The Indie X Awards 2025 on Twitch have just come to an end and the event now has a Steam page featuring all the finalists. It is a real honor to have been nominated in the most innovative games category. A big thanks to the organizers for this recognition!



It's now a tradition: when we're at a festival, we update the demo! And this time there are lots of visual and ergonomic improvements!

A feature that assigns an icon and a banner to each applicant to recognize them more easily in DOLOS. You are free to use this feature the way you want ... like ... I don't know ... highlighting applicants from EXODOLOS? :D

• 12 different stickers, available in
  
  • the applicants list in DOLOS phase 1,
    
  • the deck view in DOLOS phase 2,
    
  • the influences tab in EXODOLOS.
• [DOLOS] Left-click on an applicant's name to put the next sticker.
  
• [DOLOS] Hold left-click on an applicant's name to display the sticker wheel.
  
• [DOLOS] In the sticker wheel, release left click on the desired sticker.
  
• [EXODOLOS] Left-click on the 3 bottom buttons to assign gold, silver, and bronze stickers to decisive, medium, and low priority applicants.

• 4 options for sorting the applicants:
  
  • alphabetical order,
    
  • reverse alphabetical order,
    
  • ascending score,
    
  • descending score.
• Left-click on an inactive sort button to activate sorting.
  
• Left-click on an active sort button to deactivate sorting.
  
• No active sorting at the beginning: by default, applicants do not move in the list.
  
• One-click selection: hovering an applicant whose profile is not displayed brings up another select button; left-click on this button to select the applicant (without displaying their profile).
  
• Animation of an applicant's movement when they are sent to the basket.
  
• Animation of an applicant's movement when they are removed from the basket.
  
• Improved vertical scrolling animations.
  
• New appearance of applicants in the selection basket.
  
• Applying a sticker adds a banner in the colors of the sticker in the background.
  
• No more delay for selecting / deselecting an applicant.
  
• Left-click anywhere on a applicant in the basket to remove it (no more cross button).
  
• No more bugs related to applicant offset or selection.

A few other small patches will follow in the coming days, feel free to follow us!

See ya !
The Playing Paradigms team

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New

• Added shortcut buttons for items when using keyboard. These shortcuts are bound to the number keys. This option can be enabled or disabled.

  1. Health Potion

  2. Speed Potion

  3. Tricky Knife

  4. Luck Potion

  5. Wrench

  6. Bomb

Changes

• Added more options for keybinding.

  • Movement can now be changed to other keys.

  • Can now change inputs for swapping items.

  • Scroll wheel and extra mouse buttons are now accepted.

• The menus for changing controls should now be more readable.

• Separated the camera settings from gameplay settings.

• When buying a weapon from Juliet it will automatically reload the weapon. If low on that ammo type you will also be given some extra ammo, except for legendary weapons.

• Charge attack shouldn't damage enemy legs as often.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed a problem where attacking after blocking an attack while aiming would cause a melee attack to happen instead of firing the ranged weapon being aimed.

• Fixed attacking at the start of a roll stopping the roll.

• Healing Revolver's description corrected to say it will heal 2 HP.

• Fixed some menu navigation problems.

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Use the mandatory “Empty Cube” template and work on the autumn landscape.
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Hey everyone! 👋
We’ve released a small but important update for the demo. Here’s what’s new and improved 👇

• 🗺️ Fixed an issue where location names were not visible on the tablet.

• 🌍 Localization updated.

• ⚙️ General performance improvements.

• 🔔 Fixed tablet alarm sound issue.

• 🌳 Tree collision issues fixed.

• 🛣️ Road edge visuals adjusted.

• 👀 View area edges optimized.

• 🌿 Landscape foliage issues fixed.

• ⚙️ Fixed an issue where pressing ESC in the settings menu did not save changes.

• 🚪 Added interaction prompt for the parking gate.

• 🖥️ On first launch, the game now defaults to High graphics settings, with Ray Tracing and DLSS turned off.

• 🌾 Updated grass visuals.

• 🧱 Meshes merged to improve performance.

• 🛣️ Fixed Area-1 spline road intersections.

