Old Man's Journey — 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Framerate, resolutions, physics & camera fixes | 2026-04-30 | Hey you all!We fixed a few things that were bugging some of you and even caused you getting stuck. Sorry for introducing those in the first place and thanks for the patience!We addressed the following issues with our latest patch:Level 4: turning wheel not responding ->fixedFinal level (credits)/last achievement/boat not responding -> fixedTrain level, wobbly camera -> fixedWe did so by limiting the framerate to 120fps (via vSync but also w/o), handling the resolution/refresh rate differently and we also made some changes to the camera code in the train level to make it less jittery.If any of you should still have issues please let us know in |
| Incoming: Achievements and Steam Deck Fully Verified | 2026-03-17 | Hey everyone! We have a new major update for Old Man's Journey.We heard you loud and clear and are finally bringing Achievements to our game. Sorry that it took so long but our latest game Gibbon: Beyond the Trees just kept us very busy. Along with the update comes full Steam Deck Compatibility as well.Achievements Find out more about the characters and the world of Old Man's Journey in 13 brand new achievements. Some can be found in plain sight, some are a bit more hidden. Can you catch them all?Steam Deck Compatibility Our game was already running pretty nicely on Steam Deck but had a few minor flaws. Now we have improved on that and got th |
| A Journey to the Heart Bundle | 2025-11-19 | Hey Everyone! Congratulations to our friends from As I Began to Dream who just released their game! 🎊We have joined forces with them to present a very special bundle - A Journey to the Heart to you👇https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/63505/A_Journey_of_the_Heart/As I Began to Dream is such a lovely game and we are delighted to be able to forge a bundle full of emotions for you.Both our games are about conquering grief, loss and how a journey can bring you hope in the end if you dare to make it.Go and check out As I Began to Dream which is launching today:https://store.steampowered.com/app/2482180/As_I_Began_to_Dream/And check out our bund |
| Broken Rules' new game Gibbon: Beyond the Trees out May 18th! | 2022-05-11 | Hello dear Broken Rules followers! In case you haven't seen yet we have something new coming up. Our ecological adventure Gibbon: Beyond the Trees is soon coming to Steam 🥳 Wishlist here! Gibbon: Beyond the Trees launches on May 18th 2022! We’re excited to get our game and its important message into the hands of even more players and we hope you will enjoy it! Keep on swinging 🐵 Broken Rules |
| Trading Cards added | 2017-07-27 | Hi there! A lot of people have asked us for Trading Cards so Clemens sat down and created some beautiful collectibles including an emoticon of the old man. He even took the time and wrote back stories for some of the characters that you meet on the old man's journey. If you want to know what the favorite game of Huge the Vagabond is, you better collect them all! http://cdn.akamai.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/28411622/352a16791a2a1178aac80e84cba6aa96c053a476.jpg The trading cards have actually been online for a few weeks now. But the heat of the summer made us forget to tell you about them. Sorry! Have a great summer and |
| Trading Cards added | 2017-07-27 | Hi there! A lot of people have asked us for Trading Cards so Clemens sat down and created some beautiful collectibles including an emoticon of the old man. He even took the time and wrote back stories for some of the characters that you meet on the old man's journey. If you want to know what the favorite game of Huge the Vagabond is, you better collect them all! http://cdn.akamai.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/28411622/352a16791a2a1178aac80e84cba6aa96c053a476.jpg The trading cards have actually been online for a few weeks now. But the heat of the summer made us forget to tell you about them. Sorry! Have a great summer and |
| Old Man's Jounrey now has settings and wont crash on Windows 7 anymore | 2017-06-11 | Hello everyone, and thank you for your interest in our game. The positive reception of Old Man's Journey on Steam surprised us and makes us very happy! To give back we've been busy working on a major update for Mac and Windows. The number 1 feedback we heard from you was that you would like to tweak Old Man's Journey to better fit your PC. So we finally added a real settings menu that you can access either from the pause or main menu. We also added a way to quit the game from the main menu for those of you who don't like using cmd-q or alt-f4 to exit from a game :) A few people told us that the game crashes on their Windows 7 machine. The rea |
| Old Man's Jounrey now has settings and wont crash on Windows 7 anymore | 2017-06-11 | Hello everyone, and thank you for your interest in our game. The positive reception of Old Man's Journey on Steam surprised us and makes us very happy! To give back we've been busy working on a major update for Mac and Windows. The number 1 feedback we heard from you was that you would like to tweak Old Man's Journey to better fit your PC. So we finally added a real settings menu that you can access either from the pause or main menu. We also added a way to quit the game from the main menu for those of you who don't like using cmd-q or alt-f4 to exit from a game :) A few people told us that the game crashes on their Windows 7 machine. The rea |