Oneirium Early Demo Patch Notes v19.0.0.27 (Steam Deck supported)

Demo Patch Notes v19.0.0.27

Steam Deck is now supported!

Sanity Scar System

• Replaced the corpse run system with Sanity Scars

• On death, your Sanity cap is reduced by a small amount (e.g. 100 to 90) instead of losing currency

• Retrieving your Sanity Scar grants a Sanity tier buff, rewarding persistence rather than punishing failure

• Death marker now appears on the world map with a sonar effect to help locate it

Boss Finishing Blow

• Added cinematic Finishing Blow sequence when defeating bosses

• Features a stylized ASTRAL background with silhouette rendering of the player and boss

• Includes afterimage effects, camera work, and audio

Prologue Cutscene

• Added a new voiced prologue cutscene that plays at the start of the game

• Hold to skip for cutscenes that allow skipping, normal in-engine cutscenes are still one-press

Combat Improvements

• Reworked Arcane class with buffs for a more unique and satisfying playstyle

• Added combo input grace window for smoother attack chains

• Added melee hit effects and improved hit feedback

• Added hit flash and hit stop on enemy body contact

• Improved parry timing and cooldowns

• Fixed parry displacement issues

• Added status effect flashes on hit

• Adjusted camera shake intensities

Movement and Controls

• Added run acceleration and deceleration for smoother movement

• Added WASD keyboard preset with toggle in settings

• Added D-Pad movement mode as an alternative to analog stick (controller)

• Added D-Pad navigation mode for menus

• Swapped controller trigger and shoulder bindings

• Fixed PS4, Xbox, and other controller button display translations

• Allow inventory access while on ladder

• Allow ladder look-up attacks (climbing freezes during attack)

• Snap player to nearest ledge edge when hanging

Reality Shift

• Reality Shift now triggers automatically for a more seamless world-building experience

World Map

• Added animated key icons

• Death marker with sonar effect to locate Sanity Scars

• Per-region map discovery tracking

UI Improvements

• Reworked Flask allocation UI with intuitive controls

• Added quantity selection for multi-item use

• Added animated bonfire cursor

• Added description mode to weapon upgrade menu

• Improved boss banners and NPC notifications

• Battle messages now render as overlay above effects

• Added early preview notice and version panel

• Restore last-used save slot when showing save UI

• Use colored text for point displays in menus

Misc.

• Added Dummy enemy at the beginning of the demo

• Added ShakeTile platforms that fade and collapse

• Traps now flash red when detected (Trap Detection passive)

NPCs

• Added close prompt when talking to NPCs

• Enemies are now skipped/paused during NPC conversations

• Reworked NPC chatbox display

Bosses

• Vicaris, The Unsainted: Updated stats, loot, and quest text

  Added breather system, intro sequence, blast reflect mechanic, ghoul spawn fixes, and balance adjustments

Settings

• Added Reduce Sanity FX toggle for players sensitive to visual effects

Level Fixes

• Fixed issues in Ashen Crucible

• Fixed issues in Crawl Of The Penitent

• Fixed moving platform collision handling

• Fixed ladder auto-snap clipping at ceilings

Bug Fixes

• Fixed animation bug with cutscenes causing gameplay animation issues

• Fixed reflected energy balls re-homing on player

• Fixed energy ball phase detection and sound

• Fixed hit/knockback desync issues

• Fixed hotbar bind triggering while confirm dialogs are active

• Fixed negative rectangle dimensions in collision detection

• Block jump-down while attacking

• Reset slash effect when starting new game

Balance Changes

• Restorable health adjusted

• Skill mana costs reduced

• Voidrend is now a passive backstep proc

• Toned down dreamy overlay effects

• Added cooldown for enemy body contact damage

• Various boss stat tweaks