Viewfinder — patch notes and updates
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Dated developer announcements recorded from Steam. Open the source for the complete update.
| Update | Date | Excerpt / source |
|---|---|---|
| Minor hotfix for v1.1.4 | 2025-11-26 | Fixed graphical issues that could occur when playing at exactly 50% render scale Tweaked collision handling when a held object intersected both the player & another surface |
| Patch Notes - V1.1.4 | 2025-11-12 | This is a small quality of life with a bunch of improvements to little details throughout the game! Technical: Updated unity version to 2022.3.62f2 - This update fixes a security vulnerability found in the unity runtime (CVE-2025-59489) New: You can sit on the train seats now! Added a "Motion Sickness Reduction" setting that disables the bobbing on a held Camera / Photo while walking, which may help users that experience motion sickness while playing. Added a "Highlight photos" setting which will add a shine effect to photos the player has not picked up to make them more obvious (defaults off) Added mouth animations to Cait while talking! Add |
| Viewfinder - Thunderful Publisher Sale | 2024-10-07 | Viewfinder is now live in the Thunderful Publishing Sale! Are you ready to reshape reality? The sale is live until 21 October and you can pick Viewfinder up for 45% off until then. https://store.steampowered.com/news/group/35370473/view/4606706877639912657 Whatever you check out during the sale, we hope you have a Thunderful time ⚡ |
| Viewfinder wins two BAFTAs at the BAFTA Games Awards! | 2024-04-12 | Huge congratulations to Viewfinder and the whole team at Sad Owl Studios for last night's incredible win! It was truly surreal. Viewfinder took home TWO awards at this year's BAFTA Games Awards - British Game and New Intellectual Property 🏆🎉 This is an incredible achievement for a small studio with their first game. For more information and to watch their acceptance speeches, visit BAFTAGames on X. ✨ Buy Viewfinder Now |
| The Game Awards - Viewfinder has been nominated twice! | 2023-11-14 | Hey friends! Viewfinder has been nominated for two awards at The Game Awards this year. ✨ Best Independent Game ✨ Best Debut Indie Game We couldn’t be more proud of the team and with us announcing Viewfinder at The Game Awards last year, we've now come full circle. The winner will be decided by the public, so please vote! ~ The Viewfinder Team |
| Viewfinder is Steam Deck Verified! | 2023-10-24 | Hey Friends! We've got some exciting news to share. Viewfinder is now Steam Deck verified! So next time you go out of the house with your Steam Deck, Cait will be right there with you on the train, bus, or plane! https://store.steampowered.com/app/1382070/Viewfinder/ |
| Viewfinder Soundtrack is out Now! | 2023-10-20 | Hey there friends! As of today, you can immerse yourself back into a beautiful world full of mystery with the breathtaking soundtrack composed by Aether (Jason Taylor). The Viewfinder Soundtrack is available to purchase for $/€9.99 and can also be found on your favourite music streaming platforms such as Spotify, Apple Music, YouTube Music, Deezer, and many more! Listen to the Viewfinder Soundtrack on Spotify or Purchase it on Bandicamp! Sad Owl Studios & Thunderful https://store.steampowered.com/app/1382070/Viewfinder/ |
| Patch Notes - V1.0.6 | 2023-08-08 | Hey adventurers, We’ve just released version 1.0.6 of Viewfinder, in which we’ve fixed various bugs and issues as well as added a few small changes to make your experience better. Changes: Lowered minimum field of view from 90 to 70. Added a count the collectibles popup, i.e. 2/4 when you've found two ducks. Added a ‘delete save slot’ button in the save slot menu. Bug Fixes: Fixed an instance where additional film could become uncopyable after rewinding if a photo was placed overtop of the already picked up film. Fixed an instance where the camera unusable if you rewinded too quickly after acquiring the camera unless the level was restarted. |
| Behind the Lens #2: Designing Puzzles for Viewfinder | 2023-07-17 | Welcome back to Behind The Lens! A series where we give you a closer look at what exactly has been going on behind the scenes when It comes to creating Viewfinder. With last week’s formalities out of the way, this week, we really want to focus on a specific aspect of the development process and really hone in on the overall puzzle design of the game and what exactly makes a great puzzle! What makes for a good puzzle? The design of puzzles is a delicate art. It’s about finding the right balance between logical thinking and creativity to find the solution to the objective set from the beginning. To put it in the context of viewfinder, it’s all |
| Behind The Lens #1: A View of Viewfinder | 2023-07-12 | Welcome to Behind the Lens, a series of blog posts focused on various aspects of what exactly is going on when it comes to creating Viewfinder! Over the next few weeks we will be diving deep into specific topics, whether that’s puzzle design, world inspiration or in game lore, you can expect some great insights into different aspects of the game. https://cdn.akamai.steamstatic.com/steam/apps/1382070/ss_080379206cfd1972567fce770bb79ee4b6b35d6c.1920x1080.jpg?t=1688541213 So what is Viewfinder? After more than four years of game development, a lot of iterations, and with still a long laundry list of things we want to do and improve, we are relea |
