Ascendant Realms

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• Patch Notes·28 Jun 2026Official

  Anniversary Update - Update 0.5

  The Anniversary Update is here!Hello again! We are happy to announce this major update to Ascendant Realms!It’s officially been one year (and a bit, heh) since Ascendant Realms launched on Steam!And what does it bring? Well... quite a lot actually. Let's dive right in!Reworked Movement SystemWe completely changed the way movement is handled, with each move now being animated step-by-step, letting you know what your enemies are up to during your off-turn! We also made sure this system is way more optimized than the old, making longer and larger games run much more smooth, even on older devices!Reworked Turn SystemWe have also completely revamped our turn system, to work smoother and be more clear as to which player is currently playing, while also being much more performance friendly and focusing on reliability when playing during multiplayer.Multiplayer ChangesSteam integration has been expanded, and our lobby system has been improved in variety of aspects.This includes variety of new features, and smaller fixes, as well as bug fixes of some issues, encountered in the past. Here they are:AddedIn the lobby, both Steam nicknames, and profile pictures are now properly displayed.Instead of players being addressed numerically, they are now identified as colors instead, to avoid confusion. For example "Player 1" is now referred to as "Player Blue". Hopefully, this makes it easier for you identify your friends or foes!Players may now choose their color in the lobby, which also determines their turn order, allowing for much customization, and even choosing your proffered position when playing custom scenarios.Players who prematurely disconnect from the game, or leave, are now properly replaced with AI players, and the game continues seamlessly.FixedMid-game issues leading to the multiplayer connection being lost, and game being stopped.Sometimes the players would not load in properly due to the first connection failing.After one player has been defeated, an issue would occu...
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• Patch Notes·9 May 2026Official

  Ascendant Realms Anniversary Update Announcment

  🎉 One Year of Ascendant RealmsHello again! It's been 2 months since our last major update, and we're excited bring forth the news of a new update coming It’s officially been one year since Ascendant Realms launched on Steam!Over the past year, the game has continued to grow thanks to all of your feedback, bug reports, discussions, screenshots, and play-test participation.We genuinely want to thank everyone who has been part of this journey so far.And to celebrate this milestone we are pleased to say that…The Anniversary Update Is Coming SoonThat's right! We’re currently preparing for a release of version 0.5 for Ascendant Realms.What will it include?Here are few of things that will be present in this following release! Keep in mind this is not a complete list of features, as the update will contain many more miscellaneous changes, that will be fully explained in the release logs. Reworked Turn and Movement SystemWe have completely revamped our turn system, to work smoother and be more clear as to which player is currently playing on multiplayer, while also being much more performance friendly and reducing performance issues on longer matches with plenty units.We also completely changed the way movement is handled, with each move now being animated step-by-step, letting you know what your enemies are up to during your off-turn!Optimization ChangesSince the last update we have rewritten a significant portion of the game to work smoother, especially while loading into the matches, and on larger maps!Feel free to pick your color!Our new lobby system now supports switching your player color, allowing you to pick whichever color it is you desire to play as during your matches. This will also impact turn order, so you can further customize the way you want to play! Also it makes arranging multiplayer matches much more convenient.New GraphicsAlongside gameplay improvements, many new technology icons and in-game graphics are being reworked and improved, alongside some of our...
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• Patch Notes·7 Mar 2026Official

  Setting the Sails - Update 0.4

  Hello again!We are back with the next major content expansion - the Setting the Sails Update. It's our biggest update to date, featuring many new units, technologies and even custom events!Big thanks to anyone that participated both in internal and public playtest, we really appreciate the help and feedback given! Here's the full changelog of what we're bringing to life this time.Full Naval ReworkSo far the naval combat has been rather simplistic, with only 2 naval units, being available. This update aims to address it. As such a bunch of new naval units have been introduced, each with different strenghts and weaknesses! Here's the rundown:Transport ShipsTransport Cog - A primitive transport ship used to transport units. It's relatively slow and unable to enter deep water, while also being relative vulnerable. Transport Ship - A direct improvement of the transport cog. This ship is much faster, more resilient and may enter deep water.Light Ships Scout Ship - Cheap light vessel good for early exploration, or preying on defenseless transport, but poor war vessel overall.Corsair - A very quick vessel, good for both exploration and harassment, while being more resilient than the scout ship.Heavy Ships Galley - A larger galley equipped with a primitive balistae for effective ship to ship combat, good for fighting lighter vessels. Galleon - A mighty galleon, equipped with top of the line armaments for naval domination, expensive but domineering on the sea against all but few ships.Anti-heavy ShipsFire Galley - A galley equipped with a greek fire launcher, very effective against heavier vessels, but has a very small attack range.Siege ShipsSiege Galleon - These fearsome ships are equipped with long range mortar, to devastate the enemy buildings from long distances. If you control the seas, you may use these to reduce the enemy economy to rubble.Various ships are worth using when dealing with other ship types and for different purposes. For example heavy ships deal best wit...
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• Patch Notes·12 Dec 2025Official

  Patch #10 - Visual updates, new challenge map, animated intro, bugfixes

  Hello!Back with some new improvements, as well as small content additions before the next major update. Let's get right into the new changes:Visual AdditionsAdded animated studio logo to the intro of the game.Added more visual indications in the quick guide start.Changed the font in the quick guide start to provide better readability as well as more fitting style.Resource panel now features a new style, hopefully providing more readability.Various parts of the UI have been slightly modified for better readability. Colors have been slightly corrected on various objects.BugfixesFixed an issue where the editor couldn't properly edit a saved game. Technology and resource data is now cleared from the saves that are edited with the editor. (this will change in the nearby future, to include custom setting of those value from the editor).Fixed an issue with neutral units rarely getting stuck Miscellaneous Added a new challenge scenario "Prosperous Valley", which adds another 'race against time' challenge. Your enemy has more units, and can create and grow their town with time, you must act swiftly, and utilize your 3 units efficiently to take on a fortress, militia and a growing town.
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• Patch Notes·19 Oct 2025Official

  Update 0.3.2 - Steam Workshop, Visual Improvements, Quality of Life, Bugfixes

  Hello there, due to a recent play tests as well as gathering of feedback at International Festival of Comics and Games, we have managed to gather quite a list of requested features, and we do intend to act on them! Here's the first round of sweeping changes that hopefully will positively affect your experience! ːsteamhappyːHuge thank you to everyone who provided us with constructive feedback. It helps a lot!But now let's get into what has changed!Steam WorkshopAs promised, Steam Workshop has now been implemented and released.You can now use an in-game workshop uploader to publish your mod to the workshop!In order to download a workshop map, you can simply subscribe on the workshop, your maps will be auto-downloaded on game launch!Further customization of steam workshop assets, as well as pregenerated map previews will come soon.Visual ImprovementsA new Perlin-noise based water shader has been implemented replacing the simplistic old one, to make the water seem more wavy, an enhance the atmosphere on oceanic maps.A new water texture was introduced to work better with the new water shader.In game context panels, building choices and information panels have been reworked into a dark transparent design, to make it more readable.A new font has been used in user interface to provide a more readable GUI look.Quality of Life ChangesTechnology research can now be canceled and refunded by right clicking on it.You can no longer move units while browsing technologies, to avoid accidentally moving them without intention to do so.Technology tree now shows your resources, when you browse technologies.Expanded tutorial to include additional information about unit class bonuses, and berry collection.BugfixesIn multiplayer, tribute could sometimes be sent despite not having the neccessary resources.In multiplayer matches with AI opponents, the players would sometimes get multiple notifications of AI opponents not being able to place down their buildings. Fixed potential case for the ...
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