Pilchard Games
Making indie point-and-click adventure games since 2017.
Thanks for visiting. This site is still taking shape, but soon it’ll have news of a brand new game I'm working on, my first in a while. I plan to document the development process with a newsletter or blog too.
For now, take a look at some previous Pilchard projects and learn a bit more about me…
Chronicles of Bruno
2020
It's been a busy morning vanquishing warlocks and smiting goblins for the brave Knight Sir Bleddyn and his constant companion, Bruno the donkey.As they travel through the picturesque Riverlands, Sir Bleddyn is bitten by a venomous serpent! It's up to Bruno to find a cure before his master succumbs to the powerful toxin.
A fantastic voice cast featuring actors from your favourite indie adventure games!
A stirring original score!
An art style inspired by those medieval and renaissance maps, so often teeming with strange creatures and lousy with geographical guesswork.
Voice cast
Erika Sanderson as The Narrator
Adrian Vaughan as Sir Bleddyn and The Imp
Thomas Mitchells as Bruno and The Friar
Sally Beaumont as The Enchantress and The ApothecaryMusic by Maurício CostaCreated in under two weeks for AdventureJam 2020
Claude and the Phantom
2018
Claude runs a humble antiques shop in the quiet seaside town of Dastard's Cove. One Tuesday afternoon, he finds himself lumbered with a strange painting that turns out to be haunted. Before he knows it, he's helping a restless phantom escape from this earthly realm.Music composed by Maurício Costa
Created for AdventureJam2018, May 4th-18th 2018
Moonlight Moggy
2017
Ah, cats - nature's hot water bottles. But the outside world is teeming with things that can frighten our feline companions and prevent them from getting home for a cosy evening.Paul, an especially timid ginger tom, has vanished. It falls to his buddy Blixa to track him down. To do so, he'll have to help out the garden's various resident creatures and overcome his own phobia of plastic bags rustling in the wind.
Created for the MAGS October 2017 challenge on the AGS forums, which had a 'Room of Fear' theme and a one-room restriction.
Hang On
2017
Martha is getting away from it all, up in the clouds on the lonely but peaceful slopes of the Trollspitze mountain. When a quick trip to the village below goes awry, who will come to her rescue? And is there any truth in the local legend of an abominable snowman?
Two playable characters!
Sublime alpine scenery!
Vertiginous thrills!
Accurate bird audio from the public domain!
French translation by Christophe PallarèsCreated for the AGS forums' MAGS competition, June 2017 (theme of 'Rescue').
The Treasure of Loch Inch
2017
Treasure-hunter Roddy arrives at the picturesque Loch Inch, deep in the Scottish Highlands, armed with his trusty shovel and a hunch that, amongst its crumbling old fortress, the island in the middle of the loch may hold untold riches...A short point-and-click adventure game inspired by classics of the genre and Hergé's Tintin comics.
Admire the dramatic scenery of the Highlands, lovingly rendered in 320x200 pixels
Earn your fortune and glory tracking down forgotten Jacobite gold
Converse with eccentric trout fishermen
Overcome a deep-rooted fear of sheep
Created May 5th-19th 2017 for Adventure Jam 2017.
About
Simon Heath Reid
aka Pilchard
Alongside a varied illustration career, Simon started making short point-and-click adventures for game jams around 2017, and Pilchard Games has sprung from these well-received short games.Please get in touch about anything at all, but especially if you’re interested in collaborating with Simon. Perhaps if the stars align he can contribute narrative design, character design or art direction to your next project.