Boston, MA USA / March 15th, 2023 - Developer Vivid Storm Interactive and Publisher Camlann Games are excited to announce they'll be a part of the upcoming Spring 2023 Showcase at The MIX! The teams will be presenting their upcoming colony sim Ascent of Ashes which is set for release at the end of 2023. Set in a post-apocalyptic, dystopian world, Ascent of Ashes tasks players with managing survivors, engaging with raiders, aliens, soldiers and more in real-time-with-pause combat. Build a new home, fight off those you must and survive at all costs.
Camlann Games is a newly established video game publisher from Boston with a focus on meaningful, fun and highly replayable games. They hope to work on games with big ideas and memorable experiences. Their first time at The MIX, Camlann Games can’t wait to show off Ascent of Ashes, the colony sim from Developer Vivid Storm interactive. Ascent of Ashes is a project brought together by the original creators of RimWorld’s “Combat Extended” mod with the goal of creating a fresh take on the colony sim genre. Being built from the ground up, players can expect a unique experience that places emphasis on exploration, tight balance and strategic gameplay.
CEO and Founder of Camlann Games Slava Heretz had this to say about working with Vivid Storm Interactive on Ascent of Ashes, “We are thrilled to be working with Vivid Storm. We had been following the game from its debut on Kickstarter. We’re huge RimWorld fans and it has been great to see such a positive response from the gaming community about Ascent of Ashes, even in these early stages.”
After a hugely cataclysmic event, Ascent of Ashes plunges players into an alien world inhabited by the last remaining survivors of human civilization along with dangerous, unknown beasts and creatures. Players must protect themselves from these alien forces as well as raiders and other environmental hazards. Recruit survivors, each with their own motivations, and work together to create a new home on what would otherwise be an entirely inhospitable planet.
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Build a New Home: Gather resources to build up a base for your survivors. Farm crops, tame alien beasts and fortify your home against any intruders.
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Engage in Real-Time-with-Pause Combat: Participate in deep tactical combat where even non-lethal hits can render a survivor unable to go on. Use the game’s real-time-with-pause combat to plan and strategize.
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Drive Restored Vehicles: Traveling on foot isn’t always an option. Restore and drive vehicles to get around this dangerous, post-apocalyptic world.
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Meet Diverse Survivors: Each survivor players encounter have their own unique motivations and personality. Recruit those you see fit and keep them safe, happy and motivated.
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Explore the Post-Apocalyptic World: The world of Ascent of Ashes is procedurally generated and made up of multiple biomes and points of interest. Cautiously explore and uncover the many secrets the world holds.
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Intelligent Enemies: Each type of enemy will have varying levels of intelligence. Think fast to adapt to your foe’s attack patterns.
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Day One Mod Support: Ascent of Ashes has been made from the ground up to make it easily extendable. The game is being developed for modders, by modders.
Ascent of Ashes is set to release later this year in Q4 2023. Players can wishlist the game right now on Steam and join the official Discord to chat with other players in the community. Players can watch THE MIX showcase on their official YouTube and Twitch channels on March 17th.
The Developers and Publishers are currently available for interview. Email the media contact below for inquiries.
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About Vivid Storm Interactive
Vivid Storm Interactive is a small indie development team from just north of Munich, Germany. Max, Ricky, and Petter all met in 2019, during a conversation about colony sim games and how various aspects of them could be done better. Although Ascent of Ashes is the team’s first commercial game together, the studio can already count on a loyal community of fans anxiously awaiting the release.
The team at Vivid Storm Interactive are seasoned modders, known among the RimWorld community as the original creators of the heralded Combat Extended mod - a system that completely overhauls combat, adds new firing & melee mechanics, adds an inventory system and significantly rebalances the vanilla RimWorld health system. What started as a hobby project ultimately, Combat Extended peaked at half a million subscribers, with actual military veterans noting its depth and realism. It is perennially one of the top rated mods according to general consensus within the modder & player community.
About Camlann Games
Camlann Games is a newly formed video game publisher from Boston, US with a focus on meaningful, fun and highly replayable games. With industry veterans at its core, Camlann Games intends to back passionate developers, vibrant worlds and the most unforgettable stories ever told in indie PC games.
Media Contact
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Vicarious PR
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