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THIS CAME FROM GOD!
5 MONTHS AGO I HAD NO IDEA HOW TO CODE AND NOW A DREAM CAME TRUE THROUGH MEDITATION, AND GUIDANCE! I AM NADIIE BLACK!

[INTRODUCTION]
'The Ethers' is an arcade style spiritual mobile game that's original, challenging and most importantly....fun. There isn't a single game like this on the market, so that helps a lot due to the mobile gaming industry being over saturated with similar style games. The games concept and code was and is solely created by me and me alone, so I'm new to this gaming world, but I have knowledge of industries for I'm a musician, and have been in the music industry for years. Me (NADIIE BLACK) having over 20 albums assist me with the musical aspect of games and having that ear for good music, as well as being business minded.

Below I'll link 'The Ethers' Instagram page for you to see directly some promotion for the game as well as gameplay, so you can innerstand how special this game is.

INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/0the_ethers0?igsh=MXRpZDNnbXd5anVpYw==

LINKTREE: https://linktr.ee/NadiieBlack

[STATE OF OUR GAME]
Currently the game is in closed testing due to me being a new Google Play developer. I've had a successful Alpha and Beta test for this game, but when I officially created the Google Play Developer account I was forced to do an official Google closed test for 14 days straight with 12 testers. I immediately got the testers from my previous two personal tests, and now I'm just promoting until the Google closed test is over then the game will be released End Of January. The game is out on Amazon app store though!

[STORY]
The games overall story is; there's a Forrest called "The Forrest Of Ether" and in this Forrest all is eternal. Similar to the biblical story of Eden, but more akin to an entire spirit realm where beings who have "vibrated high enough" go. In this Forrest there is a Monk who decided to follow a prophecy that's known in certain parts of this vast Forrest of a place called
"The Center Of The Forrest". Many know of this prophecy but disregard for some say the fact that their souls made it to
'The Forrest Of Ether' then they'll be fine without following the prophecy (the dark), and then you have some who dedicates their new found life in 'The Forrest Of Ether' to walking the path of the prophecy (the light).

The story then goes on to this monk
(the player) Discovering the location of
'The Center Of The Forrest' isn't a physical location but a state of being and when that state of being, state of mind is registered within the soul by meditation, realization and truth, then the Forrest itself creates 'The Center Of The Forrest' around the soul who became simply "Enlightened". Once this happened the "Dark" and "Light" found out, and now they're both heading towards to monk. The light to transmute the dark and the dark to break the concentration of the Monk so
'The Center Of The Forrest' dematerializes itself.

[GAMEPLAY]
'The Ethers' is a simple game to learn, hard game to master. Psychologically this game brings comfort to all active users who play the game due to;

1. The game being vertical, so all players don't have to twist their phone, they use the orientation that they are the most comfortable with.

2. The gameplay involves tapping. Each "enemy" requires one tap aside from one which requires two taps. This is intentional for the masses use social media which involves tapping all day already, so tapping the screen is something most of the world already does when they use their phone especially when using social media, then on top of that the one "enemy" that requires two taps is intentional due to the universal way people "like" posts....the double tap. This game will bring comfort to people and entertainment for now they can use the fundamental rule of a phone, which is tapping in a way where there's a fun that comes out of it.

3. The game has High scores. Since it's an Arcade game, the high score aspect brings a level of competition like all other arcade games. This sparks sharing of the game more, like when Flappy Bird was at its height, people will promote themselves by sharing the game to see if people can beat their high score. The reason the high scores are important for this game and like Flappy Bird is what both of our games share is simplicity at the first impression but when you play the game it's challenging so then you have the golden saying which is "how can a game that looks this simple be this hard"? That saying is what will drive people to the game to "see for themselves" thus a phenomenon is born in our First game 'The Ethers'

4. The game is spiritually driven it's rated E for everyone, and there is a reason and intention for even the smallest aspects of this game. For example the number of lives you cap at is 9. For in spirituality the number 9 symbolizes much. This can go on forever. It took me 3 months to make the game and I made sure to incorporate all of my spiritual knowledge. This game respects all cultures, all religions, and all perspectives.

I have a social media page where I teach all my spiritual teachings to my 7000+ followers and many of them have been waiting for a spiritual game through and through, that still is fun. This is a major reason why this game is successful. It's successful because it's Spiritual Mastery in game format. I didn't make this game purely for a childhood dream. I made it because in God, there are an infinite amount of ways to teach of the beyond. Gaming is one of them. This game subtly teaches. Not overt. It just re conditions the subconscious to be more of peace.

For example, there are no offensive or defensive terms in the game, there is no terms like "enemies defeated" in the game. We use terminology like "transmuted darkness", see the Instagram post to know what I speak of when I say every piece of code has intention, and every visible aspect of this game has intention, oh it does. For in spirituality when something is transmuted it isn't dead, it's what humans would consider "saved", so all of the "enemies" you defeat aren't "enemies" and aren't being "defeated", the "dark" in the game is not being "defeated", it's being "transmuted", it's being "saved". That is why on a spiritual level this game is rated E for everyone, for this game doesn't incite violence on ANY level, I.E. spiritual mastery in game format!

[CONCLUSION]
'The Ethers' is an arcade style spiritual mobile game that will be releasing on Google Play end of January, and iOS later. The game is fun, challenging and spiritual. Many people and supporters I've spoken with have been waiting for a spiritual game that's fun, and beneficial for kids and adults. I also have many updates that are planned once funds are received, for I use ad mobs banner ads for monetization, and the updates I have in mind are AMAZING! Though that is, the updates aren't for gameplay, for the game is done. I'm not one who makes half way games then updates them later, the game itself is done and the updates are purely cosmetic.

May you please assist me with sharing
'The Ethers' for the world?

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GOD