Sometime in the last century, a nuclear blast annihilated the city of Atlanta. Subsequent explosions rippled across the globe, triggered by an unknown aggressor. The face of the world was changed forever. Out of the ruins have emerged bizarre and twisted monsters, strange otherworldly phenomena and a people driven by savagery. In the desiccated heart of old America, settlements struggle to survive the eerie wastes, mutated lifeforms... and each other.
You are a scavenger. Stalker. Junker. The names are many but the profession remains the same - discover the lost treasures of the old world and get back home in one piece. But the world before will not easily give up its secrets - even now new powers are emerging, also keen to claim their share...
What's the deal with Ashes?
Ashes is a post apocalyptic TC that combines semi-realistic build engine style maps with fast paced Doom inspired combat. It takes influence from the Fallout and Stalker series.
Features:
Greeting scavs,
It's been a bit, hasn't it? While we've trickled out small pieces of news on various discords and forums, it's been too long since we've dropped a good and proper official update. Herein we'll compile the various fragments we've teased into a cohesive whole, add some new stuff, and just generally do some rumor control.
First off, the main event:
Art by Snordix
Hard Reset (HR) is the prequel expansion for Afterglow and will be a linear campaign in the style of 2063. Take the role of the veteran scav Walker as he guides a team of elite soldiers into The City. As events spiral out of control Walker finds out that a long forgotten foe has caught up with him... and that not all injuries are of the flesh.
Planned features include:
HR is spearheaded by team member RetroMuffin34, and at this point in time there is no release date. When It's Done, but hopefully SOON(tm).
Have some screens (WIP!):
Episode 3 remains in pre-production as we hammer out the details of the story and test ideas for new game mechanics. In a way HR will serve as a dry run for some of these ideas, and quite possibly not all of them will survive outside contact. Development is going to remain glacial as most of our attention will be on getting HR out the door, but rest assured Ep3 is not canceled or abandoned.
We've talked internally about what worked and didn't work in Afterglow, and what aspects are worth bringing forward. We closed in on a few sore points and I want to lay these out here:
Some have said that certain parts in the back half of Afterglow felt rushed, and in truth they were. Our deadline was self imposed, but it was driven by real world commitments and a desire to stop the release from slipping far into 2022. Thus a lot of things didn't get the iteration they needed to be truly polished. We have a better understanding now and a pretty good idea of what not to do, so hopefully we can avoid these pitfalls for Ep3.
Do you have thoughts on this? Is anyone still reading? Does Randy Pitchford deserve the hate? Feel free to leave a comment.
We still aren't taking money, and have no immediate plans to start. You could say that's insane or stupid and yeah you're probably right. We appreciate the people offering to line our pockets, but for now if you want to help us out sharing Ashes with your friends is more than good enough. Spread the word.
One day maybe we'll clean up the complete series and throw it up on Steam for a few bucks, but that day is far in the future if it comes at all.
Lastly, a quick plug for various team members and also an explanation of where our time goes when it's not being spent on Ashes stuff. If you're allergic to shameless shilling, feel free to bail now.
Retromuffin34 has a youtube channel here. She does a lot of weird Sonic/FnF/Madness Combat stuff so if that's your bag then check it out.
Primeval continues to crank out sick tunes, check him out here. Most recently he made the soundtrack for Dread Templar. But I will once again shill the excellent Ashes soundtracks here:
TDG, our writer, continues to toil away thanklessly in the word mines when he's not ranting about how much Fallout 3 sucks or how garbage modern Star Trek is. He occasionally pens articles for NMA, so if you like complaining about how shit modern games are on a forum that's probably older than you are check them out
Vostyok, the main man himself, can be found here. His time is split between Ashes and his work alongside Zan developing a "Sexy Goblin DLC" for Hedon. Yes it's really truly real and not a joke. He also recently had a bike accident where his face lost a contest with the pavement, so wish him well.
Lastly, I (RefomedJoe, the dude writing this) also have a shitty youtube channel here where I very occasionally post stuff I'm working on. Most recently I was engaged as a level designer for Selaco.
Until next time scavs, stay safe out there.
A quick chat about some recent events and a look at what the future of the Ashes universe will be.
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Latest standalone version of Ashes that contains both episodes.
This is the latest .pk3 only version of Ashes Episode 2 (Ashes: Afterglow).
This is the latest .pk3 only version of Ashes Episode 1 (Ashes: 2063)
Contains the monsters from Ashes Afterglow for use with other map packs.
This is a MAPS ONLY version of Episode 2 for use with other gameplay mods.
Contains the weapon set from Ashes Afterglow for use with other map packs.
im on cold turkey since finishing ep2, i need more. i loved every detail. the gameplay is absolutely perfect. music is insane. mapdesigners deserve medals. the artists ofc too, the way the style got nailed so perfectly, and everything. one of my favourite games ever i could praise this for hours. better then any triple a shooter, and the ironic thing is, its equally pleasing to look at because its actual art
So I've noticed that if I play Episode 2 Sterilized with Ashes Monsters and any other weapons mod, it crashes partway through the first or second level without fail. Sterilized with just weapon mods runs perfectly fine.
Cant wait for EP3. Feels more like fallout than fallout 4 itself.
Super Awesome MOD/Full game Thank you!.
Not that I'm not looking forward to Hard Reset, but wasn't there talk of a Porcelain expansion at some point? Was that ever really a thing?
It was. Unfortunately (for reasons I can't discuss) the guy making it had to put it on indefinite hold.
Damn, that is unfortunate. Thanks for the answer.
Мод классный но первая часть мода прямо линейный сюжет я прошел но вот вторая часть мода сюжет в нем запутанный может автор всё таки сделает перевод хоть бы второй части а то я не дружу с английским пожалуйста очень прошу.
I have finished both games and the DLC and I must say, this is really amazing, absolute masterpiece, surprised how it doesn't get much attention but it is truly a game one must play once in their lifetime. AMAZING WORK!
Just wanna say I've been playing Ashes again. It's a masterpiece. I'm so psyched for part 3.