Major Update: Demo Content Update

Update Log — June 4 → July 1, 2026

New Content

New Weapons & Items

• Brass Knuckle added

• Wrist Watch (functional UI)

• Leather Flask (empty & filled)

• Wall Torch (placable)

• Small Scrap Rack

New Clothing

• Cowboy Hat

• Loin Cloth

• Leather Shoes

• Round Glasses

• Belt Bag

• Snatcher Backpack

New Enemy: Giant Rat

• New creature with chase, attack, grab, and roaming states

• Grabs and holds the player — requires escape

New Areas

• Many new interiors added throughout the maze

• Sewer interior with multiple exits & enters

• Trade interiors added to NPC safe zones

• Improved interior system overall

• Some interiors have creatures inside during the day; they leave at night — perfect opportunity for looting

New Systems

Cooking System (Redesign)

• Cooking system rebuilt from scratch to reduce network overhead

• Campfire and cooking table both supported

• Food can be cooked, overcooked (burnt), or eaten raw with consequences

Notebook

• Players can now show each other what they have drawn in real time

• Draw positions can be marked on the notepad

• Notes are saved and synced across the network

• Notebook hidden during prologue

Trade System

• NPC traders added to safe zones and new trade interiors

• Full trade UI with item exchange

• Trade effects and animations

• Configurable trade inventories per NPC

Quest System

• Quest hints and progress tracking

• Quests integrated into the prologue

Sound Recordings

• Audio black boxes hidden throughout the world

• Players can find and play back recorded sound entries to uncover story details

Gameplay Changes

• Craft from anywhere: Players can now craft using items inside chests and item stashes — no need to take items out first

• Quick Item Use: Items can be quickly used directly while managing inventory

• Quick Merging: Players can now merge the same type items with double clicks

• Fire Barrel: Players can now light fire barrels with a torch and cook food on them; barrels are sensitive to rain and will extinguish

• Teleport Trap: Explosives now teleport along with the trap when triggered

• Night Vision: Effect improved visually

• Bed System: Improved logic; gamepad cancel button now works correctly

• Random Ammo in Looted Weapons: Weapons found in the world now contain random ammo counts

• Bear Trap: Reduced hold time; no longer triggers while player is riding/climbing

Multiplayer & Networking

• Fixed: First-time item draw not replicating to other clients

• Fixed: Hand IK now shows correctly for other players

• Fixed: Static events leaking between sessions causing freezes on second play

• Fixed: Subscriber exceptions no longer freeze the entire multiplayer session

• NPC pooling added — all NPCs and AI now use a network object pool for better performance

• Fixed: Race conditions in notebook sync

UI & Settings

• Ultra-Wide Monitor Support (21:9 and wider)

• Scroll Sensitivity option added to settings

• Auto Graphics Detection: Low-end GPUs now detected automatically and settings adjusted

• Auto Exposure fixed — no longer whiteouts on low-end cards

• QTE (Quick Time Event) UI: gamepad buttons now display correctly; fully localized

• Welcoming UI added for new players joining a session

• Text Chat: System messages added for player join/disconnect events; input bug fixed; blocked during active QTE

• Notification system improved

• Building template UI and Crafting UI now has a name filter

Performance & Stability

• NPC and AI fully pooled — reduces spawn overhead in large sessions

• Dynamic batching disabled; wall torch rendering optimized

• Tree LODs and pine tree rendering optimized

• Shader preloading added to reduce early frame drops

• Fixed memory leak in save system

• Fixed crash on returning to main menu

• Fixed Network Transform safety issues

• Improved grass rendering

• 100+ bugs fixed

Extra

• Prologue improved with better flow and guided sections

• Climbing and ladder sounds added