and remaining unchanged to this day, it has really peculiar oddities that sticks out from the rest of the stage list.
One day I was playing on the stage, and i felt it was a bit busy on the eye, and then I just... started sketching.
The entire ground layer is re-drawn customly, along with the big main tree. The color palette is mostly retained though, and the entire background is the same as base-game.

[GAMEBANANA link]

Released 2026/04/12 ::

Let stages be reborn! What??
:: Greattree Oasis

You see it, right? Yep! You saw this just a bit ago. This is Treetop Lodge Retake again! Well, not so fast!
I figured I could just port it over in workshop stage form, but I could do a bit more than that...!
After a bunch of changes and a whooole new background and concept, now the Treetop Lodge has been peeled, unearthed, and put into a whole desert.
It turned out pretty ok, and hey, a great excuse to put more music I like into the game!

[Steam Workshop link]
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Released 2026/05/11 ::
"oasis" / "oasisgreattree"

Wait, who's with me in the dark?
:: The Dark

What if it can get darker than dark, where you start to see things again?
In the primal darkness, untamed by will or imagination or anything, the mother of darkness roam.
A world basked in purest light. Beneath it, grew eternal night.
Inspired by that one abstract scene from DELTARUNE where ralsei was explaining what dark worlds are.
Featuring an experimental Dynamic Music system for the default music track!

[Steam Workshop link]
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Released 2026/05/22 ::
"dark"

:: ???

What stage will I make in the future?
Who knows!

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:: ???

What stage will I make in the future?
Who knows!

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:: ???

What stage will I make in the future?
Who knows!

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:: ???

What stage will I make in the future?
Who knows!

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Don't Blink Or You'll Die
:: SSL: Nemesis

A SSL (Super Smash Land/Super Small Lads) Stage, an original stage set on a rooftop of an urban skyscraper.
Y'know this is actually repurposing a concept I had for a reskin of the base-game stage "Pridemoor Keep", I guess I wanted to try it out here but never ended up doing the original concept.
Aw well, the more I can use the music I intended for, the better! The stage inspired by track "Nemesis" by DBOYD.

[Steam Workshop link]
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Released 2021/10/29 ::
"nemesis"

Did this have to be our punchline?
:: SSL: Karmic Blasphemy

Souls of the world betrayed, staring in disbelief
A part of my 3-SSL-stage "Interstellar Retribution" pack!
A burning civilization, looking over it all is this stage, or is it a creature? Blasphemy befalls all.
I really like the platform layout for this stage, it moves in a triangle pattern and disappears into the ground at one point. I think it's quite unique.

[Steam Workshop link]
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Released 2022/07/18 ::
"karmic_blasphemy"

Don't Blink Or You'll Die part 2
:: SSL: Interstellar Retribution

Your heart led to the sight of two stars aligning
A part of my 3-SSL-stage "Interstellar Retribution" pack!
"Final Destination" inspired stage, with no platform and ridiculous exaggerated background. I think it's quite cool but it's so busy and cluttered that no one wants to play on it. Oh well, the price of fancy, I suppose.
My stages are usually inspired by the music that plays on the stage, but very especially the stages in this pack. It's the stage's namesake and everything!

[Steam Workshop link]
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Released 2022/07/18 ::
"interstellar"

Decisive fight under the darkened skies
:: SSL: Karmic Retribution

Duelling two, or maybe one, set their blades at last
A part of my 3-SSL-stage "Interstellar Retribution" pack!
My favorite SSL stage, looks quite cool, has cool music, and has unique platform movement - So much so that I'd just play on it with normal characters! It just works.
I think the inspirations for this stage seems pretty obvious, but is different enough that it stands on its own! Well, I hope atleast.

[Steam Workshop link]
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Released 2022/07/18 ::
"karmic_retribution"

Don't Blink Or You'll Die part 3
:: SSL: Wasteland

Made for the SSL "Reaper's Warning: Dot-Matrix Deathmatch" pack!
A twisted reality where monsters roam and prey on the world.
...Our SSL pack came so late in the SSL resurgence that everyone had kinda already stopped playing SSL by that point. Some people are still vehemently (and unhealthily) advocating for only playing on SSL, but like. I dunno we can coexist, we don't have to fight eachother. But it is still quite sad that we've gotten overlooked like this. Welp, such is the cycle of trends.

