Devlogs
Demo Patch Notes 2024-01-01
In HeatA downloadable game for Windows, macOS, and Linux
Happy New Year! 🎉
We’ve just published a new update for the demo containing various bug fixes, performance improvements, and other stuff.
Here are some highlights:
- Map now always visible in the bottom right corner (in CCTV)
- Maddie now blocks interactions
- Japanese Localization
- Subtitles
We’re also very close to finishing the new build of the full version, and are just waiting for some last SFX to be completed.
Expect the build in the next few days!
Features
Localization
- Added Japanese Localization
Subtitles
- Can be enabled/disabled in the Audio Settings
- Added for any time a Character says something
Improvements (Security Room)
General
- Various Performance Improvements
- Updated Male Model
- Updated Player Lighting
- Now works better for various Animations
Ari
- Added Breathing Animation when standing in a doorway
Adjustments (Security Room)
Button Hints
- Swapped Horizontal / Vertical Keyboard Icons
- White buttons are now correct, not the greyed-out ones
CCTV
- Map will now always be visible in the bottom right corner
- Map now shows the currently active room
- Closing out of a Subcamera will now always return to the main camera
Maddie
- When blocking a Camera, Interactables and pickups will now be unavailable
Nile
- Doesn’t get charmed / break cameras anymore whilst at a window
- Previously forced Player to keep the door closed until she eventually wandered off
Fixes
Title Screen
- Fixed Menus sometimes not being displayed when returning from a Level
- Fixed Tape Removal SFX playing multiple times if trying to exit multiple times
- Fixed Quit Screen Button Hints being inverted
- Horizontal instead of Vertical
- Fixed Button Hints not being reset when closing the Settings Menu
Security Room
- Fixed Player Camera trying to center itself when it shouldn’t
- Fixed Plushie Bomb sometimes failing to spawn
- Fixed Squeeze Toy sometimes disappearing out of the Player’s hands and becoming unavailable
CCTV
- Fixed “Repair” not being usable with a Gamepad as it was using the same Button as closing out of CCTV
- Fixed Assist Button Background not being completely transparent
Files
IN HEAT Demo (Linux) 607 MB
IN HEAT Demo (OSX) 534 MB
IN HEAT Demo (Windows) 494 MB