What a couple weeks these have been, fellow travelers! To everyone who has played, wishlisted, reviewed, streamed, watched, discussed Joni’s harrowing and heartfelt story — we say THANK YOU! We’ve been overjoyed seeing the response to the game and how it has resonated with you.

We’ve continued reviewing and investigating your feedback, and we’d like to address some improvements we’ve either made with Patch 2 or that we plan to make going forward.

• “Horror” Tag — Many of you have pointed out that, while Joni’s journey is spooky, it’s not quite accurate to label it as a Horror game. We agree with you! Joni was always intended to be a story-rich strollplayer, not a heart-pounding survival horror game. As such we have removed the Horror tag to avoid setting incorrect expectations.
  
• Steam Deck Performance — We’ve received reports of the game randomly freezing or dropping to 1 fps on the Steam Deck. Patch 2 should fix the bulk of these issues for Steam Deck players, plus we are in the process of ensuring Joni is officially Steam Deck Verified so that you can enjoy the game wherever you choose to play!
  
• Localization — We’ve been floored by the multiple requests we’ve received to play Joni’s story in different languages. Our hope is to localize the game in as many languages as possible, and we are actively evaluating the feasibility of doing so. If you would like the game localized into a specific language, the best thing you can do is let us know the demand exists by leaving a comment here, in the Community Hub, in our Discord, or on social media! We’ll keep you updated.

Fixes:

• Fixed an issue where the goals display wasn't respecting the "when updated" setting
  
• Fixed issues where several whispering object attunement glows where too small and couldn't be seen when being carried
  
• Fixed an issue in which players could leave the bounds of the level through the master bedroom door upon reaching chapter 11

Improvements:

• Added multiple auto-save points during the Rituals in chapters 7-10
  
• Added the ability to view and select backup save files for each slot
  
• Set better defaults for Steam Deck performance
  
• Improved the memory use for shader compilation step
  
• Improved spectral writing functionality and timings across entire game to reduce frustration, especially for the more talkative Vestiges
  
• Added ability to pick up whispering objects from the ritual circle rather than simply replace them

Thank you for your patience and please keep sharing your feedback and bug reports, they help us make the game better for everyone.

You can further immerse yourselves in the Worlds Across the Causeway in our Discord and across our social media accounts…
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From our small corner of the Worlds to yours, thank you again for playing. We hope to cross paths many more times somewhere across the Causeway!

Greg Rogers and the Causeway Studios team

Hello fellow travelers! Thank you so much for your early support of our first game! We’ve been tracking our support inbox, watching the community forums, reading your blog and social media posts, and watching your playthroughs to vicariously enjoy our game through your eyes and also make sure the game is running smoothly for everyone.

Thank you so much for your bug reports so far! We have tried to rapidly address as many of them as possible, and here is the changelist for patch 1 - v1.0.5:

• Fixed an issue preventing the achievement "Subscriber to the Inquirer & Reflection" from tracking progress and completing
  
• Slightly improved shader compilation and replaced spinners with progress bars for shader compilation and environment loading
  

  We will be continuing to improve shader compilation over the next few patches

• Fixed an issue where quitting the game at the beginning of chapter 11 and later returning would cause the game to lock on a white screen halfway through the chapter
  
• Fixed an issue where the player could place a Relic in the wrong ritual circle, locking their progress (specifically near the beginning of chapter 10)
  
• Fixed an issue where one Vestige would unintentionally follow the player around and get in the way at the end of chapter 10
  
• Fixed an issue where invisible walls and ramps were appearing in the downstairs hallway and Coulson's studio at the beginning of chapter 11
  
• Fixed an issue where the chapter 12 title was missing on the save slot select screen
  
• Adjusted the "new game" menu item to show save slot selection even when there are empty slots
  

  Previously it automatically selected the first empty slot if there was one, but we've seen indications this caused concern for file integrity on subsequent playthroughs

• Added a feature to create backups (max 3 per slot) of save files while progressing
  

  UI will be added to access them in-game in a future patch
  These backups can be manually found in the file system as follows:
  Windows: <your_username>\AppData\LocalLow\CausewayStudios\The Haunting of Joni Evers\Saves
  Mac: /Users/<your_username>/Library/Application Support/CausewayStudios/The Haunting of Joni Evers/saves/

Again, from our small team at Causeway Studios, thank you! We’re heading back into the project to fix a few more issues as well as getting into preproduction on the next tale from the Worlds Across the Causeway.

Please keep sharing your thoughts and feedback (especially in the form of reviews here on Steam) and send us any bug reports you have to support@causewaystudios.com so we can get you back into the Cunningham House!

Until we meet again along the Causeway,

Kjartan Kennedy and the Causeway Studios team