Summer is coming

Almost a year ago, we announced the release date of SCHiM, and since then, its been incredible to see the excitement for our shadow-hopping adventure. As we approach this milestone, and in celebration of the approaching summer, we want to do something special!

Today, were announcing a new permanent Steam price for SCHiM:

From [strike]$24.99[/strike] to $16.45

Regional prices are adjusted proportionally.

Physical price reduction

To make it even better, we are also announcing that the physical versions by iam8bit will be reduced in price as well! From [strike]$34.99[/strike] to $24.99 at retailers

[ 2025-04-13 08:01:13 CET ] [ Original post ]

We're happy to announce a SCHiM plushie with Makeship!

You can support the campaign starting today, so be sure to grab one while there is still time https://www.makeship.com/products/schim-plushie

How the campaign works

• Makeship launches the campaign on their site.
• During a limited time, the fans can support the campaign.
• If the campaign gets 100% funded, the plushie is guaranteed for production but if a campaign doesn't reach 100% during the campaign time, the supporters get their money back.

Get yours here:

https://www.makeship.com/products/schim-plushie

[ 2024-08-03 18:31:24 CET ] [ Original post ]

SCHiM is OUT NOW!

You can play SCHiM on PC, Mac, Linux and SteamDeck. We are super happy to share SCHiM with you all. After more than 4 years of development we can finally share it with the world! We want to thank everyone for their support and wish you all a great adventure in the shadows! Check out our latest launch trailer: [previewyoutube=4p8ZWSSAhXY;full][/previewyoutube]

Save 10% now with the launch discount

About the game

SCHiM is a charming indie game about helping a lost shadow find its way back to its human by hopping around in the shadows. As you look for clever ways to move around in the world, you uncover small stories and charming details hidden in the environment.

Key features

• A story of a person losing their shadow - A schim is the soul and spirit of an object or living being. Everything in the world has one, and it should never be separated! You need to find your way back to the human you belong to, before it's too late!
• Unique 3D platforming - You can only move in the shadows, so you'll need to find clever ways to leap into the shadows of animated objects and moving beings to use them as your pathways.
• A beautiful abstract world - The color palette changes in each level to capture the setting, time of day and mood of every location you explore.
• Each level has a story to tell - Each new level has its own living scenery with small stories to uncover, inspired by real Dutch/European cities and rural locations.
• Hidden in the shadows - There are lots of hidden items to discover in SCHiM, and when you find them, you help other schim restore the connection to their thing.

Thank you all for your support over the years!

Enjoy!

Demo still available.

[ 2024-07-18 07:35:28 CET ] [ Original post ]

We are super excited to share our collaboration with iam8bit!

We have worked together to create two physical versions of SCHiM which can be Pre-ordered here: https://schim.iam8bit.com/

Standard edition:

The standard physical edition, which will be available at major retailers Americas and EMEA, features the main game alongside four bonus art cards showcasing scenes from the game, and includes cover art by Janna van Abbema. This snazzy edition will start shipping and land on store shelves on October 25.

The Exclusive edition:

Fans may also opt for the iam8bit Exclusive Edition, which includes an 11"x17" Street Scene Poster with four Character & Shadow Sticker Sheets, as well as Exclusive Cover Art by Owen D. Pomery, all for $39.99. This version is exclusive to iam8bit.com and will begin shipping in Q4 2024.
The retail edition is available on PlayStation 5 and Nintendo Switch for $34.99, or hunt for the iam8bit Exclusive Edition, available for PlayStation 5 and Nintendo Switch for $39.99. Pre-order the standard or exclusive physical edition here: https://schim.iam8bit.com/ Check out the physical announcement trailer: [previewyoutube=aFZ8jocx9U4;full][/previewyoutube] Shipping begins October 25th The digital version of SCHiM will also be available for download beginning July 18 for Nintendo Switch, PlayStation, Xbox and PC. Digital price: $24,99 (regional prices will vary)

[ 2024-07-11 16:39:59 CET ] [ Original post ]

Questions & Answers

Watch the developers play through the SCHiM demo, talk about the progress, and answer the most frequently asked questions!

Join the chat

The developers (Ewoud and Nils) have gathered the most frequently asked questions from all the SCHiM socials. As we play through the demo levels we will be answering these questions and adding fun facts about the design process.
There is also room for live questions in the chat and we would love to hear your thoughts! Maybe you want to know more about the lore, the story, or how SCHiM ended up with 4 colors per level! It will be a stream where we hop into as many subjects as possible. The developers will hang around to fulfill everyone's curiosity.

See you in the Stream!

[ 2024-06-09 18:58:39 CET ] [ Original post ]

Questions & Answers

Watch the developers play through the SCHiM demo, talk about the progress, and answer the most frequently asked questions!

