Hey there, dreamers!
First patch for the What Hides in Dreams Demo has just gone live! The main purpose of this patch is to reduce the game's overall difficulty by better informing the player of how monsters work and where certain key items can be found. Particular attention has been given to the Old House and Museum levels, with new hints dropped to the player that will hopefully better explain a monster's mechanics while also injecting some new tension into the levels.
Past these additions, I have also changed the following:
Player can now sprint from a crouch state, and vice versa.
General volume increase on player footstep SFX.
Attempted a fix to address an issue raised where the game would not capture the mouse on startup. I cannot promise this will completely fix the problem but it will hopefully at least be an improvement.
Can now exit the main menu from the B button on controllers.
Fixed heartbeat sounds playing after a level has cleared.
Old House - the Wife monster's speed has been reduced.
Museum - Increased draw distance on various items/areas to reduce unsightly pop-in, particularly on low graphics settings.
Museum - Removed keycard control blocking player from Fuse Box in lower offices.
Museum - Lower offices Fuse Box now also kills main lobby lights.
Museum - Acquiring the first Fuse now also kills several lights in the Ballerina room.
Museum - Fixed bug where reloading a save file after picking up the first fuse would result in certain lights being on/off incorrectly.
Museum - Fixed bug where player would be surrounded by darkness when reloading save game from certain parts of optional rooms in Ballerina area.
Office - Fixed monster "stuttering" when near player.
You can verify that the demo has been updated by looking for text on the main menu that shows "vD_1.0.1", located in the bottom left corner of the screen.
There will be more updates to come which will address additional issues found in the 1.0 version of the demo. Please continue to use the feedback forum on the game's Discussions to point out any problems you encounter.
Happy gaming!