We're happy to announce that an updated version of the That Abysmal Place Movement and Combat demo is now available for download! Version 0.3.1 introduces ranged combat and a host of other improvements and fixes. The full list of updates is below.

• Added ranged combat, including a brand new section in the demo level which introduces the mechanics along with the bow weapon.
• Tweaked the jumping controls and air movement.
• Added new animations at the beginning of the demo.
• Improved the positioning when player first grabs the rope.
• Improved the health indicator and slowed player movement when a lot of damage has been taken.
• Added trap rooms that force the player into combat.
• Added bridges.
• Added dust particles when landing from large heights and when walking over bridges.
• Fixed an issue where the player would clip into the floor if they died from falling.
• Fixed an issue where the player could dodge while swimming, crouched etc.
• Fixed an issue where crawling would still trigger sounds, alerting the Shamblers.
• Fixed an issue where the player could trigger "walking" underwater, slowing movement.
• Fixed incorrect controls in tutorial text.
• Fixed an issue where Shambler's walking animation would fail to play, resulting in them sliding along the floor.
• Fixed an issue where player could crouch during the intro.
• Improved the Writhing Thing's attacks.
• Added extra audio for Shamblers.
• Fixed an issue involving picking up multiple items on the same spot.
• Fixed various inventory issues.
• Fixed various animation issues.
• Changed the items' drop position on death, so they don't all drop in the same spot.
• Randomised the Shambler's "wake up" time, so they don't all move in sync so much.
• Fixed issue with sprites rotating around the wrong axis.