DEVLOG#12 – Ascender Jazz Up The Biggest Game Event in Indonesia

We were invited to attend Game Developer Gathering (GDG) Prime, which is the biggest event attended by hundreds of game developers across Indonesia. All of the studios were showing off the best game they made, whether it has been released or was still in development, to the thousands of visitors. So, it has been a pleasure to us and we are very happy to be in this event. It took a whole month of preparation to make Ascender’s showcase all out.

Three weeks before the event, we setted up some Ascender merchandise bundles with flash disk, mouse pad, and soundtrack CD inside each of it. Appreciating all Ascenderians who already enthusiastically responded our masterpiece and can’t hardly wait for the release version, is our intention in making this bundle.

Ascender Merchandise Bundle for Ascenderians in GDG Prime

The fans were interested in ordering this bundle, though most of them are our friends, hehehe. There’s one funny story regarding this matter when a junior high school who lives in a rural area ordered the bundle because he likes Ascender so much! The problem is he didn’t have any bank account, nor did he knew how to send an electronic payment. The only mean of payment that he knew is money order via post office, which none of us were really familiar of!

We were shocked and moved by this kid. We decided to just send the bundle for our little fan. It is really precious for us, a small studio that has just freshly started to build fan base, considering what this boy had shown, the appreciation, the zest and the interest. Thank you Ascenderians!

We began by preparing Ascender’s booth. By 8 AM, the booth hasn’t finished, yet some visitors had already demanded to play our Ascender’s Prototype! Our booth was always crowded in the whole day, we didn’t get a slightest chance to rest in order to accompany Ascenderians playing our game. We also held a contest to find an in-game Easter egg that specially purposed for this event only.

I think these images are enough in describing the crowd and the gusto in our booth! Check this out folks!

The GameChanger Girls Gankz

Back Pose of Our Boys Gankz

GameChanger Team in Front of The Booth

Limbless Ocean and Her Imposter.

Ascenderians Guys Playing and Watching Ascender

The Artist Guiding Ascender Gameplay

Ascenderians is Trying Prototype

Our Creative Director Watching a Publisher Guy Trying Our Prototype

Ascenderian Couple Took a Photo in Our Booth

First Trio Took a Photo with B.RO

Second Trio Took a Photo with Dolopo Background

We conlude that this event is AWESOMELY CRAZY!!!

The expression of countless people who tried our game can’t be described in words. It really boosted our spirit up to finish Ascender and bring crowds across the world and even the galaxy to enjoy Sky’s enigmatic journey with sweet Ocean! Once again thank you so much Ascenderians!!

DEVLOG#01 – What is Ascender?

Hi everyone, I am Ruby, the producer of GameChanger team, I am one of the team member who is also responsible in the story and world creation of Ascender. I would like to introduce you with our game, Ascender.

Ascender is a puzzle platformer game, in which player plays the role of a robot named Sky in exploring the civilization of Goa. Goa is unique in every way, because it is buried underground. Its population barely reached 2250 people. Residents live by digging and mining various metals, processing them to become usable tools.

Albeit so, they have limited access to technology and natural resources, especially light and water. To cope with said scarceness, artificial source of light and water was built. This technology, although unfamiliar and nearly lost, is enough to fulfill the local’s needs, proven by their steady supply of crops.

Professor Toro Hudo, an occupant of Goa, invented Sky to aid him in building artificial arms and legs for Ocean, an abandoned baby girl whom he once found in Ataran, his former place of residence. He then moved to Goa, which is hidden underneath Ataran itself, along with Ocean and his wife.

Of course, the professor has his own reasons in taking Ocean home. Ocean is like a kid that he wish he had. Her golden hair and azure eyes are completely foreign qualities that he has never seen before. Among all, his biggest surprise is that Ocean is limbless!

It was his late wife, Marr, who gave him the idea to build a robot which main function is to help him in overcoming Ocean’s disability. Hence, Sky was invented. Its mission is to assist the professor to build artificial arms and legs for Ocean.

And here is where the fun begins. You will have to explore 8 district of Goa, each with its own distinctive characteristics. There are a lot of things you can do: quest to be accomplished, puzzles to be solved, valuables to be collected and mysteries to be uncovered. Should you succeeded in your journey, not only Ocean will possess an intact body, she could also begin her own tale and journey of ascension.

Please subscribe on http://www.ascenderthegame.com before August 2015, so that the prototype will be sent on to your email at the end of the month. In return, we wish that you will give us input for Ascender.

For now, let us wait, try our prototype and give us your comments.

Happy playing folks!

Ruby