To Ash and Ember

Devlog

• Even Minier-Update #13: Foundations (Followup)
  January 13, 2025 by Firgof

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  Things are going great with the refactor and, in fact, so far, I'm a little ahead of schedule. The new format is entirely JSON derived. What that means is that game events are no longer special Resour... Continue reading

  
• Mini-update #13 : Foundations
  January 07, 2025 by Firgof

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  Welcome to 2025! May she be a gentle year. Work has been proceeding smoothly on To Ash and Ember. A great deal of bugs have been fixed between the start of my winter sprint to now and the game's feeli... Continue reading
• Polling for Patreon
  December 31, 2024 by Firgof

  Well, I really want to stick with Subscribestar because Patreon makes me nervous but, as of yet, they're not banning horror games en masse off the platform just yet -- and I've gotten no subscribers v... Continue reading
• Notification of early showstopper/gamekiller
  December 30, 2024 by Firgof

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  Just so y'all are aware, a bug was reported for the latest public build where when you go through the New Game process and finish Mystery Selection you encounter a softlock/'black screen'. What happen... Continue reading
• Donationware copies sold out! (Also boss music)
  December 29, 2024 by Firgof

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  Thanks everyone for your interest! We didn't even get 4 full days before all the donationware copies sold out and that's very humbling for me. I'm really happy to see how willing folks are to give TAE... Continue reading
• Three donationware copies left!
  December 28, 2024 by Firgof

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  As title, but also another minor update! Since I lost posted, here's what's been accomplished: Investigators now have their own individual hurt sounds for both physical and mental damage, the dungeons... Continue reading

  
• Changelog [v0.41 Bluedawn] (incl v0.4 Silverdawn)
  December 25, 2024 by Firgof

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  To Ash and Ember Changelog <v0.4-0.41> Added [Overhaul] Dungeons: No longer a card grid; true Locations (custom events pending) Dice View : When dice are rolled you can now see the roll as it happens... Continue reading
• [Special Release] Happy holidays!
  December 25, 2024 by Firgof

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  May you all be Hale and Hearty! In the spirit of the season, I'd like to offer something of a gift to all of you who'd like to experience the game. The next 30 downloads* of 'To Ash and Ember' will be... Continue reading
• New Subscribestar Release: Silverdawn
  December 24, 2024 by Firgof

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  Happy Holidays to all! "SilverDawn" is now available to my Subscribestar subscribers who are Benefactors or above. I won't be announcing these Subscribestar releases from this point forward on Itch.io... Continue reading
• Mini-update #12 : Rolling Bones
  December 22, 2024 by Firgof

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  Welcome back! 🎉 Hope everyone's been enjoying the build that's out presently. I've been hard at work behind the scenes working on various large-scope projects for To Ash and Ember this winter break... Continue reading
• The Sun Rises!
  December 11, 2024 by Firgof

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  WELCOME version DEC24-BlackDawn I appreciate everyone's patience with this release! Please be aware that even though I'm excited to launch this version it's an alpha version of the game. 'What should... Continue reading

  
• Black Dawn
  December 05, 2024 by Firgof

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  It's been a while once more -- but I come bearing gifts in this Yuletide season of bitter snow. Not only do I have updates on the project's development for you, I have a genuine present for those who... Continue reading

  
• (Not so)Mini-update #11 : The Fog
  September 06, 2024 by Firgof

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  #mini-update

  While you've been away, I've been making a lot of changes. The city streets have gotten darker; the fog thicker; the mysteries deeper; your foes more dangerous. As this is a (somewhat) mini update, I'... Continue reading

  
• Mini-update #10: C'est la vie!
  March 11, 2024 by Firgof

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  So! It's been a bit again. Apologies for the delay since last devlog; things have been very busy in my personal life as I prepare for a move, help my partner out while they recover from surgery, and t... Continue reading
• Mini-update #9: Main-map and Dungeon Progress
  February 20, 2024 by Firgof

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  Howdy, all. I've made quite a few big strides forward since the last update for To Ash and Ember. Don't have a huge amount of time to write it up today so I'll summarize! Map Screen is Done(ish, for n... Continue reading

  
• Mini-update #8: Dungeon-delvin' Basics
  February 15, 2024 by Firgof

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  Little sneak peak of the progress I've made on the Dungeon exploration mode since last week: Once I clear out all the Xs, I think I'll be getting close to launching a prototype playable version in the... Continue reading
• [!] Abandoning Patreon; Onboarding SubscribeStar
  February 10, 2024 by Firgof

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  Following a wave of recent and fuzzily-targeted bans across the Patreon platform, I can't help but feel Patreon will find a way to oust horror games on its platform next after it convinces adult creat... Continue reading

  
• Mini-update #7: Hospitals, the Apocalypse, and You
  February 09, 2024 by Firgof

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  Welcome back, everyone! I've another "mini-update" for you. Mini-updates , by the way, are what I'm going to call 'internal updates that don't come with a new playable version of the game'. So, I'm af... Continue reading

  
• Mini-update #6: Heralds and Harriers (or 'Player 2 has joined the game')
  February 02, 2024 by Firgof

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  (Content shown in screenshots are works in progress and subject to change) As you may have noticed, I've decided to 'spruce things up a little' with the game's screenshots. This is because I've finall... Continue reading

