Frequently Asked Questions
Find answers about Fieldcraft Games, the current line-up and how to join the community.
The Studio
The one-person studio of Southers, making historical command games that put you inside decisions without the benefit of hindsight.
History can look inevitable once the outcome is known. Games can restore the uncertainty people faced at the time: limited information, competing priorities and consequences they could not fully predict.
Southers, a self-taught solo developer with a working background across sales, marketing and finance. He started with Hearts of Iron IV modding and learned through courses, prototypes and released work. Read the fuller story in How Fieldcraft Games started.
The Games
Field of Command is the headline game in active development. Convoy Duty is in free preview on the web ahead of a full release on Steam. Sovereign Tides is on a development pause while Field of Command has priority, with a playable demo the next goal when work resumes.
A World War II manoeuvre RTS built around the growing responsibilities of command, beginning with the BEF in France in 1940 and expanding across the War in the West. The v0.2.2 preview is free to play in your browser now.
A compact arcade roguelike about escorting merchant convoys through the Battle of the Atlantic. You hunt U-boats, screen vulnerable ships and try to bring as much tonnage home as possible. Play it free in your browser, no account or download required.
Field of Command has development priority for now. Sovereign Tides remains a Fieldcraft project, and a playable demo is the next goal when work on it resumes. There is no release date to promise yet.
History is the working foundation rather than decoration. Formations, equipment, geography and operational problems matter, while the design still makes room for readable systems, uncertainty and player agency.
Playing & Tech
Just a browser. Convoy Duty runs on modest hardware, including phones and tablets. Field of Command is more demanding and works best in a current desktop browser with hardware acceleration enabled.
Steam is part of the planned path for Field of Command, from the current browser preview to a demo and then Early Access. Console and mobile versions are not currently announced. Dates will only be given when they are supportable.
Community & Feedback
Play Convoy Duty, try the Field of Command preview, tell a friend, and join the Discord. Word of mouth is everything for independent games.
Read the Fieldcraft blog for major announcements, use Discord for day-to-day discussion, and follow YouTube for longer development updates.
Please do. The Discord has dedicated channels for both, and playtests are organised there when a build is ready. Reproduction steps and screenshots are especially useful, but every report helps.
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