Zen Ascent

Zen Ascent is a short indie game experience about climbing a serene and beautiful tower with no checkpoints along the way. A fall could send you all the way back to the beginning, unless you are able to catch yourself. Jump around challenging obstacles and pick up the collectable monkey heads found in hard to reach locations as you ascend toward the top. Track your speed with the in-game timer at the top of the screen.

This game requires perseverance and determination, but you can do it. Just keep climbing.

Average playtime: 5-10 minutes

The game was produced with C++ using the OpenGL graphics API. Features include:

• Soft Shadows
• Bloom
• Screen Space Ambient Occlusion
• Blending and Transparent Object Rendering
• Text Rendering
• Deferred Rendering

The source code is included in the download, feel free to do whatever you want with it.

Controls:

• WASD to move
• Space to jump
• Mouse to look around
• R to restart tower and reset timer

Please leave a comment to tell me if the game worked for you and if you liked it!