The Hunter's Journals - Vile Philosophy — patch notes and updates
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Dated developer announcements recorded from Steam. Open the source for the complete update.
| Update | Date | Excerpt / source |
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| Face the Carnival of Endless Delight in Rogues Gallery | 2025-10-31 | 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 rele |
| Unity Version Update | 2025-10-06 | 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. | 2024-10-31 | 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. | 2023-10-31 | 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 |
| Face the Crawling Horror of Wight Chapel...if you dare! | 2022-10-31 | 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 | 2022-01-30 | 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 |
| Posters Become Limited Edition | 2021-12-02 | 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 |
| The TATTERED SAILS have been sighted! | 2021-10-31 | 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! |
| Bug Fix - Good Pistol | 2021-08-29 | The bonus to combat for finding the good pistol was not being activated as expected. This has been fixed now. |
| Minor Bug Fixes | 2021-07-25 | Bug Fixes: 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. Page 655 – the herbalist's herb shop – had a picture when it shouldn't to aid readability of the text. The image has been removed. |
| Grindwheel Games and Sanguine Productions 2: Abyss! | 2021-01-05 | 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 |
| Spooky Tales for the Winter Sales! | 2020-12-23 | 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! Goggles of Diabolic Vision Classification – Cursed Artefact Threat Rating – Contained These hellish lenses were crafted by the mad artificer Nimmud Timmus alongside many other devices which perverted the science of optics. These included the sinister Carnivore Mirror, and the infamous Doppelgänger Box. Believed by experts to be one of his earlie |
| Grindwheel Games Posters Expansion! | 2020-10-26 | As Red Ripper moves towards release, Shark Robot have added the front cover (The Forgotten Victim) to the list of Grindwheel Games posters and prints available now. The cover art for Vile Philosophy is still available, as are the covers for Pale Harbour and Blissful Ignorance. Check out the link below for more details! https://sharkrobot.com/collections/grindwheel-games |
| The Hunter's Journals Credits Cleanup | 2020-07-18 | Today's fix is the removal of several links from the credits page. During the review process for Red Ripper, the build was rejected for containing the links to the voice actor's website and Servicescape, as well as calling for people to visit Bandcamp. After seeking further clarification from Steam it seems that links or directions to other websites can, depending on the content of that site, be prohibited based on the guidelines. Obviously Pale Harbour, Vile Philosophy and Blissful Ignorance passed the review process with these links, but for safety's sake I have decided to remove them in case the websites in question – over which I have no |
| The Hunter's Journals - Red Ripper Store Page | 2020-06-06 | The Hunter's Journals - Red Ripper will be released on Halloween 2020. In the meantime, you can visit the store page now to take a look at a preview of the hardest, grimiest adventure in the series to date. https://store.steampowered.com/app/1311610/The_Hunters_Journals__Red_Ripper/ A teaser trailer will be appearing sometime in the near future as well, so stay tuned for that! In the meantime, please take a look at the fantastic cover art for the game below. |
| Grindwheel Games Merchandise on Shark Robot! | 2020-03-25 | We are all very excited to announce that the cover art for all three Grindwheel Games titles can now hang on your wall as glorious, framed prints available through Shark Robot! This collection will hopefully expand as time goes on, most especially when the new cover for Red Ripper becomes available. But, there are also plenty of other striking and sinister pieces of page art which could end up hanging on your walls. Visit Shark Robot today through the following link, and check out all of the Grindwheel Games prints available now! https://sharkrobot.com/collections/grindwheel-games |
| A Winter's Tale and Fan Art | 2019-12-24 | Good morning, and happy holidays! As with the Halloween update, I have prepared a spooky story to go with the current sale. This has been split across three different chapters, which will be released through the day. In addition, these announcements will feature artwork by three talented artists. A friend of mine who has played the game has commissioned them to produce images of her hunter, Liliana, and this seems like the perfect place to show them off. The second is by Rosekasart (https://twitter.com/rosekasart). I hope everyone is having a great holiday season. Please enjoy the artwork and story! A Winter Tale Part 2 – An Open Fire Warmth |
| Halloween Tale - The Fog Wardens | 2019-10-31 | Fog Warden The old man nodded as the logs in the grate crackled and popped. “Yes, I remember it well. There were seven of them, good hunters all. The marsh-folk had been plaguing travellers again, so they gathered up their followers and headed out onto the moors. This was at the height of the suppressions, you see, so there was still some fight left in those damnable mutants. I can't remember their names, but I remember their faces. They were smiling and joking as they set out in a great cavalcade. “Seven hunters and two dozen soldiers, plus all the staff and porters for their gear. I waved and cheered with all the other children. It was like |
| Blissful Ignorance is here! | 2019-10-31 | Happy Halloween! The Hunter's Journals - Blissful Ignorance is now available for purchase. You can find it on the steam store and Google Play right now. Brave the terrifying peaks of the Skybreaker mountains to investigate another dark, Lovecraft-inspired tale of monsters and mayhem. Also, stay tuned as later today I will be releasing an in-game page from Vile Philosophy, along with a piece of fiction written specially for this spooky holiday. Have a safe and fun Halloween, and please check out our latest game today. https://store.steampowered.com/app/1168550/The_Hunters_Journals__Blissful_Ignorance/ https://play.google.com/store/apps/details |
