I got The Movies as a late birthday gift in early October 2006. I didn't initially install Stunts & Effects, as I played tycoon mode for about a week. When I finally got the Custom Script-writing Office, I tried my hands at making a few silly movies. My first and second were truly silly and quite terrible (titled Aliens in the West and Costumed Blood). My third film was titled Heroes of Normandy, which had the basic underlying story of what would later become For My Fellow Soldier. Heroes of Normandy was just over six minutes, and was purely musical (using In the Saddle, The Big Adventure, and Army Advancing).

Sometime after mid-October, I finally installed Stunts & Effects. Realizing the power of free-cam and overlays, I immediately set to work on a longer version of this World War II drama. I spent the next two weeks researching Canadian-led operations in World War II, and writing the outline for the story. On November 29, 2006, the first draft of For My Fellow Soldier was complete. There were two versions, both edited externally in high-res in Ulead VideoStudio: one with sub-titles, the other with myself voicing every part. At this time, the film was 26 minutes in length.

I ultimately decided that I wanted the film to be fully voiced. This led me to producing the first teaser trailer, in an attempt to garner interest from potential voice actors. Through December and early January, I managed to find actors for every role, and put out a second teaser trailer. Casting issues eventually found me approaching JazzX for the two largest roles in the film - a difficult task that I feel he pulled off exceptionally well.

In mid-December, I was beginning to feel as though something in the film was missing. In one scene, we see Lance mention a letter to his wife, yet never hear the text of that letter. That was it - I needed to add that, and plug it into the end to add that extra bit of emotion.

JazzX and I discussed the Sergeant Norfolk role at length when he signed on to the role. Once the role was realized in both our minds - a fast-talking, quick-witted Sergeant who'd earned the respect of his men - I decided I needed some better way of introducing the character. I pondered this for a few days, and finally wrote the scene in the military barracks.

In late February and through March, I cut the eighth draft of the film. Sound editing alone took over two weeks during this period. I externally manipulated every default sound effect, and added in some custom sounds and ambience. Custom sounds were taken from The Movies' LUG files, extracted using Dragon UnPACKer. Custom ambience was created using Magix Music Maker (rain and city street ambience).

On March 24, 2007, I released the film to TMO. That same weekend, the six-part radio drama began airing on TMOA Radio during the Ken & Roger show. Work continued on a ninth draft, which would become the DVD version of the film, released May 10, 2007.