Join the chat

The developers (Ewoud and Nils) have gathered the most frequently asked questions from all the SCHiM socials. As we play through the demo levels we will be answering these questions and adding fun facts about the design process.
There is also room for live questions in the chat and we would love to hear your thoughts! Maybe you want to know more about the lore, the story, or how SCHiM ended up with 4 colors per level! It will be a stream where we hop into as many subjects as possible. The developers will hang around to fulfill everyone's curiosity.

See you in the Stream!

[ 2024-06-09 08:26:07 CET ] [ Original post ]

The Steam Demo is OUT NOW

SCHiM Jumps Out Of The Shadows For Its First-Ever Demo We are super excited and can't wait for you all to try it Let us know your thoughts in the comments. [previewyoutube=fv0kjLgkYe0;full][/previewyoutube]

[ 2024-05-30 11:30:43 CET ] [ Original post ]

Fan Art Results!

We have been blown away by the sheer amount of @everyones Fan Art submissions! You all made it really hard for us to pick a winner. Which is why we have chosen 3 winners:
By @alejandrodjlm1077 on Discord
By @junie3986 on Discord
By @seriodct on Instagram

We want to thank everyone who participated! You are all so creative. For the following weeks, we will continue to share your amazing art pieces on our socials.

[ 2024-05-29 13:21:02 CET ] [ Original post ]

Hello SCHiM enthusiasts!

We have already seen some awesome fanart of SCHiM which got us super excited! As we are getting closer and closer to release we want to invite all of you creatives for a fanart competition. Create an art piece inspired by, in the style of, or in the world of SCHiM and share it with the Steam community. Or join Discord and post it there.

The competition runs until the 24th of May.

We choose one lucky winner who receives a Steam key when the game is released on the 18th of July! Honorable mentions will be posted on our socials! Feel free to share your art on social media as well and tag it with #SCHiMFanArt We will reserve a special spot for the winner on our fridge!

[ 2024-05-10 20:08:54 CET ] [ Original post ]

SCHiM is releasingJuly 18th

After 4 years of Development, we are excited to announce that SCHiM is releasingJuly 18th this year on Steam and all major consoles, all on the same day! You will be able to play on PC, Mac, Linux, and Steamdeck.

Release date trailer

Check out the new Release date trailer here! It contains new and never-before-seen footage. https://youtu.be/YHSWlEFJYs8 For more updates, details, and quick questions, join our Discord community and check out our socials! https://schimgame.com/

[ 2024-04-17 14:34:05 CET ] [ Original post ]

We will be at Indie Showcase: A Curated Indie Games Festival in Amsterdam! We will be showcasing a demo of SCHiM and will be present to chat about the game. When: 14 October 2023 Where: A Lab 2 Overhoeksplein 1031 KS Amsterdam Tickets & information: indieshowcase.nl If you are in the vicinity come say hi!

[ 2023-10-01 15:03:16 CET ] [ Original post ]

PLAYISM is proud to announce that we will be the Asian publisher for SCHiM, the 3D platformer where you jump from shadow to shadow! Please wishlist the game while you wait for its release. https://store.steampowered.com/app/1519710/SCHiM/

PLAYISM

Visit the PLAYISM Website PLAYISM Publisher Page Follow us on Twitter Follow us on Facebook Join our Discord

[ 2023-09-17 15:07:22 CET ] [ Original post ]

We're happy to announce that this year SCHiM will be playable at three different booths at the Tokyo Game Show. You can check it out over at the PLAYISM, Happinet, and Sony booths!

[ 2023-09-17 14:36:27 CET ] [ Original post ]

Next weekend (7 - 10 September) we will have a booth at Insomnia 71. You can find us at booth number 13. Come say hi and try the demo of SCHiM.
More information about Insomnia can be found here: https://www.insomniagamingfestival.com/

[ 2023-09-05 12:35:07 CET ] [ Original post ]

We will be attending Bitsummit in Kyoto this weekend. SCHiM is nominated for the VISUAL EXCELLENCE AWARD and INNOVATIVE OUTLAW AWARD. The event will be held at Miyako Messe. For those going to Bitsummit: We will be at booth DV-56

[ 2023-07-13 13:15:36 CET ] [ Original post ]

SCHiM is one of the 30 nominations at A MAZE!

We will be showcasing SCHiM in Berlin from the 10th - 13th of May. Looking forward to meeting any of you who are joining the event.
You can find SCHiM and all the other nominees here: https://2023.amaze-berlin.de/nominees/

[ 2023-04-04 12:16:38 CET ] [ Original post ]

Runs smoothly.

[ 2023-03-27 18:50:30 CET ] [ Original post ]

We wish you all festive days and a wonderful new year!

