Nothing at Stake Demo Patch 4/17/2026

DESIGN

• Timeline has been cut from 7 days to 3, meaning each individual day is substantially longer (1hr > 2hrs) but the timeline is overall shorter (7hrs > 6hrs)

• Night made proportionately shorter and evening longer to compensate

• Many adjustments made to Glass Factory, Sand Caves, and wall descent for ease of immediate understanding, as well as moment to moment goal forming and puzzle solving

• Proper exit from sewer post-completion, also corrected primary ladder being inaccessible after entry

• Many more ignitable props scattered throughout Lake & Swamp

• Push blocks now use linear motion instead of stepped/grid-like

• Added options (default on) for camera to stay behind player during pushing and ladder use

• Vault easier to proc

• Lake basin level design adjustments

MISC

• Outer crow area revamp, statue makeover

• Many many many many sounds added to cover various interactions

FIXES

• Dying in the tutorial fully resets your save file

• Fixed issues with slide maintaining low speed instead of naturally exiting to crouch

• Fixed misleading oil dispenser text

• Fixed issues regarding inconsistent interactibility with activatable props, especially over distance (mostly doors, chests)

• Fixed various push block physics issues

• Fixed player occasionally spontaneously jumping from standing still

• Fixed issues related to player speaking lines already spoken on reload

• Fixed dagger thrust animation issues

• Animation for mid-air clamber

• Player animations for glass table interaction (hand placement/consistency etc)

• No longer possible to pause during fades

• Navigation improvements for Crossroads villagers