By Aimee Rogers 
The developers behind Factomancer just pushed a significant update to their demo in time for Steam Next Fest, but the timing wasn’t random. Community feedback from early players revealed blind spots the team had completely missed on their own, and rather than push into the festival unprepared, they rebuilt the onboarding entirely.
The revamp centered on two weak points. Those were a tutorial that wasn’t easing players in smoothly enough, and a settings menu that lacked full key-rebinding support. Both are now fixed. The automation roguelite, which combines factory-building mechanics with the run-based adaptation of Slay the Spire, demands that players get comfortable quickly if they’re going to engage with its production chains and strategic resource management. A broken first impression would’ve cost the team momentum heading into the festival.
The developers thanked players directly for their time and honesty, acknowledging the changes made in a post on Reddit. To sweeten the deal during Next Fest week, they’re also running a giveaway of three full game keys through their Discord server. For anyone curious about how factory-building works inside a roguelite framework, the newly smoothed demo is worth a shot. The stakes for making that first hour count have never been higher.