[previewyoutube=mtLFzZDcuuU;full][/previewyoutube]

[ 2022-12-24 13:01:51 CET ] [ Original post ]

SCHiM received the Honorary award in this years Tencent's GWB (Game Without Borders) Game Awards! The 9 winners:
The Honorary Award winners:
SCHiM was one of the 9 winners out of the selected 42 finalists. You can find all 42 finalists here on twitter: https://twitter.com/TencentGWB/status/1600131628885770240?s=20&t=3Z0gh2d7BMfurCDQLYv0fA

[ 2022-12-13 09:36:19 CET ] [ Original post ]

Stream the first 5 SCHiM soundtracks on the following platforms: Bandcamp Spotify Apple Music Itunes Tidal Deezer Pandora Amazon music Youtube music Line music KKBOX Qobuz
https://ffm.to/schimep

[ 2022-08-06 13:43:37 CET ] [ Original post ]

On the 24th, 25th, and 26th of August, we will be attending Gamescom in Cologne in Germany! We will be at the Holland Pavilion booth together with a couple of other awesome dutch games. We look forward to showing the game to the visitors and hope to meet some of you there! For more information about Gamescom: https://www.gamescom.global/en

[ 2022-07-25 12:21:28 CET ] [ Original post ]

[previewyoutube=4ZFW8mU_61I;full][/previewyoutube] In this new trailer you can spot multiple moments where the schim activates the shadow! You can influence your surroundings this way and create new paths or situations. We would love to hear what you think in the comments of the video or here on Steam!

[ 2022-07-20 14:07:51 CET ] [ Original post ]

Discord

You can join us on Discord ask us questions, share your thoughts on SCHiM, talk to other SCHiM enthusiasts and chat with us, the developers! https://discord.com/invite/c8UFXDw

[ 2022-07-08 16:31:01 CET ] [ Original post ]

We have judged the 35 entries of the color pallete contest! We were pleasantly surprised by the submissions. Some of them were a bit painful to our eyes but they sure made us laugh. There was quite a good selection of finalists. We ended up having 7 options that we thought were interesting to test in-game.

Honorable Mentions

First of all, we would like to do a couple of honorable mentions:

Category number 1: Definitely not a fit for SCHiM but it sure looks interesting.

Zogg
https://schim.art/?8000ff,440088,00a238,152413 boatsFloat
https://schim.art/?c6caff,070064,cc0071,fe3847

Category number 2: Unexpected interpretation of the contest

TheKindex posted a gif instead of one single image. In the gif, the outlines change color which is something that might be interesting to explore in the future, so definitely an honorable mention! https://i.imgur.com/E0J7wxg.mp4

Category number 3: The finalists that didnt win but got real close (we will consider these in the future).

Ewoud personally really liked the submission of Hiyori as well, so its worth the mention!
https://schim.art/?ffffff,dfb5cf,18b4af,060c3c Nils really liked the softer tones of leonardo no-cap-rio their submission.
https://schim.art/?e7ab79,b25068,774360,4c3a51

And then finally the winner!

Which is SparkyMcCalc1 with their color palette, which will be implemented in the game! You will get a place in the special credits in the game. The color palette: https://schim.art/?b3b2e0,383569,605f7c,00022e [previewyoutube=n0lWliwgv8Y;full][/previewyoutube] *The level in the video is not necessarily the level that will get the winning color palette, the final level is still being determined. The Winner and the honorable mentions get a unique role on the discord server! If you are one of the winners but your discord tag is different from your steam name, please respond below with your discord tag. Did you miss the contest but got inspired to make your own color palette? You can still create your own here https://schim.art/

[ 2022-06-30 17:09:17 CET ] [ Original post ]

Make your own color palette!

Have you had the urge to design your own color palette for a SCHiM level after seeing footage of the game? Well, we have good news! You can now mix and match the colors you would want to see in the game. Each level in SCHiM only has 4 colors. On the website https://schim.art/ you can select 4 colors and see how it would look in-game.

Join the contest

With this contest, we invite you to make your own color palette and share it here on steam. The contest will run for 1 week. The deadline for the contest will be June 27th. Ewoud and Nils will judge the contest entries and will choose the best color palette.

The winning color palette will be used in a future level in SCHiM!

On https://schim.art/ you can save your color palette by pressing the photo camera icon in the top left corner of the page.
Post it here to share your favorites and yours might end up in the game!

Get started

[ 2022-06-21 12:24:32 CET ] [ Original post ]

The awesome team of Moonsailor does the audio for SCHiM! We are delighted to share the first 5 music tracks. You can listen to them here on bandcamp. Hitch a ride on these joyful tunes with us and have the first glimpse of the musical world we built for this adventure. https://moonsailor.bandcamp.com/album/schim-ep

[ 2022-06-14 16:13:58 CET ] [ Original post ]

[previewyoutube=OSrIKf71UWU;full][/previewyoutube] The second devlog is about the story and the lore of SCHiM.

[ 2022-05-23 10:45:20 CET ] [ Original post ]

[previewyoutube=yOPLCS3GK5Y;leftthumb][/previewyoutube]Check out the devlog series we started on the development of SCHiM on youtube. The first devlog is about the origin and history of SCHiM. Let us know what you think, and what you would like to see in future devlogs!

[ 2022-05-18 12:38:41 CET ] [ Original post ]