| 🔴 The Viewfinder Steam Next Fest stream #2 airs today! 📷 | 2023-06-23 | Happy Friday, friends! ːsteamhappyː First of all: It's so awesome to see you all playing our Viewfinder Snapshot demo - thanks for sharing your time with us! We received so much good and valuable feedback, and also a lot of praise - so from the bottom of our hearts: Thank you all so much! ❤️ And secondly: You can watch us (that's Sophie from dev SOS, as well as Julian and Tim again) play the Viewfinder Snapshot demo on the Steam page later today. Feel free to tune into our second stream at 4pm CET / 7am PST and join us! We'll chat a bit about Viewfinder in general, what the game is, and much more. Have a relaxing weekend all! Sophie, Julian, |
| 🔴 The Viewfinder Steam Next Fest stream #1 airs today! 📷 | 2023-06-20 | Hey again, friends! First of all: It's so awesome to see you all playing our Viewfinder Snapshot demo - thanks for sharing your time with us! We received so much good and valuable feedback, and also a lot of praise - so from the bottom of our hearts: Thank you all so much! ❤️ And secondly: You can watch us (that's Sophie from dev SOS, as well as Julian and Tim) play the Viewfinder Snapshot demo here in the broadcast player on the Steam page later today. Feel free to tune in at 4pm CET / 7am PST and join us! We'll talk a bit about Viewfinder in general, what the game is, and much more. See you in the stream, friends! Sophie, Julian, Tim & the |
| 📷 Play the Viewfinder Demo As Part Of Steam Next Fest June! | 2023-06-19 | Hey there friends! Once again, it's about time for the fabulous Steam Next Fest! Until June 26 hundreds of demos are live here on Steam, connected to hundreds of streams, developer specials, and much more. Exciting times for sure, and you definitely don't want to miss this! ːsteamhappyː And you guessed it already: Viewfinder is aboard for Steam Next Fest as well! Just scroll down the product page and click the "Download" button to get your hands on the demo. Viewfinder Snapshot includes 8 spots to show you how the reality and world can be reshaped with a camera and a handful of polaroids. Be sure to kickstart your creativity before playing th |
| 📷 New Viewfinder Trailer Reveals July 18 Release! | 2023-06-09 | Happy Friday friends! Yesterday, Viewfinder was featured in the Summer Game Fest’s Day of the Devs segment... and that's why we have three pieces of good news for you today: First thing's first: Viewfinder finally has a release date - it's July 18! ːsteamhappyː Furthermore, we are really happy to announce that our Viewfinder Snapshot demo will return as part of the Steam Next Fest in June (save the date: June 19-26) The release date announcement is accompanied by a brand-new gameplay trailer - enjoy: Stay tuned for more exciting news on Viewfinder soon! Till then, take care everyone! The Viewfinder Team https://store.steampowered.com/app/1382 |
| 📷 Play the Viewfinder demo as part of Steam Puzzle Fest! | 2023-04-24 | Heya all! As the headline has already told you: it's demo time! Viewfinder is part of the Puzzle Fest (April 24th till May 1st) here on Steam, and so this marks the very first time you get to try it for yourself! Viewfinder Snapshot includes 8 spots to show you how the reality and world can be reshaped with an camera and a handful of polaroids. Be sure to kickstart your creativity before playing the demo! ːsteamhappyː We really hope you have fun playing our demo. And we are eager to here your feedback; you can leave it in the comments, in the Viewfinder Steam Community Hub or on our Discord. Whatever you prefer. Anyways, we are looking forwar |
| New Viewfinder Trailer Unveiled at the Future Games Show! 😺 | 2023-03-24 | Hey again friends, it's been some months of radio silence since the Viewfinder announcement last December, but finally here is another sign of life. 😺 As part of the Future Games Show Spring Showcase we unveiled a new trailer! It showcases some of the creative puzzle-solving possibilities that Viewfinder's mechanics unlock, as well as giving you first hints at the story underlying the game's surreal and intriguing world. If that's not enough, it's also got a cat: Stay tuned for more exciting news on Viewfinder coming soon! Till then, take care everyone! The Viewfinder Team https://store.steampowered.com/app/1382070/Viewfinder/ |
| Challenge your perception, redefine reality and bring pictures to life! | 2022-12-09 | Hey friends, and welcome to the Steam page of Viewfinder! ːsteamhappyː The game premiered at the Game Awards a minute ago, the reveal trailer showcases how the game lets you reshape reality while solving puzzling conundrums: In Viewfinder, you explore a beautiful and fun world full of mystery. Photos, paintings, sketches, screenshots and posters can be placed in the world to become a fabric of its reality, reshaping the environment around you. This unique mechanic delights in the way it plays with perception, evolving in surprising directions that keeps you challenged with every new puzzle you encounter. Stay tuned for more exciting news on V |