Puzzle platformer SCHiM is all about exploring the world via shadows. It’s a gorgeous, catchy game in which you must move using the the shadows cast by others in the world, and along the way there are so many collectibles to find. This epic guide will tell you how to get your hands on every single one.
In the universe of SCHiM, many people and objects have a little buddy that lives in their shadow. You’re a schim who got cut loose from his human, and over the course of what might be the longest week in both his and your life, must find your way back to him.
In the meantime, there are plenty of other schim in the city for you to meet. Many of SCHiM’s 65 levels have one or more random objects for you to find, each of which will help out a different “lost” schim.
You can generally tell when there’s a collectible in the area, as there’s typically a normal-sized schim hanging around somewhere nearby. A collectible is deliberately colored in such a way as to contrast with the current level’s color scheme, although a few of them are still deliberately difficult to spot.
When you find all 71 collectibles over the course of the game, you unlock the Collector achievement (or trophy) (Gold/100G). Any collectible you find is saved to your current profile on the spot. You don’t have to finish the level afterward for it to count.
Each stage you clear in SCHiM is automatically added to the level select in the main menu, along with an indicator of collectibles that might be left there, so you can go back at any time to pick up anything you might’ve missed. Doing so overwrites your current autosave, but it doesn’t matter that much.
Note: many of the collectibles take some real work to reach, and several don’t appear to be accessible at all without using your extra jump. If you were thinking that you might clean up your missing collectibles over the course of knocking out the The Floor is Lava or Risky Mode achievements, it’s probably not going to happen. Just finish Collector on easy mode, then go after the challenge runs without having to worry about making any major, potentially lethal detours.
This guide has been written with minimal spoilers, but a few are unavoidable. You might want to save this until you’ve cleared SCHiM on your own. It’s a fairly story-light game, but there are a couple of surprises to be had.
