IndieRPGs.com recently sat down with Greg Lobanov (a.k.a. “Banov”), creator of the innovative pirate-themed jRPG Dubloon, for a chat about his latest project, Phantasmaburbia. We also talk about RPG pricing and his experience so far with transitioning from free games to commercial work.

Banov has now officially announced his newest RPG project, Phantasmaburbia. “But Craig,” you say, “didn’t you post about this befo–” Yes. But now it’s official. More importantly, he’s released a new demo and a trailer for us to play/look at, respectively, which means that it’s news. Here’s that trailer:

Banov has released a public demo of Phantasmaburbia, a new RPG he’s working on using the Dubloon engine. The premise of the game: Ghosts and evil spirits begin to appear all over town, corresponding with the impending reincarnation of a transdimensional demon. A group of teens, armed with weapons found in their homes and assisted [...]

Title: Dubloon Developer: Banov Platforms: Windows Price: Free Dubloon is a jRPG developed by Banov that sports a pirate theme, tile-based movement, and visible, wandering enemy encounters. Featuring an odd mix of inspired design decisions and sloppy implementation, Dubloon is the first RPG I can recall having played where the system I played it on [...]

This is apparently something of a week for nautical-themed RPGs. Banov has released his freeware JRPG “Dubloon,” which he describes as a “point-n-click pirate RPG adventure game.” It’s available here–you can see a short gameplay vid of it below: Meanwhile, I’ve received an email from Heather Albano of Choice of Games, who has recently released [...]