I submitted Filcher to GOG.com way back in October but never heard back from them. However, someone added it to the community wishlist! (There is also a discussion thread.)

I guess I should point you towards it, as getting the game onto GOG could really help it reach a bigger audience. If you have an account, please consider pressing that vote button. Cheers!

I had the honour of guesting the Inside At Last Podcast to chat about Thief, Filcher, and more! I was nervous, but think I occasionally made sense. It was hella fun, hope you enjoy it!

Stealth Docs, a fantastic YouTube channel dedicated to stealth game, just posted a nice review of Filcher!

Filcher just snuck its way onto Steam and Itch! Jeepers!

The 10% launch discount will last until September 21.

Filcher is set to be released on September 14th, around 21:00 CEST, which is in less than 23 hours.

There will be a 10% discount for the first week.

Also, a free demo will become available on launch. It will cover the tutorial plus the first two missions.

Breaking news: Filcher is coming to Steam and Itch.io on September 14th!

Check out the new website and trailer:

Time for another update!

The game’s ten levels (including the tutorial) are now *basically* done!

It’s been a lot of work, and there are definitely gaps left to fill in – placeholder textures to replace, conversations to write, props to add, challenges to tweak, boring rooms to make more interesting… but at least the critical path is all in place, which is a weight off my shoulders.

Next, I’ll be making rough sketches of all the comic book panels and put them between the missions. to get a feel for the flow of the story. With all the building blocks in place, Being able to run the game through from start to finish, I’ll see what needs fixing and tweaking, shortening and lengthening, softening and hardening, lightening and darkening, clarifying and mystificating…

I’ll probably need another month for the cutscenes and one more for general polish. I know I keep pushing the deadline back, but to be fair, the deadline is just a goal – something to prevent me from getting stuck on tiny details forever.

That’s all for now. Take care!

Happy new year, reader! It turns out I’m bad at guessing how long things will take. I haven’t quite finished all the levels for Filcher yet, so my planned release date will have to change from “early 2021” to “pretty early 2021”. My current best guess is mid-April. Yeah, that sounds reasonable! he exclaimed confidently.

I’m almost done with the game’s tenth and final mission. I then want to finish one more mission for the middle of the game, and lastly I’ll make the very first level, which is the tutorial. I’ll then draw all the fancy comic book panels for the game’s story, all of which I’ve thumbnailed and planned out in reasonable detail. I’ve had most of this stuff figured out for a long time, and now it’s just a matter of implementing it, which can be a slog at times.

Also, because I’m an old man now (30) I need more breaks from the computer so I don’t fossilize in my chair (keep in mind I’m doing all this in my spare time). While this is a passion project, my advice if you’re planning to design, code, write, draw, score and sell your own immersive sim is 1) wtf don’t, and 2) Keep it small! I’ve always thought of Filcher as quite a small game, but the amount of custom content required for these 10 levels is more than I imagined.

To give myself a nice break, I drew a Mike Mignola-inspired poster for the game. I don’t know if the in-game comic book cutscenes will be in this exact style. I’ll be doing a lot of drawings, and a minimalist style isn’t necessarily faster than drawing something with more lines and detail… but we’ll see how it turns out! Thanks for your bottomless patience, and stay tuned for more.