Quern - Undying Thoughts news & patch notes

Looking for some new challenges? We are working on a new puzzle-filled adventure, Dimhaven!

We have a playable demo, too! :)

Publishing Partnership with Blue Brain Games!

Hello everyone,

We are excited to share with you that as of today we are teaming up with the esteemed Blue Brain Games as our official publishing partners.

Quern will join their acclaimed House of Da Vinci series and the House of Tesla under their publishing umbrella. Additionally, they will also publish our new puzzle-adventure, Dimhaven Enigmas.

This partnership represents a perfect synergy between two teams who share a passion for pushing the boundaries of the puzzle genre.

We can’t wait to share more about this exciting next chapter in our journey.

Read more about this partnership at https://bluebraingames.com/news .

Wishlist now Follow the development

• Simplified Chinese and Polish languages added.
• New graphical options are available to tweak both performance and quality. We decreased the lowest and increased the highest possible graphics settings.
• We fixed an issue that prevented loading between the game’s scenes on weaker systems.
• Cloud save function is now available.
• Fixed a bug that caused the controller bindings to be off on Linux systems.
• Subtitles can be disabled from now on.
• We optimized the user interface for any resolution.
• Many minor and several major bugfixes.

• Simplified Chinese and Polish languages added.
• New graphical options are available to tweak both performance and quality. We decreased the lowest and increased the highest possible graphics settings.
• We fixed an issue that prevented loading between the game’s scenes on weaker systems.
• Cloud save function is now available.
• Fixed a bug that caused the controller bindings to be off on Linux systems.
• Subtitles can be disabled from now on.
• We optimized the user interface for any resolution.
• Many minor and several major bugfixes.

• Czech language is added!
• An ingame map is now available to better find your way around the island. Just hit the M button as you wander :)
• There is now an option to ask for hints in the game. Useful if you‘ve been stuck for hours with no further ideas on what to do.
• We received quite a lot of feedback about useful items not being indistinguishable from ambience. Now there is an option to highlight interactable objects in the menu.
• We fixed a long overdue bug where some letters and hints showed up in unreadable quality when viewed on low graphics settings.
• We also worked on optimisation. The game should now be a little more forgiving for less powerful computers and run noticeably smoother.
• We implemented a system check - if your computer is under the system requirements, the game will alert you and give you tips.
• Various bug fixes.
• A less noticeable change is that the game has been saturated ever so slightly, making it a little more colourful.

• Czech language is added!
• An ingame map is now available to better find your way around the island. Just hit the M button as you wander :)
• There is now an option to ask for hints in the game. Useful if you‘ve been stuck for hours with no further ideas on what to do.
• We received quite a lot of feedback about useful items not being indistinguishable from ambience. Now there is an option to highlight interactable objects in the menu.
• We fixed a long overdue bug where some letters and hints showed up in unreadable quality when viewed on low graphics settings.
• We also worked on optimisation. The game should now be a little more forgiving for less powerful computers and run noticeably smoother.
• We implemented a system check - if your computer is under the system requirements, the game will alert you and give you tips.
• Various bug fixes.
• A less noticeable change is that the game has been saturated ever so slightly, making it a little more colourful.

• German, Italian, Russian and Spanish languages added!
• Trading cards are now available!
• We (hopefully) fixed the problem some OS X players experienced where the inventory and the letters menu were completely black.
• Some of you requested the completely strange feature to be able to climb DOWN the ladders. Now it is possible.
• Even less places to jump out of the world and get stuck.
• Notebook images now don’t lose quality after loading the game.
• Sad news for speedrunners: saving and loading during the first few seconds now doesn’t let you skip most of the game. Time to find new tricks :)
• There is now an option to adjust the volume of your footsteps and jumps.
• The swamp isles saves a bit more of your work in case you forgot something there and want to return later.
• The ladder in the north shore now doesn’t look like you can put in a few axes and still be able to climb it.
• Optimization of the Alchemy and Botany area

• German, Italian, Russian and Spanish languages added!
• Trading cards are now available!
• We (hopefully) fixed the problem some OS X players experienced where the inventory and the letters menu were completely black.
• Some of you requested the completely strange feature to be able to climb DOWN the ladders. Now it is possible.
• Even less places to jump out of the world and get stuck.
• Notebook images now don’t lose quality after loading the game.
• Sad news for speedrunners: saving and loading during the first few seconds now doesn’t let you skip most of the game. Time to find new tricks :)
• There is now an option to adjust the volume of your footsteps and jumps.
• The swamp isles saves a bit more of your work in case you forgot something there and want to return later.
• The ladder in the north shore now doesn’t look like you can put in a few axes and still be able to climb it.
• Optimization of the Alchemy and Botany area

