Hi hydnellum! Sorry you're having this issue. We've had it reported before but it's been fairly rare and for most people seems to go away by itself, which makes debugging it pretty difficult. Hopefully you can give us a hand in finding a permanent fix!
Could you let us know a few things to help us track it down?
- What operating system and version are you on? If you are on Windows, are you running the 64bit or 32bit version?
- Could you send us a log, if one was created? You can find log files for your operating system using the instructions at this link.
- Do you have an audio device hooked up?
- Is Steam running in the background?
- Could you send us your save data, if any was generated? You can find it in your %AppData%/LocalLow/LaundryBear folder on Windows and in your ApplicationLibrary/com.laundrybear.moriticanstale folder on OSX.
Thanks for the help and hope you are having a wonderful end of the year!