sorry im late, gang! this ended up being a much bigger challenge than i expected, and as mentioned previously i am really, REALLY bad at level design. but i found some enthusiastic playtesters and managed to pull through!

this is the final update to ASCENT!

i don't even REMEMBER all of the changes this version has, but here are some of my favorites:

Levels

•  removed a bunch of lame, sucky, tedious levels and replaced them with cool, intricate, devious levels
• filled all six sectors up to six levels each, for a total of 100
• edited a few levels to patch some unintended solutions
• reordered several levels to smooth out the difficulty curve and break the game up into meaningful stages
• tweaked visual design of a lot of levels

Graphics:

• dust cloud animation when objects hit the ground
• crumbling animation when breaking shale
• victory now waits for animations to finish instead of freezing them
• changed signal colors to be more colorblind friendly

Sound:

• footsteps now match the tile the robot moved onto rather than the tile e moved off of
• footstep sounds now play when stepping off the cable onto a tile

UI:

• fixed some formatting issues with the messages between levels
• made ingame instructions more consistent

Bugs:

• fixed a bunch of obscure grappling bugs

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• hid 22 secret transmissions

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i have a boatload of ideas for a sequel to this game. will i make it? probably. will it be this year? no lmao

bye for now, everyone! im gonna go eat a box of girl scout cookies to celebrate before my next insane project (making a tower defense game in puzzlescript in 7 days)

love you all and e'zi xalla,

pteren🪽