New Features

Gamepad Support

• Customizable button mapping for gamepads.
  
• UI dynamically adjusts to gamepad buttons.
  
• Cursor movement via left gamepad stick & click via face button bottom (A).
  

Steam Deck Officially Verified

• Steam Deck specific controls implemented.
  
• Optimized performance for Steam Deck.
  
• Automatic performance adjustments when launched on Steam Deck, with a manual option available in the settings.
  
• Improved readability of various UI elements on Steam Deck.
  

Sound Effects

• Numerous sound effects across the game have been revised and improved.
  

Difficulty System

• Option to choose difficulty level (Easy / Medium / Hard).
  
• Interactive objects and items are highlighted on Easy and Medium; no highlighting on Hard.
  
• Highlighting range depends on the selected difficulty.
  

Text Display in UI

• Notes and books can now display text in the UI for better readability.
  

Improvements

• Numerous code enhancements for all UI elements and their behavior.
  
• Texture Optimization: Improved performance & reduced download size.
  
• Improved water visuals along the shorelines in the levels Outer Sanctum and River of Styx.
  
• Significant performance improvements in cutscenes.
  
• Revised animations and adjusted skeletal meshes for cutscene characters.
  
• Tutorial messages no longer close automatically and can now be closed manually.
  
• Added a tutorial for opening doors and drawers.
  
• End credits are now skippable.
  
• Reduced hold time for skipping cutscenes to 2 seconds.
  
• Improved lighting throughout the game.
  
• New 2D UI graphics for the Good/Bad system.
  
• Improved or replaced various textures and materials.
  
• Various other code improvements.
  

Bugfixes

• UI: Fixed a bug where UI elements were displayed at the wrong depth layer.
  
• Subtitles: Fixed an issue where subtitles were displayed even when the menu was open.
  
• Graphics: Resolved flickering issues for lava and other meshes at certain distances.
  
• Adjusted surfaces where incorrect materials were used, causing incorrect footstep sounds, among other issues.
  
• Fixed an issue where the skip cutscene button needed to be pressed twice to register.
  
• Addressed minor lighting issues.
  
• Resolved a bug in Mia’s story cutscenes where the intro text remained visible after skipping the cutscene.
  
• “Skip cutscene” is now only displayed in the UI when skipping is actually allowed (affects short cutscenes).
  
• Expanded the interaction area for the living columns in Chapter 6.
  
• Fixed an issue in Chapter 5 where a platform did not move, even after reaching the next section of the tower.
  
• Fixed an issue where players could get stuck in the item inspect view.
  

Thank you for playing The Unbeatable Path! 🎮