Dreadlord Ascension
A downloadable game for Windows, Linux, and Android
Summary
In this Erotic Strategy Role Playing Game you play as Cervius, an incubus who strives to become a Dreadlord. Gather servants, conquer, have lots of sex, and ascend.
About the Game
Cervius, an incubus and Demon Lord, strives to become a Dreadlord, which is the highest rank of rank a demon can attain. For this purpose, he has taken over an abandoned castle and made it his base of power. From there, he will conquer and expand his domain, while travelling to foreign worlds to gather servants that will fight for him.
Characters
Features
Servants
Form contracts with people across worlds to take them in as your servants. Train them, milk them, have them wrestle in the arena for your enjoyment, and much more.
Battle
Head into battle with your servants and fight your foes in turn-based strategic battles.
Castle
Gather resources to construct new rooms and upgrade existing ones. After all, what would a lord be without a magnificent throne room? Or an incubus without his hall of pleasure?
Private Chambers
Buy and craft pieces of furniture and use them to decorate your private chambers.
Erotic Content
The demo contains over 50 sprite animations, 5 fully animated affinity scenes, over a dozen CGs, and more.
*Haiden and future characters are only available in the patreon/Fanbox/Subscribestar version and many more characters are planned to be added.
**Saves from this demo version can be transferred to the patreon/Fanbox/Subscribestar version by copy/pasting the "save" folder.
You can support my work over at patreon/Fanbox/Subscribestar or follow the weekly update posts on my website:
https://www.patreon.com/Redflash
https://redflashgallery.blogspot.com/
Changelogs:
V.0.15.4:
- Added the import/export for the Android version (you must allow the app to access all files so .json can be imported into the game. Export can be used to transfer files to other devices while the Import can be used to add existing save files to your game, included the complete save from the higher tier.)
- Made input improvements for the 3D maps
- Added the option to switch to a low detail version of the 3D maps for those experiencing lag on PC/Linux
- *Fixed some bugs with Sol's affinity
- Fixed a bright lighting bug on Android
- Fixed the "swap" skill crashing the game under certain conditions
- *Fixed a bug with Seilon's ballista
- Made further fixes to the range display
- *Added Lenga (which includes his affinity, sex training, hero challenge, unit, etc.)
- *Added 2 new random events (Lenga x Haiden and Lenga x Ayers x Sol, need 50 affinity between them for the scenes to appear)
- Added new furniture for the bedroom (clan banners from Dregan, simple curtains, arcane lanterns and 2 new frames (1 for Ayers and 1 for Asker)
- Remade the stages in voxel (which includes random missions) and added Lenga's stage
- Added the battlefield in the stages
- Added a new attack animation for Cervius (normal and transformed)
- Added a new transformation animation for Fenris
- Removed the conquest invasion battles
- Remade some scenes to have them happen on the battle stage (+ a new little tease in Alastor's mission)
- Fixed a lot of small bugs
- Changed the Daemonheim battle theme (with both a battlefield and map version)
- Revamped the option menu and added a way to remap the keys
Download
Install instructions
For Android:
Minimum requirements:
- Android 7 or higher
- GLES 3 support
- 4 GB of RAM
The Android version is now available! Follow these steps to play the game:
1- Download and install an APK Installer on your phone (it can be downloaded from the google play store for free)
2- Download the game via this link
3- Install the APK using the Installer then launch the game
To update the game later, you will simply have to download the newest version and install the game again to overwrite the previous files (you will not lose your current progress)
Development log
- New Demo version 0.15.xDec 12, 2024
Comments
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If you are on mobile then there may not be anything we can do since pretty much all the graphic options are disabled. If you are on PC or Linux, you can enable the Low Detail mode in the options to make the game run better.
It's not currently planned as we did what we could to improve the performance there but if we find a new solution we'll work to implement it ;)
Thank you.
I can't pass this level, my role level is 20. If you enter the battle through the right door, you will be poisoned. Who can help me?
You can also start through the left door (this is the one I usually take). Also when you get to the boss, make sure Cervius will take the first hit so you can oneshot the boss with Asker
Thank you! I have cleared customs and summoned heroes.The 0.15.4 Android version downloaded from this interface has no follow-up after playing here?
The last thing to do ingame with the demo version is the first Daemonheim chapter.
With the subbed version, there are further changes in gameplay, the Dregan world and the mission to get Lenga.
We are still working on adding more content
Good morning everyone! Does anyone know why the prisms aren't unlocked for Dregan?
How can I make Lenga to do "Looking for a crest"mission?
and how can I make Dregan people's prisminds? they don't have it?
I stuck "Looking for a crest" and "Haiden's Research: Part 01"
There currently is a bug with the Adventure board, we're going to fix it in tomorrow's new build
How do I unlock the Bathroom and the Mission Room? I've cleared all the content I can find, finished the Dregan storyline, now just building affinity with the new characters. I can't seem to find the Ocean Aquarium or the Explorer's Map? I'm 0.17.1. Is there still this bug?
