- Major update with new features! - 2 November 2023
Time Bandit Part 1 just received a major update with new features. A summary of the biggest changes follows, with more details below. To celebrate the big update, as well as everyone's favorite time-related holiday, the end of Daylight Savings Time, Time Bandit Part 1 will be on sale for 20% off! Buy furniture for your home from the shop Steam achievements Steam Cloud functionality and save backups Added the moon and accurate moon phases Added seasons for the forest Added a few new radio conversations Button prompts to advance dialogue will now be updated to your remapped controls Buy furniture for your home https://i.imgur.com/1Vz10AY.jpg Joseph now sells furniture for your home at the gas station. It's not much, but it's better than nothing! Steam achievements https://i.imgur.com/Hsk1pKY.png There are now 11 Steam achievements to collect, from getting radicalized to collecting all the…
- Time Bandit Part 1 out now! - 24 July 2023
After many years of work, Time Bandit — Part 1: Appendages of the Machine is finally available today. https://store.steampowered.com/app/1481910/Time_Bandit/ Time Bandit is a real-time adventure game where everything at your new resource management job seems to take longer than it should. Uncover a dark conspiracy behind the company you work for and fight back by sneaking around your workplace and stealing back your time. https://media.giphy.com/media/fccAlM0VhYlEY4NJu6/giphy.gif To celebrate the release, Time Bandit is receiving a 10% launch discount and will be featured in the Steam Stealth Fest and Indie Live Expo. Feel free to join us in Time Bandit’s Discord community to talk about the game. I appreciate your support during the game's launch!
- Bug reports - 24 July 2023
Hi! With Time Bandit now released, I wanted to let you know that I will be available for receiving bug reports in the days after launch. The best place to report bugs is in the #bugs channel on Time Bandit’s Discord server because I can respond to you most quickly on there, but feel free to use the bug report thread on the Steam forums as well. The game was thoroughly tested before launch, but as an adventure game with many complex interlocking systems, there are bound to be things I’ve missed. For the most part, these should be small bugs, and I don’t anticipate many players encountering significant issues, but if you do, I will try my best to fix them as soon as possible. I am working on Time Bandit entirely on my own, so please be patient, but I will give priority to fixing anything that causes softlocks or hinders progress (while keeping in mind that Time Bandit includes certain del…
- Time Bandit Part 1 releasing on July 24! - 21 July 2023
After many years of work, I'm happy to announce that Time Bandit – Part 1: Appendages of the Machine will finally be available on Monday, July 24. https://store.steampowered.com/app/1481910/Time_Bandit/ Time Bandit is a real-time adventure game where everything at your new resource management job seems to take longer than it should. Uncover a dark conspiracy behind the company you work for and fight back by sneaking around your workplace and stealing back the time crystals. https://media.giphy.com/media/fccAlM0VhYlEY4NJu6/giphy.gif To celebrate the release, Time Bandit is receiving a 10% launch discount and will be featured in the Steam Stealth Fest and Indie Live Expo. Feel free to join us in Time Bandit’s Discord community to talk about the game. I appreciate your support as the game moves into launch!
- Time Bandit nominated for the IGF Nuovo Award! - 24 January 2023
I'm shocked to say that Time Bandit was nominated for the Independent Games Festival (IGF) 2023 Nuovo Award! https://i.imgur.com/DQjEq2b.png You can also vote for it to win the Audience Award here! More news coming soon... For now, be sure to check out the new Stealth Demo if you haven't yet. You can download it from Time Bandit's Steam store page.
