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Appreciate you double-checking. The game seems fun by the way. I'll have to play a bit more of the demo, but enjoying it thus far.
What seems to happen here, is that the controller is not active in the main menu. If the mouse pointer isn't present I can't select an option there, so the menu appears to be 'dead'.

I'm wondering if it's something to do with having both mouse & controller active, or something with switching applications. To be fair, the mouse pointer on my 4K monitor can be a little difficult to see at times, but I've run into other games which tend to have the mouse disappear unless I tab to a different application and back. I tend to have multiple apps running, so it's conceivable something is amiss there.

The demo here seems to be working. 

I'll check the demo there.
I'm on Win 11. Sorry I forgot to mention that..

Just wondering. The demo on Steam starts, but doesn't seem to be getting input from my keyboard, mouse or joypad. Both work fine in other titles. Any thoughts?

Amazing game. Seems to run well with my U64 standard board. Now, if I was younger with better eye-hand coordination, might make better progress..Enjoying it immensely.

You can certainly check Add/Remove programs to see the list of installed programs as well as checking Windows updates I believe.

You can also check what runs on startup:

Click Start, run

Type msconfig

You should then be able to see your startup entries, and what is/is not enabled and make desired changes.

You may get a notification that MSConfig was run at next boot-up, but you can just ignore that.

The drive it's currently on is a standard HDD. It is on one of my additional drives, so the access permissions really shouldn't be a factor. Obviously they are though.

I did try running XP SP2 compatibility mode, and did not see any improvement

Admin access seems to have resolved the major issue.

No idea why that would matter honestly, as it's installed on a secondary drive.

I'm uploading another quick vid to show improvements.

This should be live in about 10 minutes.

https://youtu.be/Eubi1MliM8A

Drastic improvement

It is a game called Venture Forth.

http://store.steampowered.com/app/501310/

They did recently release a couple updates that have resolve the major performance issues. I don't believe it's a Gamemaker title though.

I unplugged both my Wireless mouse and Logitech webcam.

No improvement sadly.

It is a Logitech wireless G602. I've had it for quite some time, and not had any conflicts previously that I am aware of.

No change with the defaults in NVidia control panel. Still slow unfortunately.

I have left Geforce Experience installed for now, as it's the older version (pre 3.x) and I prefer it to the new one that requires a login to connect and download drivers.

Any special tweaks I need to apply here?

The CPU use for the CTHON.exe is 14-15%. This seems a bit high to me since that's 14-15% of the 4 cores. 25% would be monopolizing one.

Memory profile looks ok.

Just purchased and downloaded from the link on itch.io (V107)

I wonder if the performance issue is related to NVidia cards? I know there's at least one other game I've purchased recently that has similar issues.

I have a performance issue even in the initial menus where you pick your character and difficulty level.

System Specs:

Win 10 pro x64, all updates applied.

Intel i7 940 @ 2.93 Ghz

12Gb Ram

MSI NVidia 970

Here's a short video capture:

https://youtu.be/Y_Tdnkjtjho

Overall, much better gaming experience.

I've got a performance issue too. The version I pulled down was the latest I saw = 1.07.

I wonder if it's NVidia specific? I know of one other game having framerate issues on NVidia.

My PC is a 2009 vintage i7.940 @ 2.93 Ghz

Win 10 Pro x64

12Gb RAM

MSI NVidia 970

1920 x 1080 27" monitor

Response seems slow in the starting selection screens, and movement within the levels is also sluggish.

I've posted a youtube capture:

https://youtu.be/Y_Tdnkjtjho

Note that upload should be complete in about 3 mins. Please let me know if you have any other questions.