Hey hey!

It's my pleasure to release update 12 of Demons Within to the public today! You can download and play it right NOW right here on Itch!

Although usually we've been releasing the previous update to the public only when a new one comes out on Patreon, this time it's out a little early. Update 13 is still cooking and somewhat close to release, but not quite there yet. Soon, though! However, since the second version of Update 12 has the special A Demon Within Shelter collaboration content, I wanted to make sure that people who play Shelter have access to our side of the collaboration as well. That's why we're both releasing our public versions a little early to give people who are not on Patreon and haven't played it yet a chance to enjoy it, too!

Since this release kinda has two releases in one, here's what to expect of it:

• About 8000 words of new story content, continuing the story of Demons Within
• About 9000 words of new content were retroactively added to Edwin's night in the camp
  •  You'll need to load a save before nighttime in the camp in a save where you went with Edwin's Spare day earlier in the story to access it
• About 11000 more words of story content in the two chapters of the collaboration side story in A Demon Within Shelter
• Nerfed Gunther the bull's junk by like 40% when he's wearing pants in Update 2's ambush scene, and all to avoid it being so big that censorship was needed even when he was wearing pants in videos and such. What a thug.
  
• An entire new sprite made by Blain for the crossover, full of variations
• Our very FIRST original, hand-made background made by the awesome TeoLeif! It’s the first of many! It features at the beginning of the collaboration content
• New icon for the Demons Within running application on PC
• A brand-new, revamped Essence Wheel with new and improved visuals that you can see not only in the new content, but across the entirety of the game so far

Word of warning: Because of the brand new essence wheel, a lot of saves that were around wheels might break. I've had feedback of this happening sometimes. If it does, I apologize! With the game still in development, some big changes like that happen sometimes and it's inevitable. As the game gets longer and longer, I'll try to figure out some solutions to make that a little better. I have some in mind, but it'll require time.

As you can see, this version has just about two entire updates' worth of content! I hope you enjoy! The biggest highlight is the collaboration with Shelter! Since Shelter is releasing their new public version today as well, everyone should be able to play the entire collaboration (that has to be played between BOTH games) without a problem! The promotional image for the collaboration has some instructions on how it works:

I hope you'll enjoy it!