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UpdateLatest · Steam news · Oct 23

Canvas of Thoughts wins WSA Austria 2026 🏆 + Update 1.0.9

We won! 🏆

Canvas of Thoughts has won the WSA Austria 2026 award in the Culture & Heritage category. The World Summit Awards recognise digital work that makes a real difference in people's lives, and having Evi's story recognised that way means a lot to us.

Austrian winners go straight into the global round, so the game now goes before an international jury. Global winners are announced in February 2027. Fingers crossed. 🤞

Thank you to everyone who played, wrote to us, and shared the game! We love you!

Patch notesSteam news · Aug 4

Update 1.0.6!

Fixes

• Steam achievements should now actually unlock.

• Doctor's office (Chapter 5): fixed a progression blocker where the nurse couldn't be talked to even though the hint pointed at her, and Evi would end up standing on the scale behind the doctor.

Patch notesSteam news · Jul 28

Update 1.0.5

A content and fix pass across all five chapters: a proper ending cutscene, a rebuilt shoe-sorting puzzle, and a LOT of small things.

New

• Outro cutscene — Chapter 5 now plays a full animated outro before the credits roll.

Patch notesSteam news · Jul 28

Update 1.0.4

We're pushing two more patches today, this is the first one :)

Camera & Feel

Reworked the dialogue zoom. The camera now moves, zooms and re-frames as one smooth motion instead of sliding first and then zooming, and there's no longer a jolt at the moment a zoom starts. Zooms now frame the whole character instead of just their head — no more characters half out of shot during conversations. Interrupting a zoom (or starting a new one mid-zoom) continues from where the camera actually is, instead of snapping. Stress & Overwhelm

Fixed stress carrying over between chapters. Arriving in the playground (or any new chapter) no longer starts you already overwhelmed, with the colour wash, camera shake and overwhelm music snapping on the second the scene appeared. Each chapter now starts calm. Taking a break in the quiet room still works exactly as before. Fixed the overwhelm music in the Mall and Playground stopping for good after about a minute, leaving the rest of the chapter silent.

Patch notesSteam news · Jul 25

Update 1.0.3

We're in a rush to address everything you're sending us, but no bug shall remain unsquashed :)

Progression fixes (these could stop your run)

• Chapter 2: the story could hard-stall right before the cat hunt — Mom no longer goes missing when you approach her at the blanket. Chapter 2 is completable again.