Ascension III

Devlog

• The End Of Ascension III
  June 12, 2021 by XCVG

  Or: Requiem For A Dream (Project) This is the end of Ascension III, at least for the foreseeable future. At this point, I have not worked on its content in over a year, I have virtually no interest in... Continue reading

  
• Addons!
  October 18, 2020 by XCVG

  Or "yes, it supports mods" The October 2020 demo (corresponding with CommonCore 2.0.0 Preview 16) adds one big feature that I’ve wanted since the beginning and will probably never get used: addon su... Continue reading

  
• July 2020 Progress Update
  July 26, 2020 by XCVG

  It's been exactly two years since the first public demo of Ascension III. When you put Ascension III in its current state beside Ascension III as it was then, there's quite a contrast: I'm going to be... Continue reading

  
• January 2020 Progress Update
  February 01, 2020 by XCVG

  I've made quite a bit of progress on Ascension III this past January. I've written up a summary of what I've done this month on my website , but in short: Added gameplay and difficulty options Cleaned... Continue reading

  
• Looking Back, Moving Forward
  December 30, 2019 by XCVG

  or The Plan For 2020 We're coming to the end of another year, and with that, a time to reflect on what we've done and look forward to what we will do next year. It's a good opportunity to step back an... Continue reading

  
• New Player Movement
  December 20, 2019 by XCVG

  This post was written back in July, but was mistakenly not published until December 2019. I was never really happy with the player movement in Ascension III. I wrote the original code years ago, proba... Continue reading

  
• Fall 2019 Demo Released
  September 27, 2019 by XCVG

  It's been a tumultuous journey, but the Fall 2019 demo is finally here! Compared to last year's demo, this one is a lot smaller and more focused. It's a pure mechanics demo, rather than a mechanics de... Continue reading

  
• Fall 2019 Demo - Almost There!
  September 17, 2019 by XCVG

  I'm happy to report that after weeks of anxiety and doubts, the Fall 2019 demo will be ready in time for Full Indie Summit! I'm not sure if I'll actually be demoing it at the event- there's no word on... Continue reading

  
• The Grand Plan - Next Steps
  June 11, 2019 by XCVG

  In my last post I talked about what Ascension III would be. I also promised to talk about how I was going to get there. I did a bunch of thinking and had a lot I could have posted about schedules and... Continue reading
• The Grand Plan - What is Ascension III?
  June 02, 2019 by XCVG

  What is Ascension III? For the longest time, a vague outline and a list of features. The earliest inklings of Ascension III came in 2013, but the current concept in broad strokes is a little newer, wi... Continue reading
• Where we're at
  May 30, 2019 by XCVG

  I know some of you are probably wondering about the fate of this project. Ascension III is far from dead, in fact it’s been my primary focus during the past couple of months. Most of the recent work... Continue reading