USENET ARCHIVE - Subject: [rec.games.ascendant] FAQ v1.3

  • PLAYING SPORE STORM is easy!
    • WASD or ARROWS to move.
    • SPACE to shoot stuff.
    • ENTER to pause and look at the map.
    • C to cycle the CRT shader on and off.
    • READ THE MANUAL above for lore and gameplay tips.
       
  • FIND THE LAST BIOCORE! It's the only way to defeat the Spore invasion and restore your lost memories. Good luck!

This project was made in 2 MONTHS for the Ascendant Jam. The challenge was to build something--anything--in the Ascendant universe.

AI DISCLOSURE: Every pixel of the game itself is hand-built, but I needed some help on the silly cartoon intro. AI did the tweening and backgrounds on that thing.

  • INSPIRATION ASSETS provided by the Ascendant.com team!
  • CONCEPT, GAME, WRITING, PIXEL ART, DESIGN, SHADERS, and ILLOS by me, HugBug. Whew! This is a homebrew HTML5 game engine, so please let me know about bugs.
  • CARTOON STORYBOARD and KEYFRAMES drawn in Photoshop, then tweened using PixVerse AI and edited in Adobe Premiere.
  • CHIPTUNES by the amazing Marcos R. Some of the cutscene music was licensed from Pond5. 
  • SFX made in JSFXR. Gorlizard roar by Scpsea.
  • PIXEL FONT is Ninja Gaiden (NES) by Patrick H. Lauke, used under a Creative Commons Attribution license.
  • PIXEL CLEANUP on some of the cut scenes by Diego Rago.
  • THEME SONG vocals performed by Nicki! Feel for her... she had to sing my terrible lyrics. The bed music was licensed from Pond5.


Thanks for playing! YOU are the BEST! :)

Comments

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great game - is it possible to get into the red section of the map at all ?

Haha nope, though it's there under the covers. The original plan was to have an extra act in the middle of the story, where you have to save the quarantined survivors from the Spore Storm. Gah. Ran out of time and had to cut it. Maybe in a future release I'll restore. Thanks so much for playing!

thanks for the info , i was trying everything to get in there ! you really should continue with this - its a great game !

Incredible presentation 😊