Over the last year, Causeway Studios has gone through a transformational period culminating in today’s announcement of our second game, The Final Cut of Lilith Cunningham.
Since we shipped The Haunting of Joni Evers in January 2025 (50% off on Steam now for the first time!), we have watched our community grow, our first game win awards (did we mention it’s on sale now?), and the vision for our second game take shape. Our studio ownership has grown from our creative director Greg Rogers and myself to include our art director and long-time collaborator Brianna Jenkins, our director of production Manda Farough, and our director of operations and publishing Mike Futter.
We’ve spent this past year in pre-production: writing the story, establishing the vibe, learning from Joni, and raising the bar for our games. Everyone on the team has done incredible creative and artistic work, leaning into the weird and the surreal as we’ve refined our game concept and doubled down on feeling like a detective caught in strange and supernatural circumstances.
The Final Cut of Lilith Cunningham is an ambitious project for us. If you told me a year ago we’d be on-set filming full-motion video and building a game that has a conspiracy mystery board (red string and all), well… I’d have been both excited and a little nervous at the evolution from Joni. Today, I’m extremely excited and not the least bit surprised.
Greg and I knew how we wanted to build this studio and our games from the beginning, and despite having that planned out, I’ve seen this team and this game come together in a way that exceeds anything I could have hoped for. We are beyond grateful to our partners, Phantom Friends, who understood our vision immediately and we’re absolutely thrilled to be on this journey with them!
What we’re showing at PAX West as part of PAX Rising this weekend is just the beginning. If you’re in Seattle, please stop by. The Alpine Movie Manor Hotel and Drive-In is waiting for your reservation.
None of this would be possible without you and your love for strange tales. Remember… nothing is as it seems. Question everything. And don’t forget to look over your shoulder… just in case.
Until we meet again along the Causeway,
Kjartan Kennedy, Studio Director