You need to download a more recent version. The Aquarium and map were removed from the room's material list because they are old unused gifts.
i feel like this is a silly question but im not sure where to ask this but i really want to play this game but im kinda stuck on what to do after ive gotten a free sword from the blacksmith cuz i cant find link anywhere
That's Palestra you're talking about which is a completely different game xP. After getting the sword go back to the world map and travel back to the forest.
tysm sorry i wasnt sure were to ask
will you ever release a mac version?
Unfortunately no, mac is a little more complicated and it's hard enough as it is to keep up with the different versions x)
I never tried but maybe it's possible to emulate it on Mac using Wine though
Can we have a new update pls 😭 (been waiting for months because I finished all things)
It's still too early to release an itch update as we're still doing the reworks to the base game systems. We do have an update coming out at the end of this month, but only on the subscription websites (update is mostly about changing how skills are learned along with a few other side things. Then we have another major rework for the conquest map. THEN we'll finally be able to return to the story ><)
It's a great game. I'm having a lot of fun.
This is a personal preference, but it would be nice to be able to return facial expressions and attitudes to what they were before the sex training and corruption levels were raised.
Keep up the good work on development!
You can talk to the characters in the castle and change their outfits to your preferred one ;)
I don't see the stone in my conquest
You mean you're not getting stone? You need to set a quarry and then after some time passes you'll passively gain stones.
I just started playing and I can't figure out how to use Fenris' special in the tutorial. I've pressed every button and clicked on every option, but I don't see it.
It's the button called "Heavy Strike" under the attack. (Dont' click directly on the enemy to auto attack)
I'm sorry. I still don't get it. This is all I see
Huh that's weird, I downloaded and tried out the game's version and I had the special skill. Are you using the Linux or Windows version?
I downloaded the windows version from Subscribestar
ok yeah, that's unfortunate. I just saw and can confirm it's a bug. We'll fix it in this month's release.
If you want to bypass this bug, download the itch demo and complete the tutorial. Then save your game and transfer the save to the subscribestar version.
Sorry about the inconvenience ><
Why can't I buy arcane cipher、celestial dust、
sanguine drop from the renown shop
You need to finish the Dregan story to get access to that in the shop
Just came back to the game after a long rest. Somehow, the scenes when 'refreshing' isnt showing up. Has there been a change to that or is it a bug?
Those scenes were move to the Stage Performance minigame. The minigame can be accessed after getting the throne room upgrade and interacting with the throne
This game is very fun, although I missed out on many beautiful scenes because I don't understand English.
Unfortunately there is no plan for translations because I'm not good enough with other languages (unless there's some way to automatically do machine translations at some point)
I hv some question. I already get the "!" That plays 69 fenris cutscene, but then i went to a Conquest and after im done, its gone. Can i still get that again or i already skipped the cutscene???
Yes it can still appear randomly and you can also manually trigger it in Cervius's bedroom using the scrying pool
Is there no any way to make the mobile version run faster?🥺 I already done the quest to unlock aeren, but since i choose the option i didnt want(which is "my Faithful servant) i had to log off the game and since theres no save button during quest, i lost all my progress.
I wouldnt mind restarting again since its not that far yet, but bc the battlefield moves like 1 fps(including text, effects, and everything else) and lag so so bad, i kinda like- wanna cry rn🥲🥲🥲
We unfortunately already reduced the lag as much as we could for now, but there should be an auto save between stages?
There is, but the autosave stops at before we do the quest, so like i hv to do everything from the beginning lol🥲. Also can we deploy more units rather than one in side mission? I unlock that and now i hv to progress it, but i already done anything like clicking, scrolling, hold it, but i cant deploy fenris and aeren, only cervius.🥺
that's done in the menu at the start of the mission, you should be able to deploy up to 4 (or more depending on missions)
How? Do i like- just simply click it? Bc it doesnt work for me cause of the lag. I know this is stupid but- i just don't know what happened🥲, like- all i can do is just switch between them, but i cant deploy aeren and fenris at all.
Are you sending them out in Adventures? Because if they're on adventures you can't deploy them
i format my laptop and my saves lost how i get them back?
It depends how you formatted your laptop but unfortunately those could be lost. I can't really help you on that end.
thx
Really great game!
There's one thing I don't get though: how do you get the bottles of c*m? I've put servants on the farm but I've only been able to milk one once and otherwise nothing happens passively.
Same thing with the dais on which the servants "work", i don't understandq
when the wits pop (it seems random).Thanks!
The resource nodes will fill up after every combat or after you sleep in the bed.
I've completed everything, still waiting for months for the new update 😭 (experienced some bugs tho)
The demo won't be updated as often as the subscribed version. I only update the demo when we make changes to the systems, the story itself won't go further but I do plan on updating it when we rework the conquest map which will affect the story a bit.
I have all the materials for my throne room, but why can't I build it
The first or second level? I don't see why you wouldn't be able to build either though
first
How far are you into the story and do you have enough Essence to build the room?
Is Toriel's image (like, the little picture that appears next to the dialogue box) AI-generated?
