VN Ren'Py Shadows Of The Ascendant [Day 1 Hotfix 1] [FrontierGames]

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Overview:
You will help Eve, a sect member, navigate the events that unfold after the sect's Primarch has summoned her to their main branch, a remote island that is disconnected from the rest of the world.
The sect is experimenting with powers far beyond their understanding, which will cause some of the inhabitants to awaken supernatural abilities...
Will you help Eve keep the chaos in check, see how it plays out, or maybe even help it along?
This is a choice-based game, your choices will shape your story.​

Thread Updated: 2025-06-30
Release Date: 2025-06-29
Developer: FrontierGames

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Version: Day 1 Hotfix 1
OS: Windows, Linux
Language: English
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[Supreme_Evil]

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[Maxh]

Planned tags?

 

[eddiesays]

Thanks, Dev. Best of luck with the game.

 

[Noxedia]

Damn okay this actually sounds sick - love the “remote island with shady experiments” vibe, feels like it’s about to spiral fast in the best way. Is Eve like... loyal to the sect or kinda just trying to survive it all?

 

[Crow Armbrust]

THX

 

[Saint Blackmoor]

Looks interesting. THX.

 

[AY-AY-RON]

Well, I think we're off to a fast start...

 

[Johan_0000]

Will keep an eye on this one if lesbian path is planned.




THX

 

[rKnight]

The sect is experimenting with powers far beyond their understanding, which will cause some of the inhabitants to awaken supernatural abilities...

THX for sharing...

 

[dn2sm]

I was just clicking first option and exception occured at the moment where it should end.

 

[Jhin00]

ntr planned ? it would be nice <3

 

[Jhony234]

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THX for sharing...

i want that staff HAHAHAH

 

[Bill Temple]

I hope the dev shows up here eventually or he opens up a free tier on his patreon. I'm not paying him $5.50 to tell him game is broken. I'm sure he'll figure it out on his own at some point, but the stat and choice tracking needs to reworked ASAP.

Blocking rollback on choices doesn't solve the problem of the poor stat tracking implementation. It forces users who want to try other options to create a save at that choice. When they load their save, they'll find that the stat changes from their previous choice is still present, and new choices just stack on top just as they would if you allowed rollback. The check on whether the choice has been previously made is only done in the first option of the first choice of the game, which is probably a good thing. It doesn't block you from making the choice, it just blocks the game from recording the choice. If it were implemented that way on every choice it would create a dissonance between a user's current game choices and the character stats and game variables. If it blocked the user from making a new choice, it would alienate players.
Another critical problem with the poor stat tracking system is that it resets if you close and reopen the game, which introduces bugs when a variable or stat is checked. Users assume their choices have been recorded, dev assumes choices have been made, but he reset them all when the game loaded.

edit: I forgot to mention that I noticed two instances where the narrator refers to Eve in the 2nd person. There could be a few more, but the in almost all cases she's narrated in the 3rd person.

• You step out of the car and take in the sight of the main branches mansion. Vast and extravagant, exactly what one might expect from a place inhabited by people of high status.
• Instantly following the feeling, you hear a raspy, tired voice huff at you.

edit2: Dev needs to learn about else and elif statements. In one case the game checks if strength is less than 1, then runs a scene variant which increases the strength stat. The next line of the script is the other variant of the scene after checking if the strength stat is greater than or equal to 1, which the stat now is. Since it's a separate if statement not an elif (an else would also have worked fine), both the first and the second very similar scenes play.

 

[AsdfgZxcvb123]

Good premise. Just hope the game isn't primarily focused on lesbian relationships because there seem to be a lot of female "love interest" and not much interaction with male characters.

 

[JennaJJ]

Will you help Eve keep the chaos in check, see how it plays out, or maybe even help it along?

... Thx 4 the share ...

 

[I-Love-Adventure]

nice game thank you

 

[Noxedia]

Okay but why does this already sound like I’m gonna accidentally bring about the end of the world because I thought “sure, let’s touch the glowing orb”
Thanks for posting!

 

[Take The Red Pill]

Houston, we have a problem! Once you make a choice, the score given for that choice is forever. Unless you delete persistent file and start the game over again.

 

[FrontierGames]

I hope the dev shows up here eventually or he opens up a free tier on his patreon. I'm not paying him $5.50 to tell him game is broken. I'm sure he'll figure it out on his own at some point, but the stat and choice tracking needs to reworked ASAP.

Blocking rollback on choices doesn't solve the problem of the poor stat tracking implementation. It forces users who want to try other options to create a save at that choice. When they load their save, they'll find that the stat changes from their previous choice is still present, and new choices just stack on top just as they would if you allowed rollback. The check on whether the choice has been previously made is only done in the first option of the first choice of the game, which is probably a good thing. It doesn't block you from making the choice, it just blocks the game from recording the choice. If it were implemented that way on every choice it would create a dissonance between a user's current game choices and the character stats and game variables. If it blocked the user from making a new choice, it would alienate players.
Another critical problem with the poor stat tracking system is that it resets if you close and reopen the game, which introduces bugs when a variable or stat is checked. Users assume their choices have been recorded, dev assumes choices have been made, but he reset them all when the game loaded.

edit: I forgot to mention that I noticed two instances where the narrator refers to Eve in the 2nd person. There could be a few more, but the in almost all cases she's narrated in the 3rd person.

• You step out of the car and take in the sight of the main branches mansion. Vast and extravagant, exactly what one might expect from a place inhabited by people of high status.
• Instantly following the feeling, you hear a raspy, tired voice huff at you.

edit2: Dev needs to learn about else and elif statements. In one case the game checks if strength is less than 1, then runs a scene variant which increases the strength stat. The next line of the script is the other variant of the scene after checking if the strength stat is greater than or equal to 1, which the stat now is. Since it's a separate if statement not an elif (an else would also have worked fine), both the first and the second very similar scenes play.

Thank you for the feedback. The stat implementation and tracking will be looked at and reworked. Along with this eventual change we will do away the blocking of rollback. We chose to put the first iteration of our project available to everyone so that we would get invaluable insights from a wider audience. The hope is that in the future we have refined this enough that it can be thoroughly enjoyed.

Good premise. Just hope the game isn't primarily focused on lesbian relationships because there seem to be a lot of female "love interest" and not much interaction with male characters.

No worries! There will be fun with the guys in the future The first day just ended up a little heavy with female interest, especially with the maid. I don't know if it's just a quirk of my mind but Eve and the maid are a match made in heaven, it was insanely fun to craft their interactions XD

Houston, we have a problem! Once you make a choice, the score given for that choice is forever. Unless you delete persistent file and start the game over again.

We're on the issue! thank you for brining it up.

Edit: Hotfix is now live