Hey guys, We're proud to announce that Ascendant will be released to the PS4 on August 25th! We've been working on this for the past few months and are finally in the home stretch to release on the console. It's going to be the same game you know, just on the PlayStation. PlayStation blog here for insight into Ascendant's development It's going to be awesome. Tell your PlayStation friends!

Hey guys, We're proud to announce that Ascendant will be released to the PS4 on August 25th! We've been working on this for the past few months and are finally in the home stretch to release on the console. It's going to be the same game you know, just on the PlayStation. PlayStation blog here for insight into Ascendant's development It's going to be awesome. Tell your PlayStation friends!

Ascendant has been included in the Humble Weekly Bundle! Pick up a ton of awesome games and soundtracks to get your brawler on and support some great causes. Link here To all our new players: Have fun and good luck.

Ascendant has been included in the Humble Weekly Bundle! Pick up a ton of awesome games and soundtracks to get your brawler on and support some great causes. Link here To all our new players: Have fun and good luck.

Version 1.2.2 has been released. Forewarning, it's not a big update but this is pretty much what we consider the last of the showstopping bugs in the game. From here on out we will be focusing our attention on porting and potentially creating new content.

• For all you speed runners, a timer has been added to the large map. You can access this by holding Tab or the Back button on the Xbox 360 controller. The game and timer will pause when you bring the map up.
• A game breaking bug in Astral has been fixed. Previously, an invisible piece of geometry would occasionally block boss room exits after leaving then returning. Our bad.

Version 1.2.2 has been released. Forewarning, it's not a big update but this is pretty much what we consider the last of the showstopping bugs in the game. From here on out we will be focusing our attention on porting and potentially creating new content.

• For all you speed runners, a timer has been added to the large map. You can access this by holding Tab or the Back button on the Xbox 360 controller. The game and timer will pause when you bring the map up.
• A game breaking bug in Astral has been fixed. Previously, an invisible piece of geometry would occasionally block boss room exits after leaving then returning. Our bad.

Version 1.2 has been released! With this update a number of bugs have been fixed along with the addition of different difficulty levels. Below you will find a list of all the things that were fixed, adjusted, and added.

Update Notes

• New Stuff and Bug Fixes

  
  
• New game difficulties added: Baby, Normal, and Rage.
• Time-based leaderboards added for each difficulty.
• Fixed a bug that would prevent Humbaba from exiting an invulnerable state.
• Fixed a bug that would prevent the Ascended bosses from attacking after cutscenes.
• Map generation has been fixed. Players should now no longer be stuck without a boss room in the Winter levels.
• A certain boss room door has been removed from the wall. (Sorry, TorNis)
• Hachiman event rooms now occasionally reward players correctly with the Blessing of Hachiman instead of the Blessing of Gran Bwa.
• Pots in the shooting gallery will now properly self-destruct after 30 seconds if they do not initially break on impact.

• Blessings

  
  
• Kamoho Blessing on weapons now awards players with 5 influence every time an enemy is eaten.
• Kamoho Blessing on spell has had its homing buff effect doubled.
• Spell homing in general has been doubled.
• Zephyrus Blessing on weapon has had its proc chance increased from 10% to 15%. Additionally, its launch force has been doubled.
• Zephyrus Blessing on spells now instantly staggers most enemies in addition to its current knockback.
• Blessing of Kali now saves the player's life when spending health in various event rooms and blood shops.
• Tlaloc Blessing on spell has had its delay raised from 0.1 seconds to every 0.4 seconds.

• Gameplay Changes

  
  
• Demon pot projectiles have been made more visible.
• Enemy shields are now initially much weaker but scale as the game progresses.
• Launch force has been increased on The Twig.
• The restart option has been removed upon winning the game. This allowed players to replay the game as the character they had won the game with.

• Others

  
  
• There Can be Only One Steam Achievement has been fixed.
• A script has been added to check and see if players have completed certain achievements and award them. This will check to see if players have completed New Challenger based achievements and journal-based achievements (e.g. Heavy Breathing - Discover every breath).
• 1280x1024 resolution added in the Settings menu.

Difficulty Mode Clarification

• Baby Mode

  
  
• All characters start with an additional max heart
• Invulnerability Time (after being struck) is increased by 0.75 seconds
• Pots drop more loot
• Health pickups drop more frequently
• All damage is reduced by a quarter heart (down to a minimum of a quarter heart)

• Normal Mode

  
  
• The same mode you have been playing since launch

• Rage Mode

  
  
• Stronger enemy variants work their way in earlier
• Rooms generally have more enemies earlier
• Enemies have more hp
• Bosses have more hp
• All damage is increased by a quarter heart

Version 1.2 has been released! With this update a number of bugs have been fixed along with the addition of different difficulty levels. Below you will find a list of all the things that were fixed, adjusted, and added.

