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Steam Next Fest + Biggest Demo Overhaul!

[h3]We’re joining the October 2025 Steam Next Fest, starting October 13th![/h3]
  • [p]To celebrate, we’ve released an overhauled demo with a new environment unique to Separated, new animations, an updated engine, and medal achievements.[/p]
  • [p]This is our biggest event before release, so if you can try the demo, share it with friends, or post about it, it would mean a lot and help more players discover the game.[/p]
  • [p]We’ve read all your feedback forms and are working on refining gameplay and fixing bugs.[/p]
  • [p]Thanks to your support, we’ve reached 93,000+ demo players — a huge milestone![/p]
[h3]v0.3.0 Demo Changes[/h3][p]Big Changes:[/p][p]- The entire environment has been remade with a fresh, distinctive design unique to Separated.[/p][p]- Refined AI animation behavior to fit the redesigned environment.[/p][p]- Upgraded the game’s Unreal Engine version, voice chat plugin, and network plugin to the more stable Unreal Engine 5.6.[/p][p]- Added three achievements: Gold, Silver, and Bronze medals — challenge yourself now![/p][p]- Added Walkie-Talkie and held item display on screen.
[/p][p]Small Changes:[/p][p]- Improved the Ghost Girl’s head rotation so she faces her target point before moving.[/p][p]- Added logs in shipping builds to help with debugging issues.[/p][p]- Deleted the Global Illumination save file if found, reset it to default, and removed it from the settings menu.[/p][p]- Removed the “25 Rescues” achievement.[/p][p]- Added a hint that triggers once per session after 30 seconds if a player doesn’t save their friend.[/p][p]- Enhanced the Ghost Girl’s blind animations.
[/p][p]Bug Fixes:[/p][p]- Fixed a microphone crash that occurred in certain cases.[/p][p]- Fixed the “I hear you” audio playing after opening the main doors.[/p]