• 💧 Fixed pool overflow issues in Area-1 hill cages.

• 💡 Adjusted Area-1 gift shop lighting.

• 🛞 Fixed spline road collisions.

• 🐔 Increased chicken size by 20% and rabbit size by 70%.

• 🗑️ Reduced trash generation by 50% visitors now litter much less.

• 🏪 Fixed texture issue on the gift shop door.

  💬 Your Feedback Matters

  Short gameplay clips, screenshots, and your opinions play a huge role in shaping the game. We especially value your thoughts on balance, performance, and overall playability.

  🐘 Join Our Community!

  

Changed text font.

New menu with animated flag background.

Full controller support.

Translated previously missing texts.

Cloud save enabled.

• Projectiles spawned by Multiply on bounce now always spawn with forward momentum.

• While using the Line multibullet formation, if there are too many projectiles they are spawned in the double line formation.

• Fixed a bug where sometimes projectiles spawned by multiply on bounce chance didn't get destroyed when the wave ends.

• Mutation rewards are now consistent when restarting game.

• Improved shrapnel performance

Say meowdy to another patch! With each update, we hope to bring you closer to your favorite NPCS–not just through chats, but also memorable interactions that make you come back for more. 💖🔪

Eddie heard you wanted more cosmetics, so she did what she does best with her knife… and now she’s wearing a pumpkin’s skin! Click here for scary-fast steps to generate a special promo code and unlock Eddie’s spooky szn look. Whether you’ve got your HalloWAIFU hoodie or not, get ready to cuddle up next to the Catgirl by either of the TVs in her apartment.

📺 Watch TV with Eddie

You may recall her living room TV being broken–but we’re happy to report it’s been canonically fixed! It now includes a few Easter eggs and a mischievous way to upload footage of your choice. As always when sharing your content in community spaces, please follow basic community guidelines–especially Gemini’s usage policies and our own pinned rules. ⚠️ Do not upload or promote copyrighted material. For your own safety, we also recommend avoiding personal video shares in community spaces. For upload instructions, click here.

🎮 Play a Game Against Eddie

Meanwhile, her game room TV now features a charming minigame you can play together! Give it a try and see if some friendly competition reveals her true colors at the moment: whether she’s a butt-kicker, sore loser, or your forever cheerleader.

Once you’re done with the TVs, consider stepping out and exploring the building. That’s all we can tell you right now. 🤫

Level 1 AI-television Interactions

  - Living Room TV: The Catgirl's living room TV has finally been fixed! Players can switch on the living room TV and watch programs or import their own videos through the StreamingAssets folder in the game directory. The Catgirl will react accordingly to what is being played.

  - Gaming Room TV: Players can switch on the TV in the gaming room to play a minigame against the Catgirl.

General

  - Added laughing animation and sound effect for all NPCs

  - NPCs are now more likely to enter the warning attack phase when angered before initiating the final chase sequence.

Atrium
  - In Chat Only mode, the girls will now know which ending the player last achieved.

General

  - Added Catgirl's Halloween Skin: "Final Girl." This cosmetic skin can be acquired using a promotional code. Check out this patch's article on Steam or official AI2U socials for more info.

Level 1

  - Updated the hallway and lobby areas with new environmental pieces and interactables.

  - Added internet disconnection warning UI.

  - Added German and Russian language support for Patch Notes.

  - Added sound effect for Catgirl’s eating animation.

General

  - Fixed an issue that was constantly switching the keyboard setting to American English during gameplay.

  - NPCs will be able to say single emphasized words marked with *asterisk* in all languages except Chinese and Japanese.

Level 1

  - Fixed an issue that could cause players to get stuck in the corner of the indoor garden rooms.

  - Fixed a bug that prevented players from opening the apartment door during the final chase sequence.

Level 2

  - Fixed an issue that prevented players from destroying the witch's necklace during the final chase sequence.

1.0.7

• Made the remaining 1% secret obtainable...
  
• Update moving objects to consistently reset when waking up from spawning and speedrun resets
  
• Add an indicator to the end time board to show if the player ever activated the secret level ability
  
• Fix yarn balls freaking out when you equip them
  
• Update credits

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