AscEnd
GAMEPLAY
In this game you control a test robot in a journey through a meticulously controlled testing environment where each death leads to a gameplay LOOP with a change YOU control. Attempt to climb the minaret in as few death LOOPS as possible and find out what the END has in store :).
CONTROLS
TAB/ESC - Menu
WASD - Movement
MOUSE - Look
SHIFT - Sprint
SPACE - Jump
C - Crouch
R - Shutdown
E - Consume cube ("Blows up pancakes with mind")
NARRATIVE
The year is 2077. You are RE-PT, an Adaptive Test Bot from Recursion Dynamics. Your entire existence is confined within the "Cycle-Chamber," a meticulously controlled testing environment designed to push the boundaries of automated problem-solving through continuous iteration.
Concealed as a vast, simulated desert, the chamber's primary feature is a formidable spiral tower you must constantly climb.
Each time RE-PT is "deactivated" — its core programming is instantaneously uploaded to a fresh, identical body. The previous deactivated body remains in the chamber, a physical record of the last attempt.
CREDITS
Developer: qknoxy
Sound Designer - Jimmy Nagaura Yabiko (prodbynaga)
Composer - Serge Balaam
3D Artist - Klemen Olenik
2D Artist / VA - Mirthy Tsang (Tukotara)
THIS GAME WAS MADE FOR THE GMTK 2025 GAME JAM (LOOP).
WEBGL LOADING TIME ~ 40 seconds.
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At the part where you're supposed to make stairs by resetting the cube just falls through the floor for some reason, it didn't happen the first time but now it always happens
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Thank you so much for playing our game and for taking the time to leave a review! We're sorry to hear you encountered an issue during gameplay. To help us investigate and fix it, could you please provide a few more details?
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I was playing on the web version on Chrome. It took a few seconds to load.
I love everything about this game. Game feel is really great. Sound design is really fitting. Art style, well those paint splashes and painterly brush strokes <3 While I was playing the game, I feel like game design needs a little more work since it's too repetitive for me. Then I reached the final level with tons of robot bodies and it hit me. That was a well earned experience for me. Congrats to the game design team/member! This could be a solid entry to the jam, sure. But well, you guys can still gain the exposure this game deserves in many other ways. Keep going!!!
P.u.p.s.
Great game! I don't lie with this, it can easy be a little fun game of steam if you add 1 or 2 extra endings. It brings me back so many memories of my first experience at Portal.
I hope to see a sequel or expanded version, the puzzles were very fun! Maybe shortening the time between deaths would be good if the game gets expanded.
COOL GAME BUT I AM TOO STUPID!
THANK YOU you would be the perfect game journalist 😼😼😼✌️
Lovely little game, very smooth gameplay. vibrant and dystopian aesthetic, love how you can solve the obstacles in different ways for each run.
Great stuff!
The game is pretty good overall. The concept is interesting, and the idea is clear and fun. Looking forward to seeing more from your team! =^.^=