A small update, primarily to fix a few things that were introduced in the previous version.

Patch Notes for Demo 0.8.1:

• Gave the Options menu a small redesign to better accommodate controllers and general non-mouse input.
  
• Made some tweaks to how the camera moves in Photo Mode, and expanded the panning range of the camera, allowing for a bit more freedom in framing your shot.

• Fixed some bugs relating to plugging/unplugging the controller while the game is running.
  
• Fixed a bug where elephants would sometimes spawn in hovering a little bit above the ground.

• There are still some problems with wildlife collision and pathfinding (particularly with the elephants), which should be addressed in the next update!
  
• There's still a bug relating to plugging/unplugging different types of controllers during gameplay (eg. switching from an Xbox to a DualSense controller in the same play session). For now, this can be avoided by only using one type of controller for a given play session.

Controller support is finally here!

This is a fairly substantial update, and the inclusion of controller support has required some redesigning in how certain parts of the game work-- particularly navigating menus, interfaces, and certain parts of photo mode.

As a result, some of the default inputs have changed, although you can now manually rebind them to whatever you'd like!

Steam Deck support should also be greatly improved, and there are still a few things to improve the Deck experience even further that will roll out in future updates.

Patch Notes for Demo 0.8.0:

• Full controller support
  
• Input rebinding
  
• UI & Menu overhauls
  
• A number of visual & audio improvements.

• Itemizing every fix would be a bit excessive here, so let's just say that many things have been fixed and/or polished up!

We've also added an in-game link to a feedback survey (you can access it via the title screen, or the pause screen at any other point), It's pretty short and can be completed anonymously (it doesn't take your email)-- any and all feedback is super helpful!

In addition to occasional further updates for the demo and continuing progress on the full game, we'll also have a new trailer dropping in the not-too-distant future showcasing a number of things in the full release that we haven't shared yet.

Thanks for continuing to play and support our demo!