How To Cope With Boredom and Loneliness
Released Apr 2018
Harold Fletcher has been grounded to his bedroom for over 30 years. Join award-winning journalist Nigel Wimble as he discovers how one man has coped with the boredom and loneliness in this one of a kind, FREE, documentary film simulator!
91% positive · 622 reviews
Done
All announced content has been released
High confidence
Done
All announced content has been released
High confidence
Where to get it
Free on Steam
Evaluation
How to Cope with Boredom and Loneliness is a free, short-form documentary simulator that launched on April 2, 2018. The store description frames it explicitly as a self-contained experience — roughly 20 minutes long, with a fixed set of scenes and documentaries to generate. There is no indication of planned DLC, post-launch updates, or ongoing content of any kind.
The only developer news post of note (July 1, 2018) is an announcement for an entirely separate game — Super Helpful Man: The Roy Hardcastle Story — set in the same universe. This post refers back to How to Cope with Boredom and Loneliness only as a completed prior work that new players might enjoy. It contains no suggestion of additional content for this game.
No DLC has been listed, no updates have been published, and the developer has made no statements suggesting this game would receive further development. It launched as a finished product and has remained so.
Evidence
Store description frames the game as a short, self-contained experience (~20 minutes) with a fixed set of scenes and no mention of updates or future content
Developer announced a separate follow-up game (Super Helpful Man), referencing How to Cope with Boredom and Loneliness only as a completed prior work. No additional content for this game was mentioned.
Media
Details
Developer
Publisher
Baffled Crab
Achievements
16
Platform
Windows, Linux
Controller
—
Steam Deck
Not rated
Players
Single-player
About this game
Hello. I'm Nigel Wimble.
Tonight I am filming my final episode of How to Cope with Boredom and Loneliness: A Guide for the Isolated. I am meeting with Harold Fletcher, a 43 year old man who has been grounded to his bedroom for over 30 years.
Help me create an award winning documentary by picking the right scenes to shoot. Explore Harold's bedroom to find items that might shed some light on how he's coped with the boredom and loneliness from 30 years of isolation. Then we'll get the camera rolling!
Once the scenes are chosen you can sit back and watch the documentary unfold. Then we'll see what the focus group thinks. Let's make some hard hitting TV! Choose the most on theme items for the perfect score.
How to Cope with Boredom and Loneliness joins the crowded 'create your own documentary simulator' market but we hope to stand out with a touching story and memorable characters.
What started life as a humble Ludum Dare project, HTCBL has since blossomed into a questionably better but still humble experience. It is less a game and more of a cartoon generator with dozen of scenes to combine with multiple intros and outros. We hope you enjoy it and play it multiple times to create all the possible documentaries.
Tonight I am filming my final episode of How to Cope with Boredom and Loneliness: A Guide for the Isolated. I am meeting with Harold Fletcher, a 43 year old man who has been grounded to his bedroom for over 30 years.
Help me create an award winning documentary by picking the right scenes to shoot. Explore Harold's bedroom to find items that might shed some light on how he's coped with the boredom and loneliness from 30 years of isolation. Then we'll get the camera rolling!
Once the scenes are chosen you can sit back and watch the documentary unfold. Then we'll see what the focus group thinks. Let's make some hard hitting TV! Choose the most on theme items for the perfect score.
How to Cope with Boredom and Loneliness joins the crowded 'create your own documentary simulator' market but we hope to stand out with a touching story and memorable characters.
Features
- No real gameplay
- 20 minutes you wont get back
- A joke that makes you laugh through your nose
- Music
- Realtime 2D visuals
- Something to do while you download a proper game
What started life as a humble Ludum Dare project, HTCBL has since blossomed into a questionably better but still humble experience. It is less a game and more of a cartoon generator with dozen of scenes to combine with multiple intros and outros. We hope you enjoy it and play it multiple times to create all the possible documentaries.
Are these done yet?
Last evaluated Jun 27, 2026
Something about this evaluation looks wrong Report illegal or harmful content