Fragmented Echoes Demo v3.1 changelog

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Press P in play, or pick Photo Mode from the pause menu (gamepad: L3 + R3). The whole world freezes, sparks and all.
Free camera: move, orbit, roll, raise and dolly. Return to Rex cycles six ready-made shots.
Lens controls (field of view, focus, aperture, tilt) and effects (exposure, contrast, saturation, vignette, grain, bloom).
30 looks, frames including a Polaroid border, movable lights, and toggles to hide Rex, enemies or the HUD.
Capture at up to 4K.
Game shortcuts are off while photo mode is open, so nothing fires by accident.

Autosave is on by default. The game saves when you arrive in a room and when you clear it. A one-time notice appears on the first autosave.
Three manual slots plus the autosave, with a picture of the moment you saved. SAVE and LOAD tabs live in the pause menu.
Loading puts you straight back where you were, with your weapon and pose. The level intro doesn't replay.
Continue on the start screen resumes your latest save. New Game with an existing run offers to keep it in a slot first.
Saves from the previous demo carry over automatically.
Death screen: Restore last checkpoint, Restart level (keeps your saves) and Quit to main menu.

Frame Rate Cap under Settings > Display: 30 / 60 / 120 / Uncapped. Default 60.
Audio now defaults to 50% and applies from the first screen.

The in-game feedback form (F1, or from the pause menu) says SAVED when a build can't send, so you know it was kept.

Echo Berserk is more aggressive when you keep your distance, and the camera follows his air assault properly.
Echo Shadow's combos and phase 2 ultimate are retuned.
Big boss hits always interrupt you, and a boss launch beats any attack you have going.
Bow: aim in any direction with your whole body; the arrow leaves exactly when you release.
Rifle: free-aim bullets now fly from the muzzle.
Dual Axe: executions finish cleanly on both chains.
Katana: the air combo no longer drops you under the floor.
Enemies no longer get stuck mid-dodge, mid-counter or mid-fall.
Stamina never regenerates past its maximum.
Enemy off-screen indicators only show when the enemy is actually off screen.
Fixed a crash on posture-break hits against some enemies.

The demo no longer ends early after Room 04 B, and clearing a room behind you no longer skips you ahead.
Room exit gates wait while a cutscene or neural pick is open.
Falling out of the world is fixed across the early rooms and the first boss arena, and a stuck fall is now rescued.
Pausing during a room transition no longer drops you through the floor.
Room 04 A's exit gate is reachable on foot; Room 05 B has a Leaf Field.
The neural reward now plays before the Echo Berserk gate, and the opener plays in full after a single loading screen.
Neural pick cards are easier to read and the Berserker has new art.
Hacker comms cards are consistent across bosses, hide while paused, and the Echo Berserk opener has music.

Typing in any text field turns off game shortcuts until you're done.
Switching from keyboard to gamepad no longer un-pauses the game.
Settings on the start screen opens on its own tab, and menus highlight the focused row on open.
Button prompts follow whichever device you're using.
Gamepad notice on the start screen: FRAGMENTED ECHOES NOW SUPPORTS GAMEPAD.
The game is called Fragmented Echoes everywhere, including the exe and icon.

The title theme, ending score, rain, feedback icons, caption font, sky and the demo-end film are back.