New demo now available!!!

Hello everyone! I hope that everyone's doing well today!

I just published a new version of the demo that features a wide array of changes from a new story puzzle that delivers even more upon the game's themes to new and improved sounds and models. Gameplay time should as a result be extended by another 5-7 minutes bringing the game up to almost 30 minutes of play time.

So, what's all in this version of the demo anyway?

• New footstep sounds personally recorded and edited by me.
• Improved flashlight and battery mechanics.
• A figurine teasing one of the first monsters to be encountered in the game.
• Slightly different field of view to hopefully make the game more immersive.
• Improved ambient noises.
• New notes to read about what's happening in the game.
• A whole new puzzle that takes place in a large area.
• A new ending that plays once you read the final note at the end of the demo.
• Improvements to the flow of the game from area to area.
• Fixed a bug that caused various physics objects to explode all over the place.
• Fixed another bug that caused some papers tied to a certain puzzle to levitate in the air all spooky like.
• Added a trigger warning that will now show after you select to start a new game from the main menu.
• Many many more smaller improvements and bug fixes to improve the player experience of the game.

Now that this version of the game is live I'll be on the lookout for any bugs I may have missed but will now be shifting my attention towards getting a Kickstarter pre-launch campaign set up. The aim of the Kickstarter campaign will be to hopefully raise enough money to allow me to afford to spend more time working on this project so that I can turn it into the horror experience that I know it needs to be. Once the pre-launch campaign is setup I will then be making a new demo version to coincide with the campaign going live.

Until then, I hope you all enjoy this new build and please be sure to take care of your mental health. As usual, if you have any feedback for me at all about Diary of Broken Dreams then please don't hesitate to share!

~Michael
Dreamchaser Games