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Steam Next Fest Demo Patch 1

Hey vikings, hope you are having fun with our demo!
You'll have noticed a small patch went out tonight.

Here's the details!

Optimization
  • World streaming optimizations;


🆕 New features
  • Added option to reset settings back to default;



🔧 Fixes
  • Fixed Gamepad navigation when creating trade routes;
  • Fixed blueprint unlocks not looking correctly for clients;
  • Fixed hunters not picking up arrows (this time for real);
  • Fixed an issue where clients would get stuck in the connecting screen when the host would leave at the right moment;
  • Player ghosts now spawn at the correct location for clients.
  • Interactions are now ended on character death.



⚠️ Remember to restart Steam to make sure you're 100% running the latest version of ASKA. Have fun!

Play the ASKA Demo at Steam NextFest2024!

Hey Vikings!

The Steam Next Fest is upon us and ASKA is definitely taking part! Enjoy a full week of tribe survival and carve out your own settlement in a wild and beautiful land, while harnessing the power of smart AI villagers!

Our Community Team will be playing the game to make sure you get a little taste of what true Viking leadership looks like!

Just as a reminder, this is pre-recorded and not live!

[h3]The ASKA demo will allow you to:[/h3]
  • Survive alongside a tribe of smart AI villagers who will do your bidding!
  • Set up production lines, house and defend your people
  • Explore a beautiful and ever-changing procedural world
  • Experience a dynamic weather system like no other.


[h3]LFG?[/h3]
Join our Discord and take part in a wonderful community focused on cooperation! Find fellow tribes builder!

Demo Patch 3

Demo Patch 3 has landed just in time for the weekend Vikings!
Keep all your feedback coming 🙏


Changelog

· Damage balancing;
· Weapons balancing;
· Eat and drink sounds adjustments;
· Map shader adjustments;
· UI adjustments;
· Sled (Vehicle) is now buildable in the Demo version;
· Minor animation adjustments;
· UI adjustments;
· Added Steam rich presence and friends joining;
· Players are no longer randomly thrown 50 meters in the air. Now it's only 6 meters and you are immune to fall damage;
· Items and players now correctly recover if they glitch under the beach;
· Passwords are now remembered correctly;
· Updated some buildings, tools, weapons and creature descriptions.

Demo Patch 2

Hey Vikings!
Hope you're enjoying the demo and your tribes are thriving.
We've been keeping a close eye on the feedback and we're here with another patch with some small but mighty updates.
Keep the feedback coming, we really appreciate it!

Changelog New Features
· Added settings for Chromatic Aberration and Screen Space Reflections
· Added a forced 60 fps limit in main menu to avoid useless power consumption for high end PCs

Fixes
· Fixed Controller Invert Look Axis settings not being localised
· Fixed "Generate seed" button not working
· Fixed a bug causing the Main Menu buttons to disappear after confirming saving a character preset
· Fixed various overflowing localised text in the Settings Menu

Adjustments
· Blood colour adjustments

Demo Patch 1

Vikings, our very first demo patch has just hit our shores!

It addresses several points of feedback that we've been receiving so far such as durability & decay balances.
Check out full notes below!

Thank you all for participating in the demo, you can expect regular patches as we hear from you during the demo.

Changelog

· Balancing on decaying items;
· Balancing on gathering proficiency;
· Balancing on item durability;
· Sound Adjustments;
· Added the option to customize your character from the "New game page" and from the "Join page";
· Fixed German localization;
· Added disconnect reason text for kick
· Hit effects from other players and NPCs are played on clients too

If you haven't already, we encourage you to join our Discord server (here) as we have forums set up for feedback & bug reporting and information on how to share your bug reports with us.

Thank you for all the support and good luck on the rest of your adventure!