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The Detectorist Guild
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The Detectorist Guild is a cosy, metal detecting RPG where you collect artefacts, study local history, and solve a dark mystery that draws in you and your family. Complete quests for villagers who have a habit of losing their treasured possessions. Donate, trade and sell your ‘finds’ to build impressive collections.
You play as James, a 10 year old living in the sleepy Yorkshire village Shiverly in 1999. After losing his father in a car accident a year before, James has focused on the last thing his Dad showed him how to do before he died, use a metal detector. Exploring all around the village, James gets to know the people of the village, usually while finding the many things they have a habit of carelessly losing, but soon finds himself caught up in a mystery involving a reclusive archeologist, a missing person cold case from 1981, and a secretive research laboratory conducting experiments in an abandoned wartime tunnel system. Follow James and his family as they make their way through their grief and find hope in human connection.
The Detectorist Guild started in 2023, after a conversation down the pub with my son, who (being very much into history and archaeology) suggested I make a game about metal detecting. It was either that or make a VR survival horror game in which your character is in a wheelchair. I might still make a prototype for that, but for now The Detectorist Guild won out. I wanted to create something that reminded me of home. Something with a distinctly Northern feel. Something cosy. Something that might keep #StardewValley players going whilst they wait for the Haunted Chocolatier...Â
The detectorist Guild features a (relatively) accurate simulation of a real metal detector. Players have to understand about frequency bandwidths and ground balance in order to calibrate the detector and find specific materials.Â
Features
An accurately simulated metal detector, including frequency, ground balance, and sensitivity controls
Explore a historical village in the heart of the English countryside at the turn of the new millennium, with a distinct British, 1990s feel
Uncover hidden secrets and find the best places to detect by piecing together clues in the village police station database
Learn about the history of your finds by donating to the local museum
Enjoy a relaxing experience with low-pressure RPG gameplay emphasising exploration and collecting
