After releasing the demo, I FOOLISHLY decided to haphazardly delete all of the placeholder files I was utilizing. This included SFX, some backdrops, etc. Without fail, it caused things to get EXTREMELY wonky. So to you six brave souls who downloaded this project already: THANK YOU for being a (necessary) sacrifice!
And yes, I do apologize for making changes of that nature directly after releasing the demo. *Smacks self on hand*
HOPEFULLY everything is now in working order. Fingers crossed!