- Face the Carnival of Endless Delight in Rogues Gallery - 31 October 2025
Prepare yourself for a new adventure, hunters!A sinister conspiracy threatens to gut the very institution of the hunters from the inside, as a terrible evil seeps through holes in reality to gnaw upon the minds of mortals. Take to the streets and alleys of the Capital once again, in the ninths instalment of The Hunter's Journals, and face off against the sinister aesthetic of the Rogues Gallery cult today!As usual, all of our art releases we have been displaying over the past week are available as merchandise on our Tee Planet store. You can also get the front cover for the book now, and many new items which have popped up since out last release.https://www.teepublic.com/user/grindwheel-games-store
- Unity Version Update - 6 October 2025
Unity has posted that a security vulnerability exists in all builds as far back as Unity 2017. As such all Grindwheel Games titles are being updated to Unity 6 to remove this loophole. This should not introduce any issues, but please feel free to contact us for support if you discover any bugs as a result of this change.
- Discover the Terrible Truth Behind the Wyrmwood Incident. - 31 October 2024
Happy Halloween from Grindwheel Games! With wooden items twisting into horrible forms, the UIC faces a terrible calamity unless YOU can discover what is causing this new horror. Battle from the midnight streets of the Capital to the muddy depths of Hag Mere in the eighth foray into the dark, Lovecraftian fantasy world of The Hunter's Journals. We hope you have enjoyed the art releases so far, and if you want to see more, please don't forget our merchandise stall over on TeePublic. https://www.teepublic.com/user/grindwheel-games-store
- Return to the ash-choked streets of Wight Chapel. - 31 October 2023
Its time to go back, hunter. The madness of Pattic Claine is not finished with you yet. Five missing Galvanic horrors await you in the ash-clogged lanes and crematoria of Wight Chapel. Conclude the mystery in Grindwheel Games' first two-part adventure. Can you face the nightmare once again and escape with your sanity intact? Happy Halloween! And, should you like any of the artwork from the new book, don't forget to check out our store on Teepublic, when you can find wall art, buttons, magnets, wall hangings and more. This includes the cover art for Return to Wight Chapel, which has been added to the store today. https://www.teepublic.com/user/grindwheel-games-store
- Face the Crawling Horror of Wight Chapel...if you dare! - 31 October 2022
Welcome to Wight Chapel, rookie. Something evil once crawled, howling, through the ash-filled streets of Wight Chapel. And YOU, a rookie hunter still finding your feet in that calling, were the one to face it. How well did you handle the challenge? Find out in Wight Chapel Dreams – the sixth instalment in The Hunter's Journals series! Happy Halloween!
- Grindwheel Games Store on TeePublic - 30 January 2022
After the closure of our Shark Robot store, we have been searching for a new home for Grindwheel Game merchandise. I have been experimenting with Tee Public during the week, and have uploaded a number of items in new designs to the store: https://www.teepublic.com/en-gb/user/grindwheel-games-store I hope over the coming weeks I will be able to get art from every game up onto the page, but I am letting people know about this update now, while the items are still in the launch window sales. At the moment I intend to put up the following for every book: The full title and word art. The game's unique logo. The clean cover art. Each of the General art pages. In the future we can look into running polls to see what other artwork people would like to see from each book go into the store. In the meantime, please check out the currently available selection!
- Posters Become Limited Edition - 2 December 2021
Unfortunate news - due to low sales of the posters on Shark Robot, they will sadly be removed from that storefront. I will be looking into finding a way to bring them back on another platform, if possible. But, as this will take time and it not a 100% certain thing, your best bet to get these high-quality prints is to jump in the store as soon as possible. The posters will remain up until the end of the year, at which point they will no longer be available. https://sharkrobot.com/collections/grindwheel-games
- Small Bugfix - The Adventure Begins! - 6 November 2021
Just a small bug fix for an issue which was brought to my attention. it was possible to get 'The Adventure Begins' without starting an adventure, if you had not picked an Heirloom. The call to unlock it was before the check to see if the warning screen should be brought up, and has been moved to after this call to ensure it comes up as expected from now on.
- The TATTERED SAILS have been sighted! - 31 October 2021
IT COMES... The TATTERED SAILS have been sighted on the horizon. Something unearthly moves through the fog like a ponderous colossi. The stars wheel overhead. Portents are bleak. Can YOU stand against it? Plunge into an investigation which sees you journey deep into The Grass Sea in search of treasure, only to find horror and death. This latest case has a lot of subtle pathways which can guide you to AN ending. But will it see the evil vanquished for good, or just sent back for a while? Only your choices can decide the outcome. Happy Halloween!
- Minor Bug Fix – Health Display - 25 July 2021
Bug Fix – The health numbers on your character sheet were not updating as expected alongside the health boxes when you used medical supplies. This has been corrected.
