Jaws of Hell Update Delayed by Family Crisis, Still in Progress
The next update for Jaws of Hell is being developed under difficult circumstances. In a community post published August 27, 2026, developer Starving Lama described a compounding series of personal crises: a stage 4 lung cancer diagnosis for their mother — with spread to the brain and lower intestine — a family emergency involving a sibling with schizoaffective disorder that cut a visit short, and a period of night-shift food delivery work to fund a van radiator repair.
The post is candid about why updates have been slow and equally candid that work is continuing regardless.
What changed (and what's coming)
- Subtitle and journal entry fixes are included in the upcoming update
- New items have been added
- Cutscenes are being rendered down and will be integrated into a dedicated level that handles garbage collection and level streaming while the video plays
- Players will be able to skip cutscenes once that background process completes
- The developer notes this cutscene-loading system is a standard technique but a first for them personally
- Achievements and expanded content are planned to follow after this next update
The dispatch offers no release date for the update. What it does establish is that a single developer is building systems — cutscene streaming, garbage collection, level loading — largely from scratch while managing circumstances most studios would cite as force majeure. For players waiting on Jaws of Hell, the update is real, the scope is defined, and the timeline remains the developer's alone to set.