Dissociative

James H. Van der Meulen · Trash Vomit Studios

Released: Dec 31, 2025
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Last updated: 15 Sep 2026, 23:05 GMT

Updates & announcements

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04 Jul 2026Developer post
Restructuring Update
Scrapped the old 2D Movement and rebuilt the player movement from the ground up using what I learned from making game Quantum Curse, The Legend of URE and Hardcore Soldier games This means better and more fluid player animation and movement Can now climb any wall once the Hook it
Scrapped the old 2D Movement and rebuilt the player movement from the ground up using what I learned from making game Quantum Curse, The Legend of URE and Hardcore Soldier games
This means better and more fluid player animation and movement
Can now climb any wall once the Hook item has been collected. Climbing is no longer restricted to ladders.
Added the entire Wind System from the Legend of URE game and implemented here in some outdoor 2D platforming areas
Added Control type selector and corresponding prompt symbols for Steam / XBOX, Playstation and Keyboard Controls. This involved creating and adding many new sprites.
Reorganized, Rebuilt and Optimized many Menus, Menu Systems and replaced many menu sprites
Optimized some loading by reducing the size of various background images
Optimized mirror transferring between light and dark worlds
Fixed bug where playing could access the Dream World when they were not supposed to be able to. First the player must collect the Comfy Couch item.
Fixed bug when player would use the mirror transfer within the HUB areas
Optimized certain Clouds
Adjusted the Blood Mush layering and collision boxes
Fixed the Dream World bug where the player would be trapped within the Dream World
Adjusted how the player Spawns in during specific conditions
Removed some sprites from the game completely
Adjusted some text placement
Adjusted some NPC Collision responses
Reprogrammed how the player attacks with the Stick during overworld sections
Added New Default control scheme for the Steam controller API
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30 Apr 2026Developer post
Darkness Update 03
Finished darkening all of the Desolate Dungeon backgrounds and added aesthetic depth for about another 200+ platforming dungeon rooms. This is about 600+ out of 2025 total scenes that have been touched up for the Darkness Update Series.
Finished darkening all of the Desolate Dungeon backgrounds and added aesthetic depth for about another 200+ platforming dungeon rooms. This is about 600+ out of 2025 total scenes that have been touched up for the Darkness Update Series.
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09 Apr 2026Developer post
Darkness Update 02
darkened more backgrounds and added aesthetic depth for about another 100+ platforming dungeon rooms, Boss battle rooms, intro areas, and dream land areas. This is about 350+ out of 2025 total scenes that have been touched up for the Darkness Update Series. Fixed anomalous level
darkened more backgrounds and added aesthetic depth for about another 100+ platforming dungeon rooms, Boss battle rooms, intro areas, and dream land areas. This is about 350+ out of 2025 total scenes that have been touched up for the Darkness Update Series.
Fixed anomalous level design for various areas where things might not have been quite right
Added more tile sprites for the purpose to add more detailed areas and level design aesthetics
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06 Apr 2026Developer post
Darkness Update 01
Added 8 directional movement for top down exploration darkened backgrounds and added aesthetic depth to 150+ platforming dungeon rooms (which is about one sixth of the total amount of rooms that are planned for the same treatment) added hundreds of new sprites and a few new tile
Added 8 directional movement for top down exploration
darkened backgrounds and added aesthetic depth to 150+ platforming dungeon rooms (which is about one sixth of the total amount of rooms that are planned for the same treatment)
added hundreds of new sprites and a few new tile sets toward moving forward in building more detailed environments
added new enemy types
added a new animated waterfall sprites
added to the design of the Home Town HUB Area
refined many areas in terms of layers and sprite positioning
prepared for further similar type updates for the near future
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02 Feb 2026Developer post
Graveyard and Visual Patch
Now has built in DPI awareness for better more crisp display of graphics / better visuals Allows for better display performance on 4K screens and/or screens with larger resolutions Changes to the Graveyard platforming section layers to portray depth so the player can tell the dif
Now has built in DPI awareness for better more crisp display of graphics / better visuals
Allows for better display performance on 4K screens and/or screens with larger resolutions
Changes to the Graveyard platforming section layers to portray depth so the player can tell the difference between the background and what they can come in contact with
Added more interactable chains in the graveyard environment
replaced the space backgrounds with updated versions
upgraded the scrolling dark cloud parallax background
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12 Jan 2026Developer post
Improvement Patch 04 | Intro and player animation changes
Completely wiped the intro area the player is first dropped into and changed it into a flat area where the player can get familiarized with the platforming aspect of the game without distractions. Refined the player animations for the player character's platforming aspect of the
Completely wiped the intro area the player is first dropped into and changed it into a flat area where the player can get familiarized with the platforming aspect of the game without distractions.
Refined the player animations for the player character's platforming aspect of the game so that the animations trigger properly in a more animated way.
Disabled access to the Dream World entry and added an item that the player must collect somewhere out in the world to enable entry into the dream world from the main purgatory hub.
Replaced the Space backdrops/backgrounds in the game with a New better looking replacement.
Added Text "Press a button" in the opening scene of the game
Changed the length of the sign text for the first sign after the player spawns into the Desolate World.
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02 Jan 2026Developer post
Improvement Patch 02
Adjusted the collision boxes for the platforming version of the main character tweaked the animation response timing for the platforming version of the main character replaced the climbing and teleport animations for the platforming version of the main character adjusted a backgr
Adjusted the collision boxes for the platforming version of the main character
tweaked the animation response timing for the platforming version of the main character
replaced the climbing and teleport animations for the platforming version of the main character
adjusted a background in the intro dream world
removed a ramp the was too tall in the intro dream world
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02 Jan 2026Developer post
Improvement Patch 01
Added visible paths in some areas that might be confusing for players near the beginning of the game Added some collision boxes in the Hometown house walls where there were previously none Fix bug where the player got stuck while walking in a specific area in the Desolate fixed a
Added visible paths in some areas that might be confusing for players near the beginning of the game
Added some collision boxes in the Hometown house walls where there were previously none
Fix bug where the player got stuck while walking in a specific area in the Desolate
fixed a bug where an NPCs shadow was above the NPC
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