Where Are You?

What else is there to say?Have fun playing!I can't wait to read your review.

1,460 days after I first had the idea for Where Are You?, it's finally done. And in two days, on August 4th, 2026, it releases.I feel tired, exhausted, and genuinely nervous as this is my first release, after all. It's really hard to put my feelings into words…

Where Are You? releases this Tuesday. Less than three weeks later, Gamescom 2026 is happening in Cologne.Yes, I'll be there with Where Are You? — just not with my own booth. Instead, I'll have a cool shirt and a stack of business cards. I'll probably have some…

Pokémon Red was my first game on the Game Boy. I loved it, and played through it more than ten times. That tiny screen, that clean, simple graphic style... and even though there wasn't much visual flair, the world still felt immersive.I had that same feeling a…

In Where Are You?, Alice finds the one who can truly help her: The son of God, Jesus Christ.That's not just a plot point I came up with. It comes from something much deeper.Every person has a hole in their heart. We try to fill it with recognition, with work, …

The game company I used to work for had gone bankrupt. I had nothing lined up. So, in the middle of the night, four years ago, I went for a walk in the park to pray. I knew that if anyone could help me now, it was the God of the Bible.When I reached a pond, I …

Even when you take a day off, the world doesn't stop turning. Just as the God of the Bible promises, he keeps working.So I open my email inbox and see a request. Turns out, a curator actually wants to check out Where Are You? My first thought: scam. But everyt…

9 days left until release. My brain is fried.Six hours ago, a buddy of mine wrote: "I'll sit down and take another pass at the English translation."Four hours ago, I quickly built him a version with my changes.Two hours ago, his corrections were done.I spent t…

Today's dev log is a bit different than usual. Normally I show you what I'm working on. Today I need your help instead. Naturally, I want as many gamers as possible to hear about (and play) Where Are You? playtrough streams or videos usually help a ton with th…

11 days left until release. It'd be nice if everything were already finished. Unfortunately, it isn't. To keep from losing track, every day has to be carefully planned. Let me pull back the curtain a bit.On four days, I work between 6 and 10 hours to earn the …

The characters in Where Are You? are supposed to always say the same thing. And they do. But every so often, I forget who says what. So they end up surprising me anyway.For example: up until now, the pilot in Chapter 1 said, in a rather childlike way, "Let's f…

During my last playthrough, I just tried interacting with everything. Justthe way any normal player would. And in doing so, I found an interaction option that really shouldn't have existed at all.Take a look:Do you see the bucket?Let me zoom in closer.See it n…

I like my game. If I didn't, I wouldn't be putting it up for sale. A lot has happened over the last seven years, so I'm breaking this post down by development phase.Phase one — New features:It was so cool getting a new feature done every few days. The best mom…

How, what, and why, you'll find out in Where Are You?Is it on your wishlist yet?Blind. But she still has to find her way somehow. Alongside the canyon walls, Alice has three things to rely on: Sonar, memory fragments, and the focus point.Here's what that used …

When I submitted the build for review last Sunday, I was still completely calm. But with every passing day, the tension grew:Did I do something wrong? Did I forget to submit something? Did I actually read every Steam guideline correctly and follow all of them?…

Screenshots, trailer, artwork, descriptions, app icon, and of course the game build itself. Everything's finished. Now Steam gets to check whether it all meets their guidelines.I'm genuinely nervous, checking my inbox every day. Hoping to hear back soon. I can…