Greetings, banebreakers!
The Blood Moon befell once again, and a new calamity begins.
The second Steam Playtest for Demonbane: Ascension is now live!
A heartfelt thank you to everyone who participated in our first playtest, shared feedback, and has continued to support the game. This new playtest focuses on gathering more feedback on the core gameplay experience while introducing two brand-new systems: Wonder Skill and Dao Heart.
July 22, 8:00 PM (PT) – July 31, 8:59 AM (PT)
If you haven’t signed up yet, head to the Steam store page and click “Request Access” to join:
For those who have already registered, access is currently being granted in waves.
Selected players will see the Playtest button activated on the store page and receive a notification email from Steam, allowing you to download the test version directly.
If you've already requested access previously, simply keep an eye on the Steam store page and your email. Access will continue to roll out throughout the testing period, thank you for your patience!
This playtest covers the first two chapters of the game.
You'll play as our starting protagonist, Banebreaker Yuan, exploring Darkswamp and Ghostwood, collecting and upgrading legendary Artifacts from anceint myth, crafting Five Elements builds, and slaying demons, monsters, and corrupted gods along the way.
On top of that, this playtest introduces two brand-new systems:
As your cultivation realm advances, you'll unlock powerful Divine Powers, expanding your combat options and enabling even more build possibilities.
The Dao Heart system lets you shape the evolution of your abilities, granting existing skills new enhancements and unique effects.
We've also fixed a number of issues based on feedback from the first playtest and made various gameplay and quality-of-life improvements.
Please note that the game is still in development, and the content in this playtest does not represent the final quality.
You can still unlock the exclusive reward by opening the Wishlist window from the playtest's main menu.
This artifact reduces damage by manifesting a protective illusion and, when upgraded, can grant a revive effect along with HP recovery.
If you encounter any bugs, feel free to join our Discord.
Our team will collect feedback directly. We've also prepared a player survey, and we'd greatly appreciate it if you could take a few minutes to share your thoughts after playing:
https://forms.gle/HotNnxrAY8BoLXmX7
Your feedback on the new Wonder Skill, Dao Heart, and the overall combat experience will play an important role in shaping future development.
Save data from this playtest is compatible with data from the first playtest.
However, as the game is still in development, we cannot guarantee that save files will carry over to future playtests or the full release.
Follow our official channels to stay up to date with future development and playtest news:
Thank you all for your support, and we'll see you in the next playtest!
Howkey Deer Studio