- Follow the adventures of Superfluous (and more) on the blog! - 2 September 2026
I’m happy to announce that you can now read the adventures of Superfluous on my comic blog “Grise Bouille”! The 42 episodes that make up the “prequel” to Superfluous Returnz are available to enjoy for free. You can also discover Frying Panels there, my brand-new series that takes a humorous twist on pop culture in 6-panel comic strips! To stay up to date on all this, feel free to subscribe to the blog’s RSS feed, or follow me on social media platforms. Links: Note that you can also contribute to the blog’s monthly crowdfunding campaign to unlock new comics and maybe one day—who knows—the sequel to Superfluous Returnz as a video game… Thanks for your support and enjoy!
- Steam bundle: Superfluous Returnz + Little Brats! - 3 February 2025
A short news item to let you know that you can now buy Superfluous Returnz and Little Brats! in a Steam bundle which will give you a 15% discount. Note that the discount works even if you already own one of the two games: you'll only pay the difference.
- Superfluous joins the Marvel team - 1 April 2024
Negotiations had been going on for several months in the greatest secrecy. It's now a done deal, and it's not without a certain pride that I announce today the integration of my Superfluous character into the great Marvel superhero family! Full details on the official Ptilouk.net Studios website!
- “Little Brats!”, the next game by Ptilouk.net Studios - 22 March 2024
You can add it to your wishlist on Steam!
- Superfluous Returnz on Nintendo Switch! - 15 January 2024
It is with great pride that I announce the release, today, of the first official port of Superfluous Returnz on console, and not the least: the Nintendo Switch! I have to admit that if someone had told me, as a kid in the 90s playing the Nintendo 64, that one day I'd be releasing a game on the latest Nintendo console... Maybe it's stupid, but I must admit I'm a bit emotional :) For the moment, there's no web page to buy the game from your computer (it'll come, apparently it may take a little time) but you can find it directly in your console's eShop. The port obviously includes the gamepad mode available on other platforms (and the content is the same as on other platforms). Now's the time to convince your friends who only play on Nintendo Switch to enter the fabulous (and slightly absurd, yes) world of Superfluous Returnz! Note: the Nintendo Switch version is available in Europe, Ameri…
- Gamepad rumble and fixes - 20 December 2023
Gamepad rumble support Several optimizations and bugfixes
- Superfluous Returnz for Steam Awards - 22 November 2023
The Steam Awards have begun, and if you've enjoyed playing Superfluous Returnz, don't forget to nominate the game in the “Outstanding Story-Rich Game Award” category! To mark the occasion, we're giving away a 20% discount on the game, which you can also take advantage of on the Deluxe Edition. So if your loved ones haven't got the game yet, now's the time to tell them to do so! See you soon for new adventures...
- Artbook, Comic Book and Deluxe Edition - 9 November 2023
Superfluous Returnz Artbook I've been working on it for several weeks now, and it's finally finished: the Superfluous Riteurnz Artbook! You'll find every location, every character, every cutscene, every animation detailed frame by frame, and much more. All with my commentary, in English and French! This book is available: in printed version on Lulu and Amazon; as a DLC (with the comic book) for the digital version. Superfluous, the Comic Book This was another job I'd been wanting to do for a long time: translating the French comic book Les aventures inutiles de Superflu into English. The translation is called The Unnecessary Adventures of Superfluous, and you can see it as a sort of “prequel” to the game: how Harpagon Lonion became Superfluous, how Sophie came to work for him, etc. You don't have to read it to understand the game, but it's a nice bonus. This book is available: in printe…
- Bug and text corrections - 9 October 2023
- A bug cancelled character movements at the start of a room. - Some corrections to texts and translations
- Bug fixes - 14 September 2023
Several bug fixes, including : - fixing of a part of a dialogue that was inaccessible (with the farmer in part 2) - fixing of some animations stopping during a dialogue
- Minor fixes - 28 August 2023
Various minor bug fixes
- Superfluous Returnz on Discord - 4 August 2023
I've been asked about it for several times, and now it's done: the Superfluous Returnz game has its own Discord server! You can come and chat, share your opinions/tricks/creations, etc., via this link: https://discord.gg/KxGFpQnR
- Minor bug fix - 10 July 2023
A rare crash could happen after the introduction, using a very specific set of steps.
- Behind the scenes video: how I created the Superfluous Returnz interface - 19 June 2023
Here's a video showing how the various game modes in Superfluous Returnz were conceived and developed:
- Minor bug fix - 14 June 2023
Fix gamepad buttons disappearing if another mode is momentarily used
- Minor fixes - 8 June 2023
Minor fixes in Italian dialogues
- The game is now available in Italian! - 7 June 2023
I'm proud to announce that Superfluous Returnz is now available in Italian, under the name Superfluo Ritorns! As the game is set in a small French village, I think it's great that it's been translated into another European language, and I hope that players in Italy will appreciate the familiar atmosphere :) A huge thank you to Miranda “Miri” Clarke who spontaneously offered to translate the game, which is no mean feat (over 2300 lines of dialogue, after all).
- Italian translation - 7 June 2023
Dialogs and interface are now available in Italian.
- The game's soundtrack is available - 1 June 2023
You can freely listen to the game's soundtrack on Peertube (and soon on YouTube, the upload is in progress but YouTube has certain limitations so it takes a while). And if you want, you can also buy it as DLC on Steam, in FLAC and MP3 formats. So yes, the album title uses the English version of the title (Superfluous Returnz) and the track titles are in French: why make it simple when you can make it complicated? I liked the idea of keeping the French touch for the titles, while using the “international” name for the soundtrack. Not that it changes much, the music remains the same... Happy listening, and see you soon for new adventures!
- The game now has Steam achievements! - 23 May 2023
Little announcement: there are now Steam achievements in the game! So yes, if you've already played the game, you'll have to play it again to unlock these achievements. I apologize for that, I didn't plan to put any in the first place. Have fun and see you soon for new adventures!
