Ascent

Ascent is a casual game about evolution and the circle of life. Begin your journey as a lowly aquatic creature at the bottom of the primordial ocean. Your goal is to survive, evolve, and reach the surface of the sea! Consume food to grow bigger. Once you've matured, find yourself a mate. Collect enough biomaterials from decaying creatures for your baby. Take over the child creature, and congratulations, you've climbed one step up the evolution ladder! And so the cycle repeats: grow, reproduce, evolve, and move up through the ocean. Avoid creatures that are not your species. If you die, don't worry; your soul will get another chance! Slip into another young body to continue your journey. But watch out, the foggy realm between the worlds makes it hard to see enemies—another collision will end the game.

Tips

• Food is only picked up while growing, including the occasional poisonous particles.
• After mating, your creature extends receptors. Look for floating fragments of matching shapes and colors.
• On later levels, a receptor may expect a combination of two fragments of different shapes!
• In the "spirit world," available hosts of your species will be brightly colored. Take note of a potential host's evolution level before taking them over sinceyou might fall back a level.

Release Date

July 2024

Platform

Web browser (desktop and mobile)

Controls

PC Controls

• WASD / arrow keys = move
• P = pause

Mobile Control

Touch and drag anywhere on the screen to move.