Demo Update - March 21, 2025

[h3]Hello, Ascenders![/h3]

Thanks to your valuable feedback, we have identified many areas for improvement and have prepared a patch with several enhancements to provide a more stable and smoother experience.

The key fixes and improvements included in the March 21 update are as follows.


[h3]⚪ Quality of Life Improvements[/h3]

• The lobby UI now supports keyboard interaction.
  
• The stats UI now displays numbers directly.
  
• A UI element has been added to indicate whether a rift portal attempt has failed.
  

[h3]⚪ Bug Fixes[/h3]

• Sound now plays correctly during UI interactions.
  
• The issue where the existing terrain did not disappear upon entering a rift portal, preventing movement, has been fixed.
  
• The issue where some enemies would teleport to the wrong location in a rift portal, preventing them from disappearing, has been fixed.
  
• The issue where the equipped weapon's sound would play all at once at the start of the game has been fixed.
  
• The issue where an unintended time freeze would cause a penalty for certain ability chips has been fixed.
  
• Improvements have been made to resolve execution issues related to DX12.
  

[h3]⚪ Art & Visual Improvements[/h3]

• The visibility and size issues of some character FX have been improved.
  
• The visibility of enemies' normal attacks has been improved.
  
• The visibility of FX for some enemy projectiles has been improved.
  

[h3]⚪ Performance Optimization[/h3]

• Ambient lighting has been optimized, resulting in a partial improvement in performance.
  
• Ray tracing-related features have been optimized, leading to a partial performance improvement.
  

We appreciate your continued interest, Ascenders, and we will do our utmost to repay the support you've shown in the demo version. Please look forward to future updates!

Spoiler: Additional optimizations and upscaler support are planned!


[h3]Play Now![/h3]
store.steampowered.com/app/3279910

Thank you!

- Ascend to ZERO Team