6 February 2023 - Indie game developer Baykal Arts invites everyone to play the demo of Ashen Knights: One Passage, the prologue to their debut project called Ashen Knights: Foreshadow. The demo launches at Steam Next Fest 2023 on 6 February. It will be the very first version of the game available to the general public. Any Steam user will be able to download it from the official Ashen Knights: One Passage Steam page.
The demo showcases the core gameplay features of Ashen Knights: One Passage. While playing, gamers will experience the drastic difference in combat styles of the two protagonists: the dynamic hack’n’slash of Primos and the challenging meditative souls-like of Evelin. Nothing is the same for the two knights: their fighting styles, abilities, enemies, and even the locations they explore vary wildly. Still, the dark secrets they share knit them together. As Deniz Baykal, the game producer, and lead game designer, puts it: “Narratively, the demo is a standalone story, set in a grim world of Ashen Knights. It feels like a peculiar nightmare, a mix of fragmented memories, images, and hallucinations. At the same time, through hints, allusions, and references, we shed some light on the complicated nature of Primos and Evelin's relationships, their feelings, fears, and regrets. On the surface, it looks like a dream of Evelin, but in reality… well, you'll have to play to find out”.
Besides the combination of two kinds of gameplay, the demo will offer puzzles set in a grim dark fantasy world of Ashen Knights.
The demo will be available from February 6 to 13. Along with it, Baykal Arts will release a new game trailer on the Ashen Knights Steam pages, and their YouTube channel. Interested players can follow the news, playtest announcements, and releases by subscribing to the game's official communities or by adding games to their Steam wishlists.
Ashen Knights: One Passage is scheduled for release on Steam for free in the first half of 2023. Ashen Knights: Foreshadow will be released on Steam later in 2023.
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Steam:
- Ashen Knights: Foreshadow s.team/a/2008200
- Ashen Knights: One Passage s.team/a/2021230
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCNs-QnjslDnJfxcs418nr3w
Discord: https://discord.gg/jH6P9UGZ8k
Twitter: https://twitter.com/ashen_knights
TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@ashen_knights
About Baykal Arts
Baykal Arts is a small game development studio. It's quite new, and Ashen Knights is the debut project both for the team and most of its members. Without a dime in their pockets or any experience in making big games, Baykal Arts aims to follow their ambitions and desire to please players in every way possible.