- Time Bandit – Stealth Prologue released! - 7 December 2022
https://i.imgur.com/ppfCgsn.gif Yes, Time Bandit is receiving a second prologue chapter! Why? Truthfully it’s because the game needs a big marketing push. This is a big, experimental game with a lot of different parts, and for a long time I found it very hard to explain exactly what you *do* in the game or convey how it is, in fact, fun to play. The first prologue was more or less an intro to the story, and that was it. I really like how, in the real-time spirit of things, even the main mechanics are introduced slowly in a tutorial that's spread out over a couple of real-life days. I was happy with it artistically; it begins at the beginning, and I had no problem releasing something like that early on as a teaser to the game. https://i.imgur.com/t9TkI39.png Unfortunately, it was terrible for marketing. These first moments of the game aren't at all representative of the game as a whole.…
- ⏰A life sim with a dark secret⏰ - 13 June 2022
As part of Steam Next Fest, the free prologue chapter of Time Bandit will be available on Steam, June 13–20! During the event, I will also be hosting a stream to show off the unique combination of real-time mechanics, story-driven adventure, resource management, and stealth gameplay. Watch the stream! https://media.giphy.com/media/fccAlM0VhYlEY4NJu6/giphy.gif In Time Bandit, you work for a company that's trying to take control of time in order to make you work for them forever, so you start to steal from them. Unique real-time gameplay where everything you do takes time is combined with an addictive game loop of managing your money, resources, and energy to collect the time crystals before sneaking them out of your workplace. Don't get caught, or you could lose the time crystal permanently - or even end up in jail. The prologue also features a high score ranking. How many time crystals…
- ⏰A life sim with a dark secret⏰ - 13 June 2022
As part of Steam Next Fest, the free prologue chapter of Time Bandit will be available on Steam, June 13–20! During the event, I will also be hosting a stream to show off the unique combination of real-time mechanics, story-driven adventure, resource management, and stealth gameplay. Watch the stream! https://media.giphy.com/media/fccAlM0VhYlEY4NJu6/giphy.gif In Time Bandit, you work for a company that's trying to take control of time in order to make you work for them forever, so you start to steal from them. Unique real-time gameplay where everything you do takes time is combined with an addictive game loop of managing your money, resources, and energy to collect the time crystals before sneaking them out of your workplace. Don't get caught, or you could lose the time crystal permanently - or even end up in jail. The prologue also features a high score ranking. How many time crystals…
- Free prologue chapter of Time Bandit, a real-time game with a dark secret - 31 May 2022
As part of the Dreamhack Beyond sale, the free prologue chapter of Time Bandit will be available on Steam, May 31-June 6! https://media.giphy.com/media/fccAlM0VhYlEY4NJu6/giphy.gif In Time Bandit, you work for a company that's trying to take control of time in order to make you work for them forever, so you start to steal from them. Unique real-time gameplay where everything you do takes time is combined with an addictive game loop of managing your money, resources, and energy to collect the time crystals before sneaking them out of your workplace. Don't get caught, or you could lose the time crystal permanently - or even end up in jail. The prologue also features a high score ranking. How many time crystals can you collect before you reach the end of the prologue? You can download the prologue now from the Time Bandit store page, and you can wishlist the game to show your support!
- Free prologue chapter of Time Bandit, a real-time game with a dark secret - 4 May 2022
As part of the Going Rogue Steam sale, the free prologue chapter of Time Bandit will be available on Steam, May 2–9! https://media.giphy.com/media/fccAlM0VhYlEY4NJu6/giphy.gif In Time Bandit, you work for a company that's trying to take control of time in order to make you work for them forever, so you start to steal from them. Unique real-time gameplay where everything you do takes time is combined with an addictive game loop of managing your money, resources, and energy to collect the time crystals before sneaking them out of your workplace. Don't get caught, or you could lose the time crystal permanently - or even end up in jail. The prologue also features a high score ranking. How many time crystals can you collect before you reach the end of the prologue? You can download the prologue now from the Time Bandit store page, and you can wishlist the game to show your support!
- Big update to the free Time Bandit prologue chapter - 3 February 2022
As part of the Games from Québec Steam sale, the free prologue chapter for Time Bandit received a big update! Check out new art, music, real-time weather tied to your location, and more for a limited time. There's a new high score ranking too. How many time crystals can you collect before you reach the end of the demo? You can download the demo now from the Time Bandit store page.
- Vote for Time Bandit @ PLAY 2021 - The Creative Gaming Festival today! - 10 November 2021
Time Bandit received an honorable mention at the PLAY 2021 festival! You can check out all the games in the PLAY 2021 festival's virtual space and vote Time Bandit for the audience award from within!
- Vote for Time Bandit @ A. MAZE / Berlin Festival today! - 23 July 2021
Time Bandit is up for the Long Feature award at A. MAZE / Berlin Festival 2021 today! But you can also vote for it for the audience award! Today only! Thanks for your support
- Discover the real-time gameplay of Time Bandit - 17 June 2021
Make your choices carefully, because everything you start in Time Bandit will take time to finish--just like in real life. I'll talk about some of the many unique real-time game mechanics: Move boxes, grow trees, build bridges, and compact trash--and wait for them to finish. Different guard rotations and different consequences for getting caught during stealth gameplay, depending on the time of day when you play. A story that unfolds slowly through conversations that work like real-life phone calls. Characters will only pay you a call periodically to advance the story over the course of days and weeks of playtime. Your energy meter goes down while you play, and it takes up to 8 real-time hours of good sleep to fill it up all the way. Meet characters at the actual meeting times that you set with them. Dynamic music that changes with the hour of the day. And I'll show off some of the new…
- What Is Time Bandit? - 14 June 2021
Make your choices carefully, because everything you start in Time Bandit will take time to finish--just like in real life. I'll talk about some of the many unique real-time game mechanics: Move boxes, grow trees, build bridges, and compact trash--and wait for them to finish. Different guard rotations and different consequences for getting caught during stealth gameplay, depending on the time of day when you play. A story that unfolds slowly through conversations that work like real-life phone calls. Characters will only pay you a call periodically to advance the story over the course of days and weeks of playtime. Your energy meter goes down while you play, and it takes up to 8 real-time hours of good sleep to fill it up all the way. Meet characters at the actual meeting times that you set with them. Dynamic music that changes with the hour of the day. And I'll show off some of the new…
