Steam News15 January 20265mo ago

Torii: Beyond the Gates Dev Update #2

Hello! A big thank you for the feedback in our Discord as well as the Steam forums. We took the feedback and we did some changes that will be in our next Demo update.

In this update2

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Hello!

What changed

0 fixes2 additions4 changes0 removals

Gameplay

changedGAMEPLAYMovement - the movement has been improvedin both animations and feeling. We came to realized that the overall feeling of moving Torii was not smooth and fluid as expected of platformers. We have aimed to improve the reponsiveness and feeling of it.

changedGAMEPLAYPlayer recovery - the recovery of Torii was a bit off and so we improved the visual and time response on being hit by an attack

addedGAMEPLAYParry - parry now has alot of visuals but in gameplay, if you successfully parry - you can immediately reparry - rewarding you for doing a successful parry against an enemy and to block multiple attacks

addedVISUALNew animations and VFX feedback. You asked for more feedback when striking enemies and also when attacking

changedVISUALParry Visuals have been greatly improved

changedVISUALSmoother camera movement

Torii: Beyond The Gates changes

changedMovement - the movement has been improvedin both animations and feeling. We came to realized that the overall feeling of moving Torii was not smooth and fluid as expected of platformers. We have aimed to improve the reponsiveness and feeling of it.

changedPlayer recovery - the recovery of Torii was a bit off and so we improved the visual and time response on being hit by an attack

addedParry - parry now has alot of visuals but in gameplay, if you successfully parry - you can immediately reparry - rewarding you for doing a successful parry against an enemy and to block multiple attacks

addedNew animations and VFX feedback. You asked for more feedback when striking enemies and also when attacking

changedParry Visuals have been greatly improved

A big thank you for the feedback in our Discord as well as the Steam forums. We took the feedback and we did some changes that will be in our next Demo update. We really appreciate the time you all took to write to us and we wanted to share!

GAMEPLAY

Movement - the movement has been improvedin both animations and feeling. We came to realized that the overall feeling of moving Torii was not smooth and fluid as expected of platformers. We have aimed to improve the reponsiveness and feeling of it.
Player recovery - the recovery of Torii was a bit off and so we improved the visual and time response on being hit by an attack
Parry - parry now has alot of visuals but in gameplay, if you successfully parry - you can immediately reparry - rewarding you for doing a successful parry against an enemy and to block multiple attacks

VISUAL

New animations and VFX feedback. You asked for more feedback when striking enemies and also when attacking
Parry Visuals have been greatly improved
Smoother camera movement
Flash attacks and flash visuals on enemy strikes.

More to come but wanted to share our update with you all!

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Steam News / 15 January 2026

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