Demo Update – April 25, 2025

Hello, Ascenders!

This April 25 update includes the following key fixes and improvements.

⚪ Balance Changes

Health Leech Effect

• We discovered that the Health Leech effect was so powerful in certain situations that it rendered your current HP effectively meaningless.

• The amount of HP recoverable at once by the Health Leech effect has been significantly reduced, so that it functions as a meaningful strategic choice rather than a means of immortality.

Boss Pattern Difficulty

• We also found that for some bosses, being one-shotted by any hit created a negative combat experience.

• To provide a fairer combat experience, we have toned down the difficulty and damage of certain patterns.

⚪ Bug Fixes

• Fixed a crash caused by memory-allocation issues during gameplay.

• Fixed a quest-blocking issue if you quit immediately after rescuing an NPC.

• Fixed an issue where, upon switching from keyboard/mouse to gamepad, the mouse’s last position would interfere with controls.

• Improved consistency between keyboard and gamepad inputs in dialogue.

⚪ Quality of Life

• Enhanced feedback when fighting in areas above or below your level.

• Improved visibility of guiding arrows during tutorials and quests.

⚪ Art & Visual Improvements

• Polished the entry animation when boarding the time machine and entering a stage.

• Improved the return animation upon battle completion.

• Enhanced the unlock animation when completing NPC unlock quests.

Play now!

store.steampowered.com/app/3279910

Thank you!

- Ascend to ZERO Team