Ascend

Every bullet leaves a mark.

ASCEND is a brutal 2D shooter built on real physics. Enemies take cover behind distance, hear your gunshots across the level, and fall apart when you hit them.

Clear five levels. Build your guns. Then break everything in the sandbox.

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Features

• Active ragdoll combat. Your body walks with real steps, aims both arms at the mouse and gets knocked down when it's hit. So does everyone else.
• Simulated blood. Droplets fly, splash and stain walls, floors and bodies. Stains stay and dry over time.
• Dismemberment. Limbs come off where the bullets land.

• Smart enemies. They spot you by line of sight, aim with human error, fire in bursts, reload and open doors. Unsuppressed shots give you away.
• Zombie survival. Hold the end of a dark apartment hallway against endless waves of the dead. Runners, brutes, bloaters and screamers join in as the waves grow, with a horde every fifth wave. How far can you get?
• Room generator. Pick rooms, enemies, skill, doors and lights-out, then generate a new level with one click.
• Sandbox mode. Grab, throw, freeze, spawn, push, pull and delete. Slow motion, frame stepping and zero gravity.

The campaign

1. Warehouse — three armed guards. Take them one at a time.
2. Long Hall — five shooters down one corridor. They will hear you coming.
3. Crossfire — you start in the middle. They close in from both sides.
4. Blackout — the power is out. Bring the flashlight.
5. Slaughterhouse — two waves. The second comes from behind.

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Controls

A D	Walk
Space / W	Jump
Left mouse	Fire
R	Reload
Tab	Swap weapon
E	Open or close a door
Mouse wheel	Zoom
Ctrl+R	Restart level
Esc	Pause

Sandbox tools: 1–5 to switch tools, G toggles gravity, ` toggles slow motion.

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Content warning: graphic violence, blood and dismemberment.