Ascent of Ashes News

Hey Survivors,

Some good news, some bad news and an optimistic future.

1) First. We're super excited for Steam Next Fest.

Demo is dropping! Here's what you can expect to be able to try out:

• Language selection: English, Spanish, French, German, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Korean
  
• Brief tutorial
  
• Basic base building
  
• Multi-level base building
  
• Basic work management
  
• Basic needs management
  
• Basic combat via Expeditions
  
• Defensive building
  
• Armor loot for character customization
  
• Lore surprise at the end. Keep building up your base. You'll need it ;)
  

2) Second, we have been having some major issues with Unity. We have been working with Unity and the DOTS API since the beginning of development. Issues with bugs in the API have caused a lot of delays on our end to create and polish new features at the velocity we had originally intended.

You may even see some of these bugs and crashes in the demo, unfortunately. We apologize and are working tirelessly to optimize and fix ongoing issues caused by the Unity engine and DOTS

Add in the most recent news of Unity changing pricing and our feature delays have deepened as we now consider our options for an engine port.

That said, we want to assure players that we're committed to an on-time Early Access release November 15th. And we're already hard at work shipping additional features for Day 1. In addition to a deep roadmap of future milestone targets.

Read more here:
https://vivid-storm.com/unity-troubles/

3) Third. Despite the setbacks, the Early Access roadmap is still on track here's what we're planning:

Early Access Release Date, Nov 15th:

• Inventory Management
  
• Crafting
  
• Electricity
  
• Hunting
  
• Advanced Needs Management
  
• Ammo
  
• Towns
  
• Voice lines
  

Milestone #1:

• Advanced combat and combat mechanics
  
• Farming
  
• Overworld exploration infrastructure
  
• Vehicles
  
• Story and Factions
  
• Ongoing polish, bug, crash and balance fixing/optimization
  

Hey Survivors,

As we gear up for Next Fest, we wanted to drop a note about what you can expect for the Early Access release Nov 15th. We'll be announcing a more definitive content roadmap with both Early Access expectations and what you can look forward to for first milestones.

In addition to what's available in the demo dropping Oct 9th, here's a quick rundown of what you can expect from Day 1 at time of Early Access release:

• Inventory Management
  
• Crafting
  
• Electricity
  
• Hunting
  
• Advanced Needs Management
  
• Ammo
  
• Towns
  
• Voice lines
  

We're heads down for the next 5 weeks, making sure the new and existing features are in great shape. We're optimizing performance. We're bashing tons of bugs and crashes from previous builds.

All in all, we're extremely excited to be bringing the best player experience we can to the Early Access release and beyond.

Till then, we're excited to share the demo with the player community Monday morning!

Hey Survivors!

We'll be broadcasting the Ascent of Ashes gameplay stream during Steam Next Fest starting

Oct 9th 6pm EST, 3pm PST.

Come check out colony sim Youtuber, Adam Vs Everything, run through the demo.

And definitely grab the demo yourself to give it a try on the Steam store page starting October 9th 1pm EST, 10am PST when Next Fest goes live!

Keep in mind, this is a 45min - 1hr basic core gameplay experience. We have more content dropping come November 15th Early Access release. And a huge feature roadmap that we're excited to tackle for early milestones. So enjoy some of the basic infrastructure of the game today!

Demo features include:

• Brief tutorial
  
• Basic base building
  
• Multi-level base building
  
• Basic work management
  
• Basic needs management
  
• Basic combat via Expeditions
  
• Defensive building
  
• Lore surprise at the end. Keep building up your base. You'll need it ;)
  
  

year after its first announcement, colony sim Ascent of Ashes will be ready to release into Early Access on November 15, 2023. Ascent of Ashes is made by a team of former RimWorld modders, the people behind the popular Combat Extended, and takes place on a far-off alien planet after society there collapses in military conflict. Ascent of Ashes will have a demo available before launch as part of Steam Next Fest from October 9-16 2023...
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Hey Survivors,

First:

We have an Early Access Release Date!

November 15, 2023.

Mark your calendars!

Here's a trailer showcasing what to expect:

[previewyoutube][/previewyoutube]

Second:

We'll be participating in the upcoming October Steam Next Fest!



Finally players can get their hands on a demo to preview the game. We're limiting gameplay to 45min - 1hr of content with a tutorial and few surprises. So expect a ton of announcements and updates in the coming weeks leading up to Early Access release. Lot's of features on the roadmap for day-of EA release. Lot's more will be announced for the first, 2nd and many more milestones!

Till then... keep surviving!