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Steam News28 May 20261mo ago

Update demo1.1.0 is here with an overhauled tutorial!

Demo1.1.0 - Tutorial Overhaul Hello everyone! Since the demo launched I have been hard at work on fixing bugs and making quality of life improvements.

In this update2

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What changed

3 fixes6 additions1 change0 removals
  • Gameplay
  • UI and audio
  • Balance
  • Fixes
addedDemo1.1.0 - Tutorial OverhaulSince the demo launched I have been hard at work on fixing bugs and making quality of life improvements. New content might slow down for a bit after this update because I am moving houses at the moment but I should be able to get back to work on the demo soon. Steam allows you to hook up some stats to games to see roughly where people were getting stuck and/or dying, and I found that a majority of people were getting stuck or quitting at the tutorial. Only a third of people completed it, and many people died in the first level with only 10% of people finishing level 1.
addedDemo1.1.0 - Tutorial OverhaulI think the big issue was that the tutorial was both too long and had some flaws that some people were getting stuck on. So in response I have improved or completely remade the most problematic areas. Its now much more interesting, has way less filler at the start, and should do a better job at introducing the player to the game. Its also a lot prettier with the house set inside a canyon instead of boring flat sand. Even if you've done it already I recommend you check out the new starting area!
addedPatch notesThe tutorial has been completely reworked: New starting area Rewrote introduction section to be a lot shorter and removed the unnecessary intro dialogue Letters and tooltips are more helpful and informative and redid a lot of the writing
addedPatch notesAdded TV (Stay tuned)
addedPatch notesAdded more letters to find
fixedPatch notesFixed a bug with the player having less health than they're supposed to in the tutorial

Crawl To The Depths changes

addedSince the demo launched I have been hard at work on fixing bugs and making quality of life improvements. New content might slow down for a bit after this update because I am moving houses at the moment but I should be able to get back to work on the demo soon. Steam allows you to hook up some stats to games to see roughly where people were getting stuck and/or dying, and I found that a majority of people were getting stuck or quitting at the tutorial. Only a third of people completed it, and many people died in the first level with only 10% of people finishing level 1.
addedI think the big issue was that the tutorial was both too long and had some flaws that some people were getting stuck on. So in response I have improved or completely remade the most problematic areas. Its now much more interesting, has way less filler at the start, and should do a better job at introducing the player to the game. Its also a lot prettier with the house set inside a canyon instead of boring flat sand. Even if you've done it already I recommend you check out the new starting area!
addedThe tutorial has been completely reworked: New starting area Rewrote introduction section to be a lot shorter and removed the unnecessary intro dialogue Letters and tooltips are more helpful and informative and redid a lot of the writing
addedAdded TV (Stay tuned)
addedAdded more letters to find

Demo1.1.0 - Tutorial Overhaul

Hello everyone!

Since the demo launched I have been hard at work on fixing bugs and making quality of life improvements. New content might slow down for a bit after this update because I am moving houses at the moment but I should be able to get back to work on the demo soon. Steam allows you to hook up some stats to games to see roughly where people were getting stuck and/or dying, and I found that a majority of people were getting stuck or quitting at the tutorial. Only a third of people completed it, and many people died in the first level with only 10% of people finishing level 1.

I think the big issue was that the tutorial was both too long and had some flaws that some people were getting stuck on. So in response I have improved or completely remade the most problematic areas. Its now much more interesting, has way less filler at the start, and should do a better job at introducing the player to the game. Its also a lot prettier with the house set inside a canyon instead of boring flat sand. Even if you've done it already I recommend you check out the new starting area!

I also wasn't very happy with the writing, so I redid it all to both get to the point quicker and hopefully be less of a snooze fest. With all of this combined I hope it will represent the game much better than the old tutorial had done. The next thing I want to tackle after that is balancing to reduce the difficulty curve, which will come in a future update.

Anyway, I hope you find the changes enjoyable!

Patch Notes

Patch notes

  • The tutorial has been completely reworked:

    • New starting area

    • Rewrote introduction section to be a lot shorter and removed the unnecessary intro dialogue

    • Letters and tooltips are more helpful and informative and redid a lot of the writing

  • Added TV (Stay tuned)

  • Made it clearer when you are out of bounds on the surface area with red sand

  • Added more letters to find

  • Fixed a bug with the player having less health than they're supposed to in the tutorial

  • Added a warning if you try playing the game before completing the tutorial

  • Fixed a bug where the music slider wasn't working

  • Fixed a bug where the bounding box for the level transitions was too small

  • Dead grass now spawns on sand and dirt

  • Husks now spawn on the surface outside level bounds

Source

Steam News / 28 May 2026

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