[ver.0.2.5-demo] - Stability update and difficulty balance.


[ver.0.2.5-demo] – 26/03/2025

Comment:

  • Hello everyone!
    Adding the automatic crash reporter in the last patch seems to have already paid off!
    A user triggered a crash last weekend and I managed to find a second one yesterday.
    Getting an automatic detailed report of crashes helped a ton with finding and fixing these issues rapidly!

    Below is the list of small quality of life and difficulty improvements and crash fixes!

New Features:



Adjustments:

  • Added an inner monologue text prompt to help players know what to do on the second part of the first level.

  • Added a tutorial for the first time the player fails to pick up an item due to having a full inventory.
    The default notification icon for when this occurs was not clear enough on its own.

  • Normal combat difficulty rebalance:

    • Removed Flere’s ability to accelerate over time while aware of the player
      (Flere’s acceleration received a slight reduction on all other combat difficulties.)

  • Normal/Hard combat difficulty rebalance:

    • Removed 1 enemy from the exterior areas of the level.

  • King of Shades combat difficulty rebalance:

    • Reduced Flere’s health to the same level as the nightmare difficulty.

      • Flere in this difficulty, already has an extra ability, hits harder, and moves overall faster; the additional health was honestly overkill and took away some of the fun of fighting the enemy (nobody likes bullet sponges :( ).

Bug Fixes:

  • Fixed a bug where the inventory screen would not close properly if the player opened the Steam overlay.

Crash Fixes:

  • Solved a crash that would occur when changing the “Depth of Field” setting from the main menu.

  • Solved a crash in rare cases where the player interacts with the safe in the study room, dies, and then interacts with it again.

Known Issues:



Files

THE KING IN THE SHADES - Windows Demo 728 MB
Version 0.2.5-demo 4 days ago
THE KING IN THE SHADES - Linux Demo 705 MB
Version 0.2.5-demo 4 days ago

Get THE KING IN THE SHADES - demo

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