AI images are placeholders. I don't remember if that's still the case in the demo version, but recently Coco redrew all the AI portraits we still had to be hand drawn.
is there a full version
Not currently, there's only a version with more content for people subbed on my patreon/fanbox/subscribestar. We're still developing the game.
i might be missing it but where the hell is the download button
I'm stuck at the the crafting of the first magic slave. Specifically, I'm at the timed part with the anvil. I'm confused at what I'm supposed to cuz the timer doesn't run out. It just stays at 1 second remaining, but doesn't go any lower.
I think that's because you're in the tutorial. Click on the runes with the same symbol indicated in the middle
I've done that, but the timer still stays at 1. Is there something I'm missing?
I've done that, but the timer still stays at 1. Is there something I'm missing?
Nevermind, I got the game to work properly
Missing Acolytes this task is too difficult. I have tried many times but I can't pass it. Can the author provide some ideas?
Which mission is this? Asker's? If so, you don't go into Enravel's range without being able to attack. Asker can defeat him in one strike if you engage on him first.
Thanks to the author's proposal, I finally passed. This game is really great,I love this game.
I want to know how to unlock three new stories
What do you mean?
oh they're not exactly new, it's cutscenes we added when reworking to the 3D stages to make the cutscene work with the stage. You'd have to replay the stage to unlock them in the gallery (which I don't think is possible without restarting but it's not worth restarting for that)
When is the next version?
We released two new versions for subscribers but we'll wait for some time before update the itch version so that all the game system reworks are done.
Hey. Sorry, I unlocked alastor a few days ago and i have no idea on how to progress in the story. I've tried doing the trixium order missions and sleeping over and over again but with no result. I only unlocked the Aerin and Fenris beach scene but thats about it.
Go on the board and complete the other adventures there to unlock further characters and missions
Tried replying but it didn't work. I mean this one
there's a mission on the board to get it
Red Where can I find Spark of Light?
What's that used for again?
How do you beat the mission "missing acolytes"? I always get killed at the end by enravel and I can't even deal any damage...
Don't put Asker in the enemy range, he can oneshot the boss
Knowing Asker can one shot the boss helped, I was able to beat it finally
Help me, I can't complete the mission.
What do you mean?
How do I unlock the Bathroom and the Mission Room? I've cleared all the content I can find, finished the Dregan storyline, now just building affinity with the new characters. I can't seem to find the Ocean Aquarium or the Explorer's Map?
Thank you for the awesome game!
Also, I just noticed Sol is level 1? Is that intentional? Should I shove him in the training room?
yep
Unfortunately, in the current update it's not possible to get those items, this bug will be fixed in the next version
Hello. How did you get crystallized essence? I lost the arena the first time I played it. Also, is there a way to get demonic essence? I play 0.15.4
winning the arena minigame should rewardyou with Crystallized Essence, as for the Demonic Essence, are you talking about Magic Essence in general?
No, I'm talking about the ingredient for upgrading the throne room at the forge. Some of the ingredients needed were "Heroic" and "Demonic".
Oh, I get it, It's Alastor's coom!!!
How do I get Phantasm Bond? I want to turn Lenga into a tank/healer. I've maxed his affinity with everyone, but im stiil not sure what else I need to do.
I'm not sure, but I think we removed the skill books from the shop because of the update to the skills we're about to do with the skill grids
Ah okay, thanks for the response (I figured it out its a random drop from skill training). Current save files from 0.15.4 and on will still carry over into the full game, right?
Also some feedback: the tool tips are unreadable because they are black on a dark background. Summon Devoid feels worthless. It doesn't contribute to Areren's levels unless you are healing it, and when it does hit it gets one shot. I think Cervius' transform skill should last until the start of his next turn, so that it can potentially be used for counter attacks. You can get stuck in the training arena if you get caught between the top left object and the character training there.Aside from that I've loved the demo, and I'm excited for the full game!
Since we're working on basic features like the skill grid, the saves will not be transferable once we release that update and the one after (conquest rework), so it depends on the version, but we're hoping the conquest update is the last one that will cause incompatibility between versions
Also, thank you for the feedback ;)
I was wondering if you'd answer a few more questions about the final game if you don't mind.
1. I actually pick based on what I think they would wear, nothing more than that xP
2. Iirc we have slots for 13 worlds in total. Some will be smaller than what we've pushed so far, and characters in those worlds will range between 1 to 4 (1-2 characters per world will become more common as we progress as the first worlds are used to buffer up the amount of units)
3. Yes, we're progressively adding more
4. Haiden is somewhat close to that but bullying in particular idk
5. Now that's a good question... is "long" an answer? xD
6. Currently, there's no plan to put it on steam. It's sub only and will most likely stay that way for a while. The reason for it being that BL games are extremely niche and without a steady source of income, we wouldn't be able to develop these games.
7. Don't think so, the game's going to be very long, I don't think DLC will be necessary xP
8. A personal favorite is Haiden, but I do like writing Leif too because he's on the kinkier side of heroes lol
How do I get stone?
You automatically should be getting them from the conquest map after setting a quarry there.