| Grindwheel Games Halloween Sale! | 2019-10-28 | Grindwheel Games is proud to be part of our first Steam sale! Our games were sadly released too early to be included in the last promotion, but now, as we lead up to Halloween, you can enjoy a discount on the price of both Pale Harbour and Vile Philosophy. This is the perfect time to pick up the games and immerse yourself in the world of The Hunter's Journals before the release of Blissful Ignorance on the 31st. Don't forget to check out Pale Harbour at the link below, and put Blissful Ignorance in your wishlist. https://store.steampowered.com/app/1094170/The_Hunters_Journals__Pale_Harbour/ https://store.steampowered.com/app/1168550/The_Hunte |
| Blissful Ignorance Store Page Released | 2019-10-03 | Blissful Ignorance, the third in the Hunter's Journals series, will be launched on Halloween! The store page is now live, so you can wishlist the title in advance. In the meantime, check out the front cover below the store page link. https://store.steampowered.com/app/1168550/The_Hunters_Journals__Blissful_Ignorance/ |
| Vile Philosophy available on Google Play! | 2019-08-07 | Vile Philosophy can now be purchased for Android phones and tablets from the Google Play store! https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.GrindwheelGames.THJVilePhilosophy In the future I hope to have a simultaneous launch on all platforms, but due to a move and some Google Play policy changes this was impossible for the first two books. Hopefully Blissful Ignorance will be made available on all formats on the same day when it launches later this year. If you have purchased and enjoyed Vile Philosophy, then you can now continue your adventures on the move using the mobile build. And don't forget that Pale Harbour is available both as |
| Grindwheel Games and Sanguine Productions | 2019-07-23 | Grindwheel Games has partnered with Sanguine Productions to offer The Hunters Journals as a Kickstarter Reward on their new product - Horror Stories. This card based game allows you to craft delightfully macabre tales with friends or in solo play. One of the artists worked extensively with Grindwheel Games on our products, so we are proud to offer Steam keys as part of the backer pledges. Those who select the limited edition $19 backer reward will get BOTH games on Steam, as well as the other rewards listed at that level! For more information, and to back the project, please follow the link below; https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/sanguine |
| Vile Philosophy is Live! | 2019-07-15 | Welcome back, hunter... The Hunter's Journals; Vile Philosophy is now available for purchase on Steam, and should (hopefully) be coming to a tablet or mobile device near you soon! Re-enter a world of dark fantasy horror, face off against the decadent wickedness of new foes, and battle your way to glorious victory. A huge thanks to everyone who has supported us so far! The third instalment in the series, Blissful Ignorance, is set for a release later this year, and will be followed by Red Ripper in 2020. More news on both of those when details become available. Thanks you all again, and enjoy the game! |
| Art Page 6 | 2019-07-12 | The final Vile Philosophy art page is here! As with Pale Harbour the last image is the final thing many players will see when they make the wrong choices or lose a combat. I hope you all have a great weekend, and look forward to launching this new game on Monday! The hunt is a serious, risky business. Those hunters that fall in the line of duty are remembered with memorial statues, where their fate can be determined. For those who vanish without a trace, a small brass plaque on the wall of their local club is the closest they will get to a legacy. https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/35286455/fbda7152bb0a54666a31 |
| Art Page 5 | 2019-07-10 | Good morning! I hope everyone is having a great week so far. This is our penultimate art page for Vile Philosophy, which is all set to go live on Monday! There are many dangers out on the moors, including the thick fogs that spring up and cause travellers to lose their way. Many people consider them to be one of the most dangerous hazards of the region. Aside from the Fog Wardens. And renegade Marsh Folk. And Choke Ghosts. And the Revenants. And Gulp-Toads. And Sentient Quickmud... https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/35286455/b1506a095501a8e1724d570f4538445041ae71d5.jpg |
| Art Page 4 | 2019-07-08 | Good afternoon. There was another delay getting the image uploaded to Steam, but we have today's page below! I hope everyone had a great weekend, and will join us next week for the release of Vile Philosophy. The woods surrounding Harrows Gate have been left untouched for generations. While the area is considered 'tamed', beasts are allowed to breed in the deep forest so that hunters can gain experience tracking and killing them from the series of fortified lodges constructed by the local nobility. Not every hunt goes according to plan, however... https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/35286455/df2996764832ae62a990 |
| Art Page 3 | 2019-07-05 | Good evening. Sorry for the delay, but Steam was having back-end issues with uploading announcement images. As such, I had to wait until it worked. Please find the latest image below and have a great weekend. Initially marketed as an amusing children's toy, Blackpowder Flashes led to several injuries and cases of permanent vision loss. Facing bankruptcy, the hapless inventor tried selling them to various hunter's clubs, claiming that they could disorientate some beasts. Luckily for him this turned out to be true, and the items became part of many hunter's standard kits. https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/352864 |
| Art Page 2 | 2019-07-03 | Good morning, and sorry for not getting this out to you sooner! Work on book 3 took up a chunk of the morning and delayed today's art page. I hope you enjoy it! This gaudy set of clothing is ill-tailored and dripping with costume jewellery and unnecessary embellishments. There is a sub-culture of Brutes that consider such apparel to be appealing, but the less said of them, the better. https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/35286455/7b334d6cda2bcace458da859338082668b813a1c.jpg |
| Art Page 1 | 2019-07-01 | Good morning! Vile Philosophy goes live in 2 weeks, and so I am pleased to share with you the first of the general art pages. The canvas size for these was increased considerably, allowing the page artist to really add a lot of detail and flavour to the work. I hope you enjoy the results! With the constant re-shuffling of the heavens and hells, certain ghosts and spirits become preeminent in power while others fade into obscurity. Clerical scientists work tirelessly with geomancers and mediums to calculate the relative powers of different shades and spirits, and publish their findings in the yearly Almanac of Dread Shades. https://steamcdn-a. |