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 released the above Deep Dive trailer revealing more about the fun and important choices players will make as they carve out a new home on a mysterious island, including new details about summoning a tribe, managing your villagers, and uncovering the secrets of these untamed lands.

Additionally, ASKA will be featured in Steam’s Open World Survival Craft Fest (May 27 - June 3) and Steam Next Fest (June 10-17) where players can access a free 5-hour demo of the game, playing solo or with up to four players in multiplayer. Players will receive a score at the end of their demo, which they can compare with friends or try to improve by playing again.

Aska will be available on Steam Early Access starting June 20, 2024.

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 (Steam), scheduled for 2025.