Ascension Release!

Posted by caklassen on

I must say, I never thought I’d be writing this post.

Exactly one year after we released that initial demo, the full version of Ascension is available for public consumption! It comes at the low, low price of absolutely free, and we really hope you enjoy it! If you don’t, that’s perfectly fine too. We won’t be too upset :)

http://www.mediafire.com/?uxdaq7x2jeurbus

Let us know your thoughts on the game! I’ll see you all in a year when I’m brave enough to return to the internet.

-Klassic

35 Responses to Ascension Release!

    • A known bug, sadly! I’m working on fixing it ASAP. Hopefully before too many more people run into it, as it seems somewhat common.

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    • Seems like a problem to due with Game Maker’s surfaces. The most likely problem is that your computer is too old or your drivers are outdated. Let me know if neither of those are the case :)

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  3. Really enjoying the game so far. My biggest quarrel, and I think it’s been mentioned before, is the lack of a map. I’m not really that far in and already I’m getting lost in the Cold Storage section.

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  4. Okay one more minor gripe: The text sometimes leaves the screen faster than I can read it, perhaps give control to the player as to how fast the text goes off the screen. I know there’s a way to skip it, how about a way to keep it on screen until I’m done reading?

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  5. So the more I play the more little buggers I find. This one has spoilers though, so please don’t read unless you’re a dev or have made it a little ways in the game… Okay, after you find Viola and the room caves in between you and her, and you need to find a way to get to her, I died in the Maintenance Electric room, and it started me on the other side of the cave in, the side Viola was already on…

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    • It might be a little late to reply, but there are two possible endings, not including the embarassing glitched ending that one LPer stumbled on.

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  8. I’m running into a bug where if you pick up a battery and then you die, you will have the level of battery you had at the point you load up, but the battery will no longer be where you picked it up so you have no power and no battery to retrieve anymore.

    Intended?

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    • I’m not sure what would be causing a bug in that situation, but how it works (to reveal a couple small mechanics) is that when you die everything you picked up and used will not restore. But your battery power shouldn’t be reverting, it’ll just stay the same as just before you died :)

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    • Not natively no, but I believe there are a handful of programs that you can set up for that purpose. The game does use a fair amount of buttons though, so I’m not sure if you’ll be able to map everything to buttons.

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  11. Just played this game after seeing it plugged on Indiegames. It had a few bugs (though that may have been more the fault of my computer than the game), but I really enjoyed it. The graphics, story, music and SFX all came together to invest me in the game. Thank you very much for making it!

    On a side note, I was thinking about why child characters are so often seen as annoying. In Ascension’s case, I cared about Viola, but her whining did get on my nerves a bit (mainly when I kept falling in the pit at the end and had to replay the same section multiple times). I think the problem is that child characters are always needy – that is intentional, of course, but I think that if they had a positive effect to the game, they would not be seen so negatively. A ‘positive’ effect could be gameplay oriented, such as making the game easier in some way or adding a new ability for the player. In a survival horror game, that might not be appropriate though! But even a few positive words, a “You can do it, Dad” or a courageous attitude at a critical point in the game could go a long way.

    blah blah blah blah.

    But all that really matters is that you guys made a great game, and I need to play the rest of your stuff.

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    • Thank you for playing! With regards to child characters, I agree wholeheartedly that Viola’s character suffers a bit from being needy and I won’t pretend that we wrote her perfectly ;)

      I’m going to discuss this a bit in future posts so I won’t get fully into it here, but I definitely agree with you. Appreciate the thought out response!

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  13. Wow. I just finished the game. It was a great gaming experience, but left me quite depressed. I really liked the father-kid relationship built into infested building escape situation, even though the ending was incredibly sad. Gameplay was really good, except for me being angered by losing orientation sense when I died and reappeared in toilet instead of nearer point. But that’s just a detail, overall I say thumbs up. This is evidence how such simple story can be still strong and catching.

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    • Thank you so much for playing! I’m glad you enjoyed it; it’s hard to predict how people will react to a horror game like this. Things that terrify some people frustrate others! We did our best to make it work for as many people as possible :)

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  14. While i’m a huge fun of horror games ( even though that I am a coward ), when I saw the “Free Bundle” I was curious what kind of games I will find. Ascention was right on my eyesight when I understood that it was a horror\psychological game. After finishing the game I have to admit that I had alot of fun and a few scaries ( thanks to the red big monster ). The game is really good unfortunatly that the game is very short and at the ending a couple of questions have been left ( like : how did the monsters were created ( with the assumpion that it was because of the chimical things that were placed where the food storage is ), why did Atticus had these illusions, how no one even cared about the chimicals near the food storage, how did the big red monster was created in which he can’t be killed while the other mosters could be killed and did the last scene was about Atticus going to heaven or just a last image that he may have dreamed before his death. Still the game is great I would have even bought it for 1$-5$ if I knew what kind of experience is to play this game. I hope to see more games like Ascension and more imporantly thank you for making this game and making it free.

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    • I’m glad you enjoyed the game :)

      We left a lot of the plot open to interpretation. There IS an answer to everything, but more accurately there are multiple answers to everything. It’s nice to hear what you and others think happened!

      -Chris

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  15. I have the nonexisting surface loading problem! My computer is from 2006 but my graphics card is JESUS! And the free bundle site says it can run on a netbook, so is there something I did wrong or is this a bug

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  17. The game is great. I liked lone survivor and your game is better I think. Shorter though. The only detail that bugged me is that I did not understand how to use my medkit. Great work!

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  18. Trully masterpiece!
    Not even every BIG game can handle such a interesting and tragic story. Because of that story you are immersed in the world of this game and feel not only the characters but also the world around the main character, and that is the greatest feeling that the player can feel.
    Also, could you please write the title of the Ascension soundtrack? This music is awesome!
    P.S. Sorry for my bad english)

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