[Steam Workshop link]
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Released 2024/06/22 ::
"wasteland"

3504358511

I love the ominous nature of The Subspace
:: Save Point

A stage based off of a part of the Super Smash Bros Brawl's Subspace Emissary.
Such an odd area within The Great Maze, it's so easy to overlook it but I've always had a fascination with this place.
I was feeling tired when I made this, apparently. You could call this a vent art
*ominous brawl theme noises*

[Steam Workshop link]
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Released 2020/06/03 ::
"save_point"

I've just been in this place before
:: RC: Starry

A drift race at Hoshizora Touge!
This is a stage I made for Rivals RC minigame stage standard! The track layout based loosely on Autumn Ring from Gran Turismo series, this is a gimmick-free, no-nonsense test of your driving skills!
Clearly taking place nearby Starry Hilltop, makes you wonder how far the the world of Starry Hilltop extends.

[Steam Workshop link]
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Released 2021/10/27 ::
"starry_rc"

Spinning it out at the speed of sound
:: Beyblade Arena

Let's Beyblade! Beyblade Beyblade let it rip
I've only known about the Japanese catchphrase which is Go Shoot but then Beyblade just straight up has "let it rip" in the theme song, I guess that's mighty convenient huh

It has a last stock variant for some reason.

[Steam Workshop link]
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Released 2023/08/09 ::
"bb" / "beyblade_arena"

Heavy Rain
:: Outer Wall Downpour

Outside Fire Capitol's walls, the patrol path is under heavy rain, downpour.
I whipped up this stage in like 2 hours just to use it in Usher's trailer!!! It's not even her home stage!!!
On the other hand, I did make a Speedpaint/Timelapse of it. Check it out!
Not my best work, but it serves the purpose. If you're curious about my process this can be cool, but I'd say Frozenbreath Ruin's timelapse is much better of a reference

[Steam Workshop link]
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Released 2024/07/27 ::
"heavyrain"

:: Contributed ::

[Steam Workshop link]

U-u-u-uno!
:: Uno

Stage by Lukaru

Fully functional Uno! It came free with your copy of Rivals of Aether
I did a bunch of card sprites, including the menu one.
I'm also responsible for adding the Luigi Casino music to the Shop. You're welcome

Released 2021/07/23 ::

[Steam Workshop link]

Voidsent Postmortem
:: Lukarune

Stage by Lukarune Team

A playable deltarune-style RPG within Rivals of Aether.
I made a LOT of assets for this through a long dang time. I carried the overworld map making.
The game's kind of tainted now with the presence of cancelled people. Guess that's the caveat of "game made with a friend group and features the friends themselves."
Though I do still have a bit of a soft spot for Lukarune, given I was present as a character as well, and I could achieve one of my dreams to be a Deltarune Secret Boss. Is that worth the caveat to play through this game today, though? I have no idea. You be the judge of that.
If you do play Lukarune, though, then please find the mask for me. Look around after fighting a bunch of ink.

Released 2022/02/20 ::

[Steam Workshop link]

Abyssal Postmortem
:: Adventure Mode API: Hallowflame

Stage by
Adventure Mode Hallowflame Team

I was a late addition to the team. I made a lot of concept art, which, together with Batit's wonderful spritework for my concepts, got scrapped.
Me and Batit did get something in though, and it's the final boss arena.
Be a part of something big, and you may come out finding yourself disappointed.
All that, and no one's been brave enough to dive in to making anything with this complicated API anyway.

Released 2021/10/23 ::

Rykenburn's Last Stand
:: Ridden Aqueduct

Stage by Batit

Boss arena from Hallowflame, where you fight Rykenburn who's tapped into the power of Abyss.
I made the concept art for this stage, which Batit beautifully realized it into pixel art.
Took me a while but I eventually asked the team and I was able to salvage it into a standalone stage.

[Steam Workshop link]

Released 2022/12/31 ::

[Steam Workshop link]

Welcome to the Brook Bazaar
:: Rivals Rogue

Stage by
DinoBros and CircleGuy/tdude

One of the most ambitious project for Rivals of Aether, it's a PVP Roguelike gamemode in form of a stage!
I offered to do the stage art, of course it's a replayable experience so I made a bunch of different variants that it can cycle through. Maybe it's a bit too surreal, but I think it gives it a bit of a unique identity, it's kind of like a hologram.
Gamemode is fun! Especially with people. Highly recommended!

Released 2025/08/26 ::

Atop a fast food chain
:: SLU Campus

Stage by JH

Home Stage for JH's character Alexis, a college campus surrounded by far mountains.
I made the background town layer!

[Steam Workshop link]

Released 2025/08/06 ::

Oh wow! It's the bottom of the page for real.
Thank you for checking out everything!