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Hey guys. It’s time for another dev log. Usually I use these to give you an overview of the progress made over the last two weeks. This time I’d like to do something a bit different and take a deep dive into one aspect of the game in particular. One of our major goals for…
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Welcome back to the final installment on our faction lore series. Today we’ll be taking a look at the settler faction type. These guys build fixed settlements in the woods, farm and mine for resources and make up the bulk of the post-apocalyptic population. They’re also the default start for the player. Throughout history, man’s…
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Welcome to the next installment in our lore series. Today we’re going to look at the second-to-last faction type, the scavengers. Much like the raiders, these guys aren’t so much one single, unified faction as a mess of lone survivors and loose bands. Scavengers are people who stayed behind in the city centers throughout the…
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Welcome to the next installment in our faction lore series. Today we’re going to take a look at our friendly neighborhood raiders. A staple of post-apocalyptic societies, just what is it that makes a man throw away his morality and strap on copious amounts of spiked bondage gear? In modern societies, people spend a lot…
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Welcome back to the next part in our series on faction lore. Last time we talked about the techno-cultists who sided with the AI. Today we’re looking on the other side of the fence, at the planet’s governmental forces. The Planetary Defense Force (PDF) was the colony’s standing military force. Their original task was to…
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Hello again, today, we have a bit of a lore update for you guys. We’ve had a poll on our Discord recently where we asked you guys what aspect of the game you want to see expanded and apparently you’re interested in hearing more about the “techno-cultist” faction. But who are these people actually? What…
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Hey everyone, as some of you have been asking for a new blog post I figure it’s about time to give you a status update on Ascent of Ashes. We’ve been a bit quiet lately due to some health issues eating into my available time. In order to deal with this I decided to cut…
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