Hello!
Hope everyone is doing well. :^)
I wanted to provide an update in terms of what happens next, as Astral Ascension has been released for a while now and we've patched/updated all the reported issues.
First things first, we are not working on any new titles, and this looks like it won't be changin...
2025-07-20 18:41:20 +0000 UTC View PostHello friends,
Y'all better hold onto your hats cause we about to embark in the spiciest of spicy conversations! I'm of course talking about AI.
There's been a lot of progression in the AI art generation space, especially when it comes to anime. It is still not 100% however take a look at somet...
2025-06-23 21:58:16 +0000 UTC View PostHello Friends,
Hope everyone had an amazing weekend! Just wanted to post a little follow-up to our After Story poll!
Y'ALL REALLY LIKE YOUR BLONDE WAIFUS IT WOULD APPEAR. Then we got the pink haired waifus both as a second picks... I'm not...
Hello Friends,
Just out of curiousity, which PixelFade Waifu needs an After Story the most? Please feel free to vote below! I am interested to see how this waifu war goes. O_O
I've enabled multi-vote so please feel free to select your top 3 picks!
Cheers,
-Dishu
2025-06-05 11:25:39 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello Friends,
After almost 5+ years, Astral Ascension has finally released on Steam!:
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1529350/Astral_Ascension/
This has been our dream project and we were able to make it thanks to...
2025-05-30 18:41:16 +0000 UTC View PostHello Friends,
We've collected all the names for Astra's credit! Please take a look through the attached spreadsheet to make sure you are indeed on the list.
Additionally, if the wrong name / username is being used, please send me a DM!
Also please go ahead and switch to free member guilt free if your intention this mon...
2025-05-11 17:07:51 +0000 UTC View PostEDIT: You can pledge to the $1 tier and it'll make you an active Patreon member, just make sure your lifetime contribution was at least $5 to be eligible to be added to credits!
Hello Patrons,
Hope everyone had an amazing weekend! Just here to let you know that we will be collecting names of ac...
2025-05-05 19:15:23 +0000 UTC View PostHello Patrons,
Hope everyone is having an amazing Friday and are looking forward to the weekend! Just thought I'd post an update that we've been working hard on polishing Astral Ascension and will be going gold soon! That means that a release date is eminent and those waiting for the game to be out of Early Access won't have to wait...
2025-05-02 20:58:32 +0000 UTC View PostHello Patrons,
Hope y'all are doing well! Just here to provide an FYI that a phat patch dropped on Steam today! Here are the highlights:
Over 50+ continuity adjustments and bug fixes based on feedback you have provided as well as some backend corrections! The story should feel significantly more cohesive now, especiall...
2025-04-10 07:13:08 +0000 UTC View PostHello Friends,
Hope y'all are doing well! Just here to share the full CG pack for Astral Ascension in glorious 4K resolution which you can find here:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1bhuZ5c_w63UfJmXwef1FD78Bw86-iAM3/vie...
Hello hello!
Hope you are all having a lovely weekend so far. :^) Just sliding by to provide a quick monthly update; let's get started!
FIXES
We did a bunch of fixes related to the Helen and Zeke endings (Zeke kept showing up at the beach, this was due to one of his variables transcending almost ever...
2025-03-01 10:43:46 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello Friends,
I just wanted to express my gratitude for all the support you have shown me and PixelFade throughout the years. None of what we accomplished would have been possible without you always cheering us on and supporting us!
PixelFade started back in 2014 (11 years ago!), though my time experimenting with VNs dates back to a...
2025-02-25 01:24:02 +0000 UTC View PostHello Patreons,
Firstly, thank you so much for your patience! We missed the January monthly update (which broke our like years long streak ;_;) as things have been really hectic with the early access launch as well as trying to push forward with the voice work.
With the release around the holiday and all the post-early access ...
2025-02-07 17:31:03 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello Patreons,
We just wanted to wish all of you a Happy New Year as we go into 2025!!
Astral Ascension finally made it to early access and we should be releasing the full game within a couple months if not weeks. This has only been possible thanks to all your support!!!!!
With Astral Ascension wrapping up,...
2024-12-31 22:28:55 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello Patreons,
Last update of the year!!!!!!!!!!!! Lots of phat news to share so let's get started!
ASSETS
One of the final assets of Astral Ascension is the end screen. We wanted something th...
