Hey everyone! The demo just got an update.
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Important: I had to change the save format for this demo update, which unfortunately meant resetting your progress from the previous version. Sorry about that! The save system is stable now, so this won't happen again in future updates.
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I've added a bunch of things that kept coming up in your feedback and felt like the most important ones to tackle first.
Here are some of the changes:
- Added a new Tutorial Playground. It's a free-roam level with no goal, where you can learn the main mechanics through on-screen hints. You can also mess around with a few things planned for the full game, like the cart and ladder. The demo only includes a small part of what's planned, and some of it is still a work in progress.
- Office level now has three difficulty options. Each one gives you a different task while keeping the same general theme.
- Improved how documents and boxes feel to handle. (You can now move boxes around and actually put them away!)
- Reworked and expanded the instructions to make them easier to follow.
- Levels now have a proper ending, along with a stats screen.
- Added more safeguards to keep documents from going missing. (this still needs more testing)
- You can now restart a level. (during gameplay or on finish)
- Better support for different screen resolutions.
Known issues:
- The cart likes to tip over onto its side.
- The UI throws too many hints at you right now. I still need to add a way to hide some of them.
- Some text is too small.
- Some of the label colors aren't accurate enough or look too similar.
- Documents can sometimes end up floating in the air after being dumped into a pile.
I'm not ignoring these issues but for the demo I decided to keep the fixes focused and spend most of my time working on the full game. I'll keep working through the important problems over time.
Give it a try, share your thoughts, and let me know if you run into any new problems. If anything seriously broken shows up, I'll get a patch out as soon as I can!
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Thank you so much for your interest in the game and for all the feedback you've sent!