Ascension is a top-down 2D action RPG: five heroes, three world layers and 22 dungeons across a continent that has been broken for generations. Follow development from the inside.https://game-ascension.com/enhttps://game-ascension.com/en/devlog/2026-09-06-how-leo-came-to-look-like-leo/https://game-ascension.com/en/devlog/2026-09-06-how-leo-came-to-look-like-leo/Three months, five designs, two rejected turnaround sheets and one last animation pass. Every attempt Ascension's protagonist went through, including the ones that did not survive.Sun, 06 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMTartecharacterspipelinepixel art3Dhttps://game-ascension.com/en/devlog/2026-09-06-locking-design-before-production/https://game-ascension.com/en/devlog/2026-09-06-locking-design-before-production/253 monsters, 22 dungeons, 110 weapons and 51 script events exist on paper before the game does. Here is the reasoning, and what it cost me.Sun, 06 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMTdisenodesignproductioncodexhttps://game-ascension.com/en/devlog/2026-08-30-the-chroniclers-book/https://game-ascension.com/en/devlog/2026-08-30-the-chroniclers-book/I decided that changing screens should mean turning a page. That single decision ended up defining pausing, saving, chapters and the voice narrating the whole game.Sun, 30 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMTnarrativauinarrativegodot