OS Order of the Sinking Star
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Live Patch Cadence

Live Patch Cadence

Active from launch

DOSSIER

What this entry covers

Thekla committed at launch to ongoing patches covering bugs, performance and quality-of-life improvements including localisation. The first public post-launch update, dated October 9 and published October 10, downgraded the required Steam SDK to fix widespread compatibility problems and shipped a list of level, camera and checkpoint fixes.

Live Patch Cadence in-game screenshot
PLATE A · SYSTEM-PATCHES

PROTOCOL CHAIN

How to work this entry

01 STEP

Update before troubleshooting. The first patch specifically addressed incompatibilities many players hit on day one.

02 STEP

Read the notes as feature documentation: fixes name internal level names such as promesst2 and skipping_stones.

03 STEP

Expect some fixes to be withheld to avoid spoilers, which the notes state outright.

04 STEP

Treat the change list as authoritative over third-party summaries.

FIELD NOTES

Reading Live Patch Cadence in play

Live Patch Cadence - Reading the board before you move
FIELD NOTE 01

FIELD NOTE 01

Reading the board before you move

Update before troubleshooting. The first patch specifically addressed incompatibilities many players hit on day one.

Live Patch Cadence - Working the chain in order
FIELD NOTE 02

FIELD NOTE 02

Working the chain in order

Read the notes as feature documentation: fixes name internal level names such as promesst2 and skipping_stones.

Live Patch Cadence - How this entry reads in motion
FIELD NOTE 03

FIELD NOTE 03

How this entry reads in motion

Expect some fixes to be withheld to avoid spoilers, which the notes state outright.

PLATE WALL

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PLATE B
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PLATE C
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PLATE D
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PLATE E
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PLATE F
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PLATE G

SOURCES

Where this entry comes from

Each record below backs a specific claim on this page. Tier 1 is the developer or publisher speaking in their own words, tier 2 is established press, and tier 3 is creator coverage. Quotations are rendered in written form; the exact spoken wording from the source is kept underneath each one for verification.

  1. 01 TIER 1 - OFFICIAL Steam News - Community Announcements VERIFIED 2026-10-11

    Thekla committed at launch to ongoing patches covering bugs, performance and quality-of-life improvements including localisation. The first public post-launch update, dated October

    “Various fixes that seem too spoilery to put in patch notes...”
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  2. 02 TIER 1 - OFFICIAL Steam store page (Thekla, Inc.) VERIFIED 2026-10-11

    Entity identity and official naming for Live Patch Cadence

    “From legendary director Jonathan Blow (Braid, The Witness) comes Order of the Sinking Star, a massive puzzle adventure featuring more than one thousand hand-crafted puzzles designed to put your intellect to the test. You”
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GRID RELATIONS

Cross-board links

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