• As some of you requested, we have added an option to enable vertical synchronization in the menu
• Now you can change the default WASD movement keys - Go to your library, right-click Quern -> Properties -> Set launch options… -> type in: -show-screen-selector On the screen selector click “input” and change the keys to your liking!
• The fourth quarter of the mechanical safe key was a bit too difficult to find. We added a hint pointing out its location.
• The cave puzzle... Yes, the one where you tried every combination upside down before figuring out you needed another hint. The existence of the other hint is now better indicated!
• Who doesn’t reload the game after finishing it to see the other ending? The left side inventory is no longer stuck when reloading after completing the game.
• Some of you who have jumped down the rotating ladders after loading the game, and tried to climb back up have experienced an unpleasant surprise of the ladder malfunctioning. Fixed.
• The state of the lit/not that lit Crystal Lab is now saved properly.

• As some of you requested, we have added an option to enable vertical synchronization in the menu
• Now you can change the default WASD movement keys - Go to your library, right-click Quern -> Properties -> Set launch options… -> type in: -show-screen-selector On the screen selector click “input” and change the keys to your liking!
• The fourth quarter of the mechanical safe key was a bit too difficult to find. We added a hint pointing out its location.
• The cave puzzle... Yes, the one where you tried every combination upside down before figuring out you needed another hint. The existence of the other hint is now better indicated!
• Who doesn’t reload the game after finishing it to see the other ending? The left side inventory is no longer stuck when reloading after completing the game.
• Some of you who have jumped down the rotating ladders after loading the game, and tried to climb back up have experienced an unpleasant surprise of the ladder malfunctioning. Fixed.
• The state of the lit/not that lit Crystal Lab is now saved properly.

• Now it is possible to change your keyboard-bindings when using a controller. In fact, now you can select whether you want to use a controller or not.
• The acheivement “Find what is hidden III” was so well hidden that you couldn’t unlock it even when you found it. Now you can.
• Fixed an issue with loading games in the second part of the game.
• The telescope no longer consumes your torch holder if you leave it there overnight.
• Now it is possible to set the game’s resolution to your displays native resolution. Happy exploring on 4K and UltraWide!
• Accidentally drew something that is not even interesting? Fear not! Now you can delete your sketches from the notebook.
• “Pen and paper - Old School Gamer” achievement was limiting the player in using a cool feature, so we changed it to “The Brightest Scholar” and now it requires you to use the notebook even more!
• We upgraded the artistic skills of the player. Now you can sketch anything! Even stuff in your inventory or the telescope.
• The Simon says puzzle was modified to bring a bit more fun in the game. Now contains one more surprise.
• Latin translations could stay on the screen even after closing the Letters menu. However it was pretty inspiring walking around with a text saying “By hard work, all things increase and grow”, we decided to get rid of it.
• If you were more interested in parkour than puzzle solving, you could get stuck in numerous places, and had to reload the game for further parkour experience. Some of these places are now unreachable (thanks Ap616 :)).
• Minor text fixes.

• Now it is possible to change your keyboard-bindings when using a controller. In fact, now you can select whether you want to use a controller or not.
• The acheivement “Find what is hidden III” was so well hidden that you couldn’t unlock it even when you found it. Now you can.
• Fixed an issue with loading games in the second part of the game.
• The telescope no longer consumes your torch holder if you leave it there overnight.
• Now it is possible to set the game’s resolution to your displays native resolution. Happy exploring on 4K and UltraWide!
• Accidentally drew something that is not even interesting? Fear not! Now you can delete your sketches from the notebook.
• “Pen and paper - Old School Gamer” achievement was limiting the player in using a cool feature, so we changed it to “The Brightest Scholar” and now it requires you to use the notebook even more!
• We upgraded the artistic skills of the player. Now you can sketch anything! Even stuff in your inventory or the telescope.
• The Simon says puzzle was modified to bring a bit more fun in the game. Now contains one more surprise.
• Latin translations could stay on the screen even after closing the Letters menu. However it was pretty inspiring walking around with a text saying “By hard work, all things increase and grow”, we decided to get rid of it.
• If you were more interested in parkour than puzzle solving, you could get stuck in numerous places, and had to reload the game for further parkour experience. Some of these places are now unreachable (thanks Ap616 :)).
• Minor text fixes.