An intrepid IndieRPGs.com reader writes in to tell me about Another Star, an 8-bit jRPG in development by one-man army Dale Johnson (a.k.a. Vision Riders Entertainment). The premise: Our story begins with Tachi, the prince of Clan Minas. Sent by his father to retrieve a falling star that promises to upset the balance of the […]

Ian Hawley, one half of the two-man studio Bovine Software, writes to me with details of his upcoming OUYA dungeon delver Dungeon Lord. (Note that there are no proper websites for these yet, only Facebook pages.) The premise to Dungeon Lord is straightforward: [T]his is a tile-based dungeon crawler inspired by Dungeon Master principally, so […]

Matt Schneck of the unfortunately named indie studio “Little Killerz” writes in to tell me that Tales of Illyria was released for Android devices in mid-June. The plot premise is akin to something that I’d expect in a spy thriller, albeit in a medieval fantasy setting: the Emperor of your country has had you framed […]

John Rhee of Coda Games writes in to announce a new indie RPG called Liege. He states: “The game aims to take the classic JRPG formula, and layer in a mature story, elegant, tactical gameplay and unique, hand-drawn visuals.” Frankly, I think this description sells it a little short. From where I’m standing, Liege is […]

I’ve received an email from Greek developer Traptics about a new fantasy strategy title they’re developing called Ten Aces. The premise: “Ten Aces” is about 10 siblings that happen to be demigods. Each of them is unique in many ways but all of them are extremely agile, intelligent and powerfull. Initially they were all friends, […]

As was foretold, the sidescrolling genealogical action roguelike-like Rogue Legacy has now been released into the world. There’s a special release trailer up, quoting John Walker’s preview of the game from RockPaperShotgun (though there’s also a full review from the ever-eloquent Adam Smith up): You can buy Rogue Legacy for $15 direct from the developer […]

Robert Boyd of Zeboyd Games has written to me to announce a new sci-fi jRPG by the name of Cosmic Star Heroine. (If “Zeboyd Games” sounds familiar, that’s because it’s the two-man team that brought us the quite successful  indie jRPGs Breath of Death VII and Cthulhu Saves the World.) The premise of this latest […]

Following up on yesterday’s interview with developer Keith Burgun of Dinofarm Games, here’s my official announcement post about Auro, a turn-based single-character dungeon crawler with permadeath and randomly generated dungeons. (You might be tempted to say that Auro ticks all the boxes to qualify as a roguelike, but Burgun insists that this isn’t one.) Putting […]

Luis Zuno writes in to tell me about his up and coming side-scrolling action RPG Elliot Quest. The premise: Elliot Quest is an adventure / exploration Zelda style game. Defeat all 4 Elements Guardians and acquire their powers. Explore Urule Island in search for treasures and artifacts, earn money and experience by defeating enemies. So […]

Rhythos RPG Builder is a free, open source RPG creation program “inspired by RPG Maker” being developed by David Maletz. Indeed, Rhythos seems aimed right at the RPG Maker demographic, with an accessible interface and built-in support for both visual event scripting (for those who don’t want to code) and direct code access (for more […]