Demo Update: Quality of Life & New Content

Gameplay & Objectives

• Added progressive objective button highlights for early onboarding, guiding players through the first Platform, Bridge, Vestibule, Desk, Candlestick, and Research button interactions.

• Added a new late-demo event: The Plague on Earth.

• Added a new Codex/Doctrine path for learning about fatigue.

• Completing Décorum now unlocks additional decorations: Brazier, Dead Tree, and Gargoyle.

• Updated Wages of Sin narrator audio/transcript.

UI & UX

• Added click sound fixes for category buttons, Research opening, menu Back, and several UI interactions.

• Notification clicks now correctly block world/building clicks underneath.

Codex, Doctrine & Journal

• Added new Doctrine entries and reordered them for better learning flow.

• Doctrine now explains how platform, room, and object erase tools differ.

Inspection Panels

• Added a Lectern inspect panel with basic research stats and a button to open Research.

• Simplified the torture device inspect panel to show less cluttered, more useful information.

Building & Placement Fixes

• Fixed rotated objects snapping incorrectly.

• Fixed a room merge issue where devices could disappear visually after connecting rooms.

• Improved platform/bridge/room/device/decoration build and erase behavior consistency.

• Cauldron output now respects temporary dolor gain modifiers.

Performance & Settings

• Fixed stutter when changing volume in settings by avoiding unnecessary save/apply behavior during adjustment.

• Default background effect setting changed to a slower option.