2024-12-21 19:28:34 +0000 UTC View PostEDIT: There was a few game breaking bugs on the Steam version (get stuck in a loop with certain choices, mission outcomes not going to proper paths, random freezing issue...etc). We made those fixes and will be pushing the build out to Steam. Because we are only supporting one build version to keep things simple, that means ...
2024-12-11 08:50:43 +0000 UTC View PostHello Patrons,
Hope everyone is having a great weekend so far! So we were intending to release into Early Access this weekend but ran into a little situation, hopefully it will be wrapped up in the next couple of days.
In the meantime, here is the Early Access build that we are intending to go to early access with!:
2024-11-30 05:26:38 +0000 UTC
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Hello Patreons,
Hope everyone is having a great weekend! To kick things off, let's first start with me asking you to stop gibbing the monies once again!! >:O
Details as to why are here:
https://www.patreon.com/posts/important-upd...
Note: Duplicate Message from Type A post!
Hello Patreons,
Hope everyone is having a great weekend so far! Just here to share the last two music tracks that will be in Astral Ascension. To avoid spoilers, I have marked the song as Type A and Type B since their 'vibe' can potentially give some hints as to what happens i...
2024-11-24 09:44:16 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello Patreons,
Hope everyone is having a great weekend so far! Just here to share the last two music tracks that will be in Astral Ascension. To avoid spoilers, I have marked the song as Type A and Type B since their 'vibe' can potentially give some hints as to what happens in those endings!
Type B post is available here:
...
Hello Patrons,
First, I will just mention this idea of swapping to a free membership again (stop gibbing me your hard earned dollars >_>):
https://www.patreon.com/posts/important-update-111055840
Regarding access to the...
2024-10-22 06:41:44 +0000 UTC View Post
EDIT 2: Can't delete the drop post directly (interface non-response) so I had to click edit and then manually delete.
SAME GUY WHO DESIGNED THEIR UX ALSO DID QA APPARENTLY
EDIT: Patreon has a new feature called "Drop" where it releases the content at a future time. That's fun and all except:
1) WHY IS IT ON BY DEFAULT F...
2024-10-22 06:17:43 +0000 UTC View PostHello Patrons,
Hope everyone had a great weekend! It is time for the monthly update. :^)
Please note that the update will be fairly light as the work being done is mostly backend and process-heavy (not particularly "shareable" like post-production on voice over line for instance).
I also urge you to please ...
2024-09-23 06:49:37 +0000 UTC View PostHello friends, happy Friday!
I like to hope that we are always as transparent as possible with this amazing community and in the interest of that, I'd like to provide an important update!
Astral Ascension is fully funded and we are all set on budget to completion. I know some of our Patreons are here to support ...
2024-08-30 03:55:07 +0000 UTC View PostHello Patrons,
It's Wednesday my d00ds, hope everyone is having a great week so far! Thank you for your patience regarding the August update, we've been swarmed with a bunch of unexpected work (explained below) which are actively being worked on.
So without any further delay, let's get started!
Hello Fans, PixelFaders, and Patreons,
Today we'll be sharing an updating regarding the release date of Astral Ascension. I think a good majority of people are expecting a release for August 22nd as that has been our historical date for past games:
ACE - August 22, 2016
Crystalline - August 22, 2018
Ethereal Enigma...
2024-08-18 19:32:27 +0000 UTC View PostHello Patrons,
Hope everyone is having a fantastic weekends so far! Just here to share the latest build with you all which is Astral Ascension fully completed with episode 1 voiced by the main cast! You can check it out here:
2024-08-18 05:09:45 +0000 UTC
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Hello Patrons,
Hope everyone is having a great weekend so far! Just thought I'd pop in and mention that we are currently working on the Astra - UI Upgrade! This will be an update to most of the screens to make it a bit more modern/sci-fi as well as replace some of the older placeholders that we have.
So without further ...
2024-08-11 17:30:45 +0000 UTC View PostHello Patrons,
Hope everyone is having a fantastic week so far!! Just here to share the July update with you all. :^)
First order of business, we do have a new build up which has a bunch of bug fixes, NPC portrait added, continuity adjustments, and full controller/steam deck support (it is still slightly janky as we are...
2024-07-23 02:06:00 +0000 UTC View PostHello Patrons,
Hope everyone is having an amazing week so far! Just wanted to get your thoughts and feedback on a fun idea we were thinking about.
Right now, the game has the three character traits that you pick for MC:
ATHLETIC
2024-07-09 03:13:57 +0000 UTC
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