- Grindwheel Games and Sanguine Productions 2: Abyss! - 5 January 2021
Grindwheel Games and Sanguine Productions have joined forces once again for their latest Kickstarter - Abyss! A supernatural pen-and-paper RPG in which you play heroes who fight terrible monsters from beyond the realm of nightmares. The game's description is as follows: "The world has secrets in remote corners. Horrors from out of time. Devils that are out for blood. Monsters that feed upon the helpless, in ways beyond mortal understanding. Only a select few have the knowledge or the power to fight the supernatural, and the responsibility to protect the innocent falls upon your shoulders. But within every heart lurks a shadow. The forces that cultivate hate, that prey upon greed, that induce fear and terror... they are not just out there, they are within you. Can you fight with monsters without becoming one yourself?" The project can be found here https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/sa…
- Spooky Tales for the Winter Sales! - 23 December 2020
As with last year, I will be posting a piece of short fiction and an unreleased page image in time for the holidays. From now on, however, this will happen with the Winter Sale, when all Grindwheel Game products can participate in the promotion. Please enjoy the story, and have a great holiday season! The Token Amton hurried through the filthy streets, doing his best to avoid the Inquisitors and any desperate enough to kill him over the package he carried. His hands tightened around the pitiful bundle of meat, tucking it closer to his rags. As the oldest of the gang, it was his duty to deliver this year's token. With starvation and plague stalking the Low City of Roche Divine, they needed all the help they could get. He ducked into a doorway without pausing. Speed would be key to his survival now. The dead, still air hung heavily as he approached the desk. He knew the ritual, whispered…
- Red Ripper is Live! - 31 October 2020
The Hunter's Journals - Red Ripper is now available to play on Steam, with the Android version coming later today. The most challenging hunt to date is waiting in the rotting, decadent city of Roche Divine. Can YOU discover the secrets of the Red Ripper? Can you beat them? Can you even survive the tangles streets of the Low City with your mind and body intact? We shall see... The fourth instalment in The Hunter's Journals series will take you to some dark and terrible places. Use the Heirlooms provided to battle your way to victory. And have a happy Halloween!
- In-Game Art Release 6 - 30 October 2020
Red Ripper is proving to be one of the toughest challenges in the series to date. As such, it is very likely that you will see the general death page many, many times before you defeat the terrible evil facing the Sunlight Alliance. As with previous releases, the final page previewed before the game goes live is the death art, which you can find below. While not an official part of The Stasis, if a person of note dies they are often commemorated with a small shrine or ossuary where they fell. This means they remain dead in the same place, this preserving continuity in future years. As a visitor to the Sunlight Alliance, you will be afforded this dubious honour...even though you are a godless heathen in the eyes of the sainted nobility.
- In-Game Art Release 5 - 28 October 2020
Here is the penultimate Red Ripper page, and the last of the general art images. After this there is is only...death. Followed, of course, by the release of the game. Dare you brave this darkness to face the Red Ripper? Darkness quickly becomes a constant in a hunter's life. Few of their foes lurk in the bright light of day, or move among the regular folk on the surface. It was for this reason that, when the Hunter's Clubs were initially formalised, several voices called for their members to be named 'Torchbearers' or 'Light-Bringers'. In the end these titles were dropped, although it is still the duty of the hunters to bring the light of reason to the darkest of places.
- Red Ripper Cover Art Poster Available! - 26 October 2020
The Grindwheel Games store on Shark Robot expands today to include the amazing cover art of The Hunter's Journals - Red Ripper. The Forgotten Victim, a stumbling Revenant which can be encountered in game, is brought to life by Muthur Brine's amazing artwork. And it can now be purchased as a high-quality art print on the Shark Robot store. It joins the covers of Pale Harbour, Vile Philosophy and Blissful Ignorance, all of which are still available. Check out the store in the link below! https://sharkrobot.com/collections/grindwheel-games
- In-Game Art Release 4 - 26 October 2020
With a little under a week to go before Halloween, and the release of The Hunter's Journals - Red Ripper, here is the latest of the general art pages for people to enjoy! Roche Divine embodies the terrible dichotomy of the the Sunlight Alliance. In the halls of the Sainted Nobility, everything is of the highest quality, gilded excessively and polished to a high sheen. This luxury is only maintained by the majority of the populace living in conditions of utter, abject poverty. The worst part is that, thanks to centuries of The Stasis, the people not only believe this to be their natural state, but actively oppose any attempt to improve their lot.
- In-Game Art Release 3 - 23 October 2020
Grindwheel Games welcomes you to the weekend with the third general page image from the upcoming Red Ripper. We hope you enjoy it! Compasses are a rare sight in the Sunlight Alliance, as there is little need for them. Under The Stasis, people are either expected to stay put, or the symbolic journey they must take is already so well known to them such tools are not needed. Surviving examples are traded on the black market by members of the Heretics, and possession of one is considered suspicious by the Inquisitors.
- In-Game Art Release 2 - 21 October 2020
Good morning! It is Wednesday, which means it is time for another art page to be released. Please enjoy the image and lore below. It is, perhaps, a testament to the skill and artistry of the pre-Stasis Alliance that so many mundane objects have survived the ravages of time. This doll, for example, was fabricated at the renowned Herballien boutique some time before the Sunset Rebellion. The workers at the present factory are barely able to produce simple rag figures due to both a shortage of materials and poor training. But, as dictated by The Stasis, they must continue to churn out such shoddy work as if their very souls depend on it.
- In-Game Art Release 1 - 19 October 2020
The Hunter's Journals - Red Ripper releases on Halloween. With a little over a fortnight to go, it is time to preview the amazing in-game artwork by Muthur Brine, and build the lore of the sinister place you will be visiting. Please enjoy the first page below, and be ready for more to follow. Items crafted before the imposition of The Stasis are considered by the Sunlight Alliance to be almost divine in nature. Here we see a single bead from a ceremonial rosary, which has been strung on a cord made of ancient threads. The peasants of the Alliance believe such trinkets bring great fortune and divine favour.