Update Notes

• New Stuff and Bug Fixes

  
  
• New game difficulties added: Baby, Normal, and Rage.
• Time-based leaderboards added for each difficulty.
• Fixed a bug that would prevent Humbaba from exiting an invulnerable state.
• Fixed a bug that would prevent the Ascended bosses from attacking after cutscenes.
• Map generation has been fixed. Players should now no longer be stuck without a boss room in the Winter levels.
• A certain boss room door has been removed from the wall. (Sorry, TorNis)
• Hachiman event rooms now occasionally reward players correctly with the Blessing of Hachiman instead of the Blessing of Gran Bwa.
• Pots in the shooting gallery will now properly self-destruct after 30 seconds if they do not initially break on impact.

• Blessings

  
  
• Kamoho Blessing on weapons now awards players with 5 influence every time an enemy is eaten.
• Kamoho Blessing on spell has had its homing buff effect doubled.
• Spell homing in general has been doubled.
• Zephyrus Blessing on weapon has had its proc chance increased from 10% to 15%. Additionally, its launch force has been doubled.
• Zephyrus Blessing on spells now instantly staggers most enemies in addition to its current knockback.
• Blessing of Kali now saves the player's life when spending health in various event rooms and blood shops.
• Tlaloc Blessing on spell has had its delay raised from 0.1 seconds to every 0.4 seconds.

• Gameplay Changes

  
  
• Demon pot projectiles have been made more visible.
• Enemy shields are now initially much weaker but scale as the game progresses.
• Launch force has been increased on The Twig.
• The restart option has been removed upon winning the game. This allowed players to replay the game as the character they had won the game with.

• Others

  
  
• There Can be Only One Steam Achievement has been fixed.
• A script has been added to check and see if players have completed certain achievements and award them. This will check to see if players have completed New Challenger based achievements and journal-based achievements (e.g. Heavy Breathing - Discover every breath).
• 1280x1024 resolution added in the Settings menu.

Difficulty Mode Clarification

• Baby Mode

  
  
• All characters start with an additional max heart
• Invulnerability Time (after being struck) is increased by 0.75 seconds
• Pots drop more loot
• Health pickups drop more frequently
• All damage is reduced by a quarter heart (down to a minimum of a quarter heart)

• Normal Mode

  
  
• The same mode you have been playing since launch

• Rage Mode

  
  
• Stronger enemy variants work their way in earlier
• Rooms generally have more enemies earlier
• Enemies have more hp
• Bosses have more hp
• All damage is increased by a quarter heart

The first update for Ascendant has been released. Thank you all for being incredibly patient while we worked on this.

Update Notes

• Rebindable keys added to the settings menu. Keyboard keys and controllers are now completely rebindable.
• Generic icons for controllers added.
• Added a restart button to the game over screen that quickly takes players back into the game with the last character played.
• Fixed bug that would occasionally lock Humbaba in an invulnerable state.
• Fixed bug that would occasionally create a situation where tamed flies could lock players into a room.
• Ascended Midas' bonus is now correctly applied to the game.
• Itzli event room now correctly despawns the altar when the Blessing of Itzli appears.
• Shatki spell should now properly spawn all projectiles. Mana cost and speed have been lowered slightly.
• +30 to Mana stat upgrade now gives the correct bonus amount.

The first update for Ascendant has been released. Thank you all for being incredibly patient while we worked on this.

Update Notes

• Rebindable keys added to the settings menu. Keyboard keys and controllers are now completely rebindable.
• Generic icons for controllers added.
• Added a restart button to the game over screen that quickly takes players back into the game with the last character played.
• Fixed bug that would occasionally lock Humbaba in an invulnerable state.
• Fixed bug that would occasionally create a situation where tamed flies could lock players into a room.
• Ascended Midas' bonus is now correctly applied to the game.
• Itzli event room now correctly despawns the altar when the Blessing of Itzli appears.
• Shatki spell should now properly spawn all projectiles. Mana cost and speed have been lowered slightly.
• +30 to Mana stat upgrade now gives the correct bonus amount.

Title says it all. Here is the link to the twitch stream: http://www.twitch.tv/IndieGameStand Edit: Apologies for the sudden change in plans.

Title says it all. Here is the link to the twitch stream: http://www.twitch.tv/IndieGameStand Edit: Apologies for the sudden change in plans.

Ascendant is available as a DRM-free download right now! You can purchase it from GOG (I'm looking at you random internet denizen from Oz), the IndieGameStand, itch.io, or from our website.

Ascendant is available as a DRM-free download right now! You can purchase it from GOG (I'm looking at you random internet denizen from Oz), the IndieGameStand, itch.io, or from our website.