Aska places you in the role of a tribal leader landing your ship in a mystical ever-changing new realm. You must survive, build, craft, fight, farm, sail and prepare for the Dead Winter as you seek to create a self-sustaining viking society.

Aska lets up to four players work together, commanding villagers and preparing their tribe for the ancient threat that winter will bring. This includes assigning jobs to villagers, constructing workshops, mines, farms and castles, exploring the world to discover hidden loot and resources, and fighting mythical enemies. Together, you will not just build a village, but a functioning society that you are a part of.  

As you expand your tribe, you will have the ability to sail your own customizable viking ship and discover new lands in this fantastical procedurally generated world. Build outposts across these new lands and set up supply lines between settlements to transform your viking society from a village into an empire. Building a strong and stable society will give you a better chance of survival when Dead Winter hits and your tribe faces not only the harshest of elements, but the dark inhabitants of this world that have been lying in wait.

Sand Sailor Studio are pleased to announce that a Closed Beta for Aska will begin on August 11, 2023.

The developers are inviting the players and community to provide invaluable feedback which will help with fleshing out the game and experience. Sign-up now on the ASKA Discord server for your chance to participate in the beta where you can experience ASKA’s deep survival mechanics, build your village, organize your villagers, battle undead enemies and discover the game with up to three other players  in online co-op.

In the ASKA beta, you will have access to the complete Tier 1 and Tier 2 Technology Trees to construct your village, craft a variety of tools and weapons, tame wolves to turn them into companion dogs, explore enemy-infested ruins, experiment with automating your village's industries and much more.

Players can get their first taste of what ASKA has to offer in the game’s multiplayer Closed Beta, starting on August 11th, with sign ups open now! To be the first to know more about ASKA and to sign up for the Closed Beta please join the Discord server.

In the full game, expanding your tribe will eventually lead to you being able to sail your own customisable viking ship and discover new lands in this fantastical procedurally generated world. Build outposts across these new lands and set up supply lines between settlements to transform your viking society from a village into an empire. Building a strong and stable society will give you a better chance of survival when Dead Winter hits and your tribe faces not only the harshest of elements, but the dark inhabitants of this world that have been lying in wait.

“From the outset, our goal has been to work closely with players to help us shape ASKA into the best game it can be,” said Cristian Diaconescu, Co-Founder of Sand Sailor Studio. “This Closed Beta is the next step in that journey. I’d encourage anyone to get involved by signing up to the ASKA Discord and letting us hear your ideas and feedback!”

Key Features:

• Explore a large procedurally generated world, complete with a day/night cycle, realistic weather system and seasonal vegetation.
• Chop trees, mine rocks and gather resources from bushes
• Craft various tools, weapons and clothing
• Make a camp, survive the first nights and slowly build up your settlement
• Build camps, houses, production buildings, walls and fences
• Gain complex AI Villagers, assign them jobs, houses and make sure they have food.
• Villagers talk to you, sharing their issues and asking for help.
• Have your Villagers build structures and gather resources.
• Organise their schedule, balancing Work, Leisure and Sleep hours to optimise production.
• Set up automated production lines for food, resources and tools.
• Experience a complete melee and ranged skill-based combat system
• Defend against small occasional incursions of Revenants or wild animals. Fight alongside your Villagers.
• Hunt wild animals
• Fish a wide variety of fish species
• Face a variety of undead enemies and wild animals, each with their unique behavior.
• Build houses and decorate them with furniture and storage using a grid system.
• Flight System - Take the form of a raven and fly anywhere you want
• Proficiency System - The more a character does an action, the better they become at it
• Tame wolf pups and turn them in Dog companions
• Customize clothing with various colors
• Contract illnesses and heal them using the appropriate ingredients
• Locate and highlight valuable resources with a “detective mode” area search.
• Discover and cook a wide variety of seasonal food items.
• Discover caverns and mines
• Discover enemy-infested ruins

Aska is in development for PC.