Ascendant

Ascendant

Developers
	Hapa Games
Engines
	Unity 4
Release dates
Windows	May 13, 2014
macOS (OS X)	May 13, 2014
Linux	May 13, 2014
Taxonomy
Monetization	Freeware
Modes	Singleplayer
Pacing	Real-time
Perspectives	Side view
Controls	Direct control
Genres	Action, Roguelike
Themes	Fantasy

Ascendant is a singleplayer side view action and roguelike game.

General information

GOG.com Community Discussions

GOG.com Support Page

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
GOG.com
Humble Store
itch.io
Steam

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Hapa Games\Ascendant\
macOS (OS X)
Linux

It's unknown whether this game follows the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux. Please fill in this information.

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Hapa Games\Ascendant\
macOS (OS X)
Linux

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud

Video

General settings.

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution		Limited to 1920x1080, 1600×900, 1366×768, 1920×1200, 1440×900 and 1280×800.
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed		Enable windowed mode and use the -popupwindow parameter (or see the glossary page).
Anisotropic filtering (AF)		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anti-aliasing (AA)		Up to 8x
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS
120+ FPS		Frame rate is capped at 60 FPS.

The game engine may allow for manual configuration of the game via its variables. See the Unity page for more details.

Input

Keyboard and mouse controls.

Gamepad controls.

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
Full controller support
Controller remapping		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion

Controller types

XInput-compatible controllers

PlayStation controllers

Generic/other controllers

Additional information
Controller hotplugging
Haptic feedback
Digital movement supported
Simultaneous controller+KB/M

Audio

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Music and SFX
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English

Network

Multiplayer types

Type	Native	Players	Notes
Local play		2	Co-op
LAN play
Online play

Issues fixed

Broken Levels / Terrain

Achieve 60 FPS
Turn down any graphic options until you get a constant 60 FPS. Notes You can monitor your FPS with Steam. In Steam go to the settings, select In-Game, under In-Game FPS counter select any location and click OK.

Other information

API

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux

System requirements

Windows

macOS (OS X)

Linux

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	XP, Vista, 7, 8	7, 8
Processor (CPU)	Intel Core 2 Duo 2.4 GHz	Intel Core i5
System memory (RAM)	2 GB	4 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	2 GB
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce GTX 260 ATI Radeon HD 4850 512 MB of VRAM DirectX 9.0c compatible	Nvidia GeForce GTX 460 ATI Radeon HD 5770 1 GB of VRAM

macOS (OS X)
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	10.5
Processor (CPU)	Intel Core i5 2.4 GHz	Intel Core i7 2.66 GHz
System memory (RAM)	2 GB	4 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	2 GB
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce GT 300 series	Nvidia GeForce GT 400 series

Linux
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	Ubuntu 12.04
Processor (CPU)	Intel Core 2 Duo 2.4 GHz	Intel Core i5
System memory (RAM)	2 GB	4 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	2 GB
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce GTX 260 ATI Radeon HD 4850 512 MB of VRAM	Nvidia GeForce GTX 460 ATI Radeon HD 5770 1 GB of VRAM