  
• Mini-update #5: Full gameloop complete!
  January 30, 2024 by Firgof

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  Confrontations that cap off a mystery, mystery endings, and world distortions are now all in! At this time there is now a full gameloop and mystery that can be completed. I also added in a bunch of de... Continue reading
• Mini-update #4: Blemishes and Bruises
  January 27, 2024 by Firgof

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  As of this time, Confrontations (or at least their very early prototype form) are back in To Ash and Ember. Currently they're something of a mashup/reinterpretation of Inscryption's first Act as I con... Continue reading

  
• Mini-update #3 : Mulling over Confrontations
  January 23, 2024 by Firgof

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  Prototyping is well underway for the Confrontations portion of the game. There's a lot of moving parts in there so it's taking time to get put together. I'm thinking of building it with some inspirati... Continue reading

  
• New Engine, New Logo!
  January 18, 2024 by Firgof

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  Hot off the press! I figured since I was already rebuilding the project, I may as well rebuild the logo. The old logo had a number of fundamental problems to it: 1) It wasn't clear from the typography... Continue reading

  
• Mini-update #2: Title Cards and Short-term Plans
  January 17, 2024 by Firgof

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  I may have been playing particular games lately. Perhaps. You can prove nothing. Work is continuing to steam along at a good clip with TAE. I've finished up a lot of the backend surrounding deities an... Continue reading

  
• Mini-update #1 : Stats and Cursed Dice
  January 16, 2024 by Firgof

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  Work is proceeding smoothly. Today I refactored the stats systems, gave characters actual individual stat pools, let stats be gained and lost, get Funds to actually exist, got the Bathing/Laundry and... Continue reading

  
• The Refusal to Die
  January 14, 2024 by Firgof

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  Things were going well -- until they weren't. Financial issues, health problems, and many dark months frustrated the development of TAE such that I took a 'dev break' to other projects such as Unfatho... Continue reading

  
• Progress Report: Rituals and Rites
  April 07, 2022 by Firgof

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  Hey all! Wanted to show y'all a cool part of this game that hasn't really gotten a lot of daylight yet. The 2D/Deck style for Dungeon-type confrontations and mysteries is up and running in a primitive... Continue reading

  
• ⚠ Resurrection!
  April 01, 2022 by Firgof

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  The Fog rolls in and The City calls once more... Welcome back, everyone! The last year did its best to keep me busy fighting for heat, a place to live, and even up to and including bankruptcy (never-m... Continue reading
• Dungeon progress!
  February 24, 2021 by Firgof

  Basic Dungeon Crawling is about 30% in now. You can traverse hallways forwards and backwards, have encounters, run into obstacles/traps/loot/puzzles, and enter and exit rooms that can have their own e... Continue reading
• Dungeons!
  February 13, 2021 by Firgof#update

  Progress on the first unlocked Season of Bloom mystery, "The Rose's Thorn", is going along nicely. A number of new events and enemies have been added and I'm now wading waist-deep into the waters of m... Continue reading

  
• Screenshot Refresh!
  February 12, 2021 by Firgof#screenshot-refresh, #minor-update

  Updated the main page's screenshots to reflect the more current state of the game (minus the mystery event panels taking up most of the screen -- next patch I'm going to bring them back in to taking u... Continue reading

  
• v010 "Last Gasp of Winter" Patchnotes
  February 11, 2021 by Firgof

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  #major update

  V010 "Last Gasp of Winter" Patchnotes Fixed Near-impossible checks were breaking the text formatter for event buttons. This has been fixed so that formatting will no longer break. The Save DCs... Continue reading

  
• Settings Menu!
  February 06, 2021 by Firgof#miniupdate

  The long awaited Settings Menu is coming! Though there's not a lot of meat on her bones yet, I'm nonetheless doing my best to make it as painless and nice to use as possible. It takes a lot more time... Continue reading
• Tons of in-game footage!
  January 30, 2021 by Firgof#video-update

  Sorry it's taking a while for the latest build to arrive but I've been hard at work on a number of projects lately and haven't had the chance to do some proper footage-taking. That's resolved now, tho... Continue reading
• New screenshots!
  January 25, 2021 by Firgof#dev, #minor update

  I've updated the screenshots to reflect the build that's coming down the pipe sooner or later. The game's logo also got an overhaul!... Continue reading

  
• Crystal Ball
  January 07, 2021 by Firgof#devlog

  Hey there! Welcome to this devlog update where I'll be going over where the game's likely to be going in the short term and near-term future. First off: Thanks for continuing to check in on the proje... Continue reading

  
• V001c Patchnotes
  January 06, 2021 by Firgof

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  #patch

  Howdy and welcome! This is To Ash and Ember's version 001c patchnotes and I'm happy you've dropped by to see what's new. Thanks to everyone who submitted bugs, logs, and suggestions and feedback on th... Continue reading

  
• V001b Patchnotes
  January 03, 2021 by Firgof#patch

  The Prototype is being updated to resolve presently known bugs. In this update: Fixed * Investigators not properly duplicating on same-session-run * Pantheon not refreshing on same-session-run * GameM... Continue reading
• V001 Out Now!
  December 31, 2020 by Firgof#release, #prototype

  Uploaded the very first version of To Ash and Ember's prototype. New features in this version: Completable gameloop Minor unlock/mutations Inventory System with consumables support New Mystery: "Flowe... Continue reading