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New Studio Seufz game
Dear inhabitants of the caves, here's Anselm, creator of The Longing. As some of you might already know, The Longing took me over 4 years to make. After it was finished, I was sure that the next project would turn out m…
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A Shade Plushie Returns + New Pins
Dear inhabitants of the caves, Due to high demand for the original plushie, Makeship was kind enough to bring it back, again for a limited time only. They also started a campaign for new enamel pins of the Shade. Person…
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Maintenance Update Completed
Dear cave inhabitants, The maintenance update that was previously accessible only via the beta branch is now available to all players. It mainly consists of small bug fixes accumulated over the last few years. We have a…
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Maintenance Update
Dear cave inhabitants, it has been some time since we released a maintenance update, for testing is always a complicated affair with this game. There have been a lot of small bug fixes accumulated over the last years, e…
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Upcoming Studio Seufz game
Hello folks, as many of you have noticed, Studio Seufz has been working on a new game for a few years now. For anyone interested, I'll talk a bit about what I and the studio have been up to: First off, The Longing was a…
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New Shade Plushie
Dear inhabitants of the caves, I received many demands to make a new plushie. Today is the day! The new one is almost the same as the old plushie, with one major change: It's the happy version of the Shade, sporting its…
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A Shade Plushie
Dear inhabitants of the caves, I received many demands for Longing merchandise over the years. We have now partnered with Canadian company Makeship to finally produce a Shade plushie! It will work a bit like a Kickstart…
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Full Steam Deck support and Polish translation
The Longing on Steam Deck! Great news: The Longing is now fully compatible with the gamepad of the Steam Deck and all necessary adjustments for font readability and playability have been made. The game can also be playe…
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Game Update and Steam Trading Cards
It has been a while, since the Steam version of THE LONGING has received any updates. This was mainly due to the fact that the game was ported to other platforms, like the Nintendo Switch. When I first started making th…
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Digging the Earth Bundle
Digging the Earth Bundle In The Longing, a Shade digs his way through an underground cavern labyrinth. He's taking his time. Why? Because he's got 400 days of real time to hand. Despite living in the 50th century, Henry…
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The public library has opened
Book Converter After the release, we promised to have translations of the books and finally we have found a solution: Players can now upload and download custom books via the Steam Workshop of The Longing. This doesn't…
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Content Update and Soundtrack Release
Dear players, I am quite impressed with the reception of the game so far. When I started it in my cave back in 2014, I made it just for myself. But it's quite heartwarming to see so many people enjoying the game for wha…
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Release Date and IGF-Nomination!
After a few hundred days of waiting, we finally have a release date for the game: It will be the 5th of March, which is in approximately 52 days. We are also proud to announce that the game has been nominated for an IGF…
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400-day anniversary and FAQ
Today marks the 400-day anniversary of this Steam page. A good date to post some news: First, we like to announce that THE LONGING now has a publisher, namely Application Systems Heidelberg! This cooperation will result…
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