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1 Mar 2026
NewsDEMO PATCH NOTES - Mar 1, 2026———Game update
Game update · published 1 Mar 2026, 23:45:37 UTC
DEMO PATCH NOTES - Mar 1, 2026
SOUND UPDATES · Added new sound effects to the "STAGE CLEAR" screen. BUG FIXES · Fixed a regression which would cause a Vulkan out-of-date swapchain error to produce a crash when moving the game window to another monitor. · Fixed a bug which would cause the level ambience be silenced if the player moves the app window to another monitor while playing. Thanks and have fun! Studio Kerosene
EXPLOIT FIXES · Changed the logic of several medal awards to prevent Overseers from being used to farm medals. · Thank you, rain! BUG FIXES · Got rid of some unnecessary writes to the game's Program Files directory which may have been causing file permissions issues for some users. Thanks and have fun! Studio Kerosene
RUSSIAN LANGUAGE SUPPORT · We are excited to bring the second official translation of FIRESTARTERS to our Russian-speaking audience! · Added full-text support for Russian, featuring a translation of the entire demo and Steam Store Page by Arsenii Pecherin! · If the player's Steam UI language is set to Russian, the game should automatically start up in Russian. · The current game language can be…
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 b…
BUG FIXES · Fixed a bug which would cause certain GPUs to crash on attempting to load any texture file. · Fixed a regression bug which would sometimes cause "Vulkan Code: -4" crashes when loading into the world. · A big thank you to John Lobotomite for their assistance in diagnosing and fixing these issues! · Fixed a regression bug where players would not be able to create a new save file. · Th…
PURCHASE PHASE CHANGES · Purchase Phase no longer automatically ends when the player cannot afford to buy anything, which may have led to confusion. · Purchase Phase now operates on a 30 second timer that the player can manually skip at any time using the "Ready Up" key. · Combined Max Health, Max Armor, and Movement Skill Upgrades into a single upgrade to increase its value and avoid clogging…
NEW GAME SETTINGS · Added 18 control rebind buttons to allow players to customize their input setup to suit their preference and playstyle. · Added a Look Inversion selector. Selectable values include: "Off", "X Only", "Y Only", and "X and Y". NEW VIDEO SETTINGS · Added a Framerate Limit selector. Selectable values include: "30", "60", "120", "144", "240", "360", and "Unlimited". · Added a Vert…
BUG FIXES · Fixed a bug where a player's integrated CPU graphics would incorrectly be selected over their dedicated GPU by the engine. (Thank you LonesomeLurker and Tsingtao Zhang!) Please let us know if any further issues are encountered. Thank you for your feedback and support! Studio Kerosene