Day 7 - Demo Completion

So I said I probably wouldn't get much done on the weekend and that the update would likely only come Monday. Well ended up with more time than expected, meaning you got more updates! I said the goal was to get a demo up today if possible and I just barely made the deadline (or I would have, if my internet didn't take 2 hours to upload the game files). You can now play the entire prologue/tutorial any time you want now :D

Here's what you need to know:

• Download zip file from the Hiro's Ascension page & extract
• First thing open the Read Me file.
• Then launch, "Hiro's Ascent" .exe application.
• While you can fullscreen, it is recommended that you DO NOT do this if you want everything to display properly. If you really want to, don't do it until after you press, "Begin Ascent" for best results.
• Game volume may be a bit too loud so adjust as needed; greatly depends on if you are using headphones or not.
• If you need to, open the game ini file and make the appropriate changes.
• Enjoy!

Please keep in mind that this is NOT the final product. Any and all events herein are subject to change as I move through the development process. If you would like to provide a suggestion for a change, future feature, constructive criticism, or just leave a compliment for me then please do feel free to comment with that here or on the game's page. If you notice any errors please let me know ASAP so I can get that fixed. I know fullscreen mode doesn't always work for everybody. I am looking into fixing that but I don't have a solution right now.

Another thing to note is that I will likely scale back my original idea a little bit so I can show everything off best in the 1 hour limitation. This shouldn't be a big deal since I had scaling and modular level design. Going to focus on the core ideas, only adding extra where possible. I would really hate to make a great game, but one that the judges can't complete, at least, most of, if not all of it.

With that, here's a complete list of features:

• Complete tutorial & story introduction
• 2 full maps
• 1 full combat encounter (fairly challenging, you've been warned)
• Complete soundtrack (for what has been implemented at least)
• 2 secret endings

I have no clue how long this takes to complete since I made the thing. Personally, I can run through the whole demo in like 10 minutes without skipping  everything. It'll probably take you closer to 15. If you are familiar with this type of game, you can probably do it in 5 minutes-ish like me. Either way, I hope you enjoy it!

Thanks for reading and I look forward to the feedback.

-JS