DEMO PATCH NOTES - Feb 20, 2026

JAPANESE LANGUAGE SUPPORT

• We are excited to bring the first official translation of FIRESTARTERS to our Japanese-speaking audience!

• Added full-text support for Japanese, featuring a translation of the entire demo and Steam Store Page by kagerou01gata!

• If the player's Steam UI language is set to Japanese, the game should automatically start up in Japanese.

• The current game language can be changed at any time from the Main Menu under Settings > Game Settings > Language.

GRINDING CHANGES

• Increased nominal speed when grinding on rails from 3000 to 3500.

QUALITY OF LIFE CHANGES

• Visual Novel cutscenes can now be advanced with the currently-bound "Use" key in addition to left click, Space, and Enter.

BUG FIXES

• Fixed a bug which would would result in a crash on startup if the renderer encounters a GPU from an unrecognized vendor.

  • Thank you, flyingtaco252!

• Fixed a bug which would cause the Mining Laser and Railgun to not produce their beam/trail effects if fired at the skybox.

  • Thank you, rain!

• Fixed a bug which would allow the user to purchase an upgrade for the Shotgun, Railgun, or Rocket Launcher before said weapon was purchased.

  • Thank you, rain! (again!)

Thanks and have fun!

Studio Kerosene