I bought the game but the only option i have on the menu "play demo" is there a fix to this?

=beat chapter 1, do not know what to do anymore, chapter 2 is still locked.

It played ok up until before the boss but refused to work right after. The controls weren't allowing me to freely look around nor any other button working. The actual fight wouldn't even start. I had to get on my desktop PC to finish the chapter.

update at end of post following dev/publisher's may 8, 2024 "State of the Game" announcement i wanted to make this thread because it seems that the majority of forum posts since the last SPOOKWARE update (september 16, 2022) have been about various game bugs/softlocks that have not been addressed or questions as to whether the game is still in active development. seeing the devs have now publicly posted about their new game in development, i thought there may be some confirmation somewhere th...

So I understand the current situation with everything revolving DreadXP, and the Devs wanting to focus on one game at a time, but I still want to ask: When the Devs finish their work on No Players Online, will this game be worked on? Or has it been officially abandoned? I'm still holding out hope rn....