French indie studio Hibernian Workshop announced side-scrolling action roguelite Astral Ascent exits early access on November 14. The game will be available on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, and PC via Steam.
The upcoming 1.0 release of Astral Ascent will include a plethora of new content and features. Hibernian Workshop used funds raised from the Steam Early Access release to develop the new content and work toward the full release. Astral Ascent will also be on its way to consoles for the first time.
Astral Ascent Version 1.0
The 1.0 update adds three new Zodiac bosses to face, including a final boss with two challenging phases. Moreover, the game will receive a main soundtrack theme song by composer Dale North (River City Girls, Wizard of Legend), and singer Emi Evans (NieR series). The game’s complete soundtrack with orchestrated songs will be available on release date, and fans may look forward to full English voice-overs.
Here’s an overview of the 1.0 release’s new additions, via Hibernian Workshop’s latest Steam blog post:
- The Master final boss fight
- 3 New Zodiacs: Aries, Cancer & Gemini, including Zodiac Spells, Challenges & Summons
- 17 unique endings
- Completely reworked tutorial
- New introduction cinematic
- Mid-run saves at start of each room
- Traditional cinematic when launching the game
- Players stats window
- Reworked and extended narration for all characters, including new narration places like heroes self-discussions, heroes to heroes discussions, new dialogs with various characters and Memory Library stories final version
- Fully voiced dialogs including some characters fully re-voiced like Ayla
- 2 new Star Guardians: Sculptor & Monoceros
- New Musics including orchestral records and featuring of vocalist Emi Evans
- Countless polishes, balances & bug-fixes! (more than 400 tasks done on our side)
Watch the new trailer below.
“Astral Ascent is one of the most beloved roguelite indie games on Steam right now, with over 1,000 “Very Positive” reviews,” Hibernian Workshop’s latest press release reads. “Players can choose amongst four unique heroes able to use dozens of spells to define their own playstyle and fight against the 12 powerful Zodiacs across the four hand-crafted pixel art worlds.”
