Astral Ascent, a 2D platformer rogue-lite on PC and consoles with four worlds to escape, if you can beat the Zodiacs, 12 mighty bosses!
Latest Updates from Our Project:
Backer Statues & New worlds enemies ☄️
over 3 years ago
– Wed, Apr 28, 2021 at 01:50:29 AM
Entering the last 48h: we still strongly believe we will reach the 5th playable character DLC, we really hope you are as hyped as us for this potential brand new character!
Backer Statue ☄️
We received a lot of questions about this new-addon that appeared yesterday so here is more details:
Your statue would appear randomly in the merchant room (as above) and your first name or nickname would be displayed when standing above. Your statue can represent:
You with or without accessories (as long as it fits the lore)
A character you invented
Your pet
You and your pet together
If you want a slot, be sure to secure it fast becausequantities are limited!
Eyes on 🔥 and 💧 Worlds
We wanted to make a quick focus on what is waiting for you outside the Fragmented Plains (world 1 - Earth World) and how Alexandre, our lead artist, creates the enemies you will face:
With core gameplay setup we will be able to create new worlds very fast with a lot of new enemies and Zodiacs waiting for battle!
June 2019 VS March 2021
It always feels nice to take a look back and see how much and how fast our project evolved in such a short period of time! You can see below the gameplay of June 2019 (left) and March 2021 (right).
We are a small team but we are working hard to release the best possible game and, so far, we feel very confident, in particular after such an amazing Kickstarter campaign ⭐
- The Hibernian Workshop Team
300% REACHED ⭐ announcing FREE DLC stretch goal ⭐
over 3 years ago
– Tue, Apr 27, 2021 at 03:53:33 PM
FREE DLC for Backers Stretch Goal:
This is by far our most exciting stretch goal to date: A 5th playable character!
Bonus: it comes as a free DLC for all backers!!! ⭐
Yamat - the stars bringer ☄️
Brand new character, brand new gameplay, new dialogs and more, you can see our reveal timelapse here:
This new character will also come with unique and signature spells:
New add-on: Backer statue ⭐ (limited quantity)
Become a part of the game as a custom statue in the merchant room, you will be remembered and your name will also appear when interacting with the statue.
Quantity is limited to 30 units and price is high because it will require manual pixel-art based on your description (as long as it respects the lore of the game) and the name appearing will have to be a first name or nickname as long as it is respecful.
Ayla Exclusive Figure - Final & New promotion! 🔮
We received fresh news from Graphigaut (who worked very hard to deliver this in time!) of the Ayla Figure and it looks absolutely stunning check this:
Different angles pictures with her 2 daggers:
To celebrate we are opening one more time the limited discount for Zodiac Tier for 150 units!
Professional Voice Actors stretch goal is funded (ENG & JP)
Of course let's take a moment to celebrate the Voice-Over Stretch goal that has been unlocked, we did not think we could have it in our game and it's now possible, so thanks again for making it possible!
That was a big update, thanks again for your support and have a great day,
- The Hibernian Workshop Team
Animations process & Figure news ✨
over 3 years ago
– Sun, Apr 25, 2021 at 07:23:12 PM
Final 5 days!
It feels like we just launched the campaign but we are actually 5 days away the end of it!
We are so close to unlock the Voice-Over Stretch goal, we believe it will be unlocked on monday and it will be time for us to announce you our next stretch goal which is the most exciting since the start AND it includes something free for all backers. Do you have any guesses?
It's also the final days for you to play our free demo if you did not try it yet, don't hesitate to tell us what you think about it!
Calie Timelapse ✨
Our lead artist and co-founder of Hibernian Workshop, Alexandre Magnat, is the one behind all animations of the game. He made a video to show how he does his frame-by-frame wonderful animations, so here is Calie Lightning Wire spell animation:
Nearly there
With each new picture by Graphigaut we get more excited about this Kickstarter exclusive Figure, it still has some missing elements but we are nearly there. We are also still discussing with our partner Limited Run Games the options to provide you the best possible figure, we will keep you updated very soon about it!
Sharing other Kickstarter campaigns
This time we would like to talk to you about Unsung Warriors, this Kickstarter campaigns comes with a very high level of polish and sounds like a great game for local co-op for those who liked Castle Crashers. They are 350€ away of being funded at this time so if you like what you see do not hesitate to give them support!
Have an excellent day,
- The Hibernian Workshop
Calie Gameplay, Linux port & Level Design showcase ☄️
over 3 years ago
– Thu, Apr 22, 2021 at 10:11:51 PM
Discover how we do our levels ☄️
Welcome to our game engine! We wanted to show you how quickly we can create our game levels.
We have already created so much elements including:
Automated tilemap working for flying platforms and ground
Auto detection wall types to generate a change in tilemap
Randomly selected backgrounds for each worlds
Tilemap change depending of current world
This system will allow us to create many levels of high quality! This is only one of our many tools to create the levels, let us know if you want us to show you more of these systems!
Announcing the game for Linux
As the game is having a great success on Kickstarter you have been many asking us about porting to Linux. We like taking your feedback into consideration so we talked with our porting partner MP2 Games and we are happy to announce that the game will come to Linux too!
Calie Gameplay Showcase
(work in progress gameplay)
Today we wanted to show you a complete fight ofCalie, the mysterious gems sculptor.
For Calie, everything is about her three gems:
Red for Damage
Yellow for Movement
Green for Defense
Most of her skills will make her use already placed gems or move her gems. It means that her spells require anticipation and preparation to be perfectly executed.
This is not a game but...!
We usually share campaigns of indie games we like but this time we discovered Piepacker, an amazing multiplayer retrogaming platform that just launched on Kickstarter! We have discovered their work and love it. It would be a bit complicated to explain with words what they are about so please check the video to understand why we shared it:
We have an amazing stretch goal waiting to be revealed after the Voice Over one!
- The Hibernian Workshop Team
Capricorn update ♑ - Fight a new boss!
over 3 years ago
– Thu, Apr 22, 2021 at 08:44:48 PM
Free Demo update ⭐
There are only 8 days left ⏳to play Astral Ascent free demo and we have just updated it including:
New boss fight (Capricorn)
Gameplay improvements
Various bug fixes
Small balancing and improvements
Capricorn joins the fight ♑
Capricorn heard about Taurus letting some intruders reach the Red Barrens, Taurus carelessness cannot be tolerated. Therefore, Capricorn joins the fight. Be careful, the power contained in his books is terrifying even for most daring Zodiacs.
Use the freeze gambit!
Always take your time to equip the right Gambits on the right spells, for example freeze gambit is particularly efficient on Magic Tornado as it makes enemies take every hit of the tornado while they cannot move!
Join the community
If you want to make suggestions, report bugs, talk aboutbuilds, lore or the game in general, our discord server is the place to go. We hope to see you there!