A little bird tells me that OlderBytes (a.k.a. Charles Clerc), creator of first-person dungeon crawler Swords and Sorcery: Underworld Gold (previously covered here), is embarking on a sequel by the name of Swords and Sorcery: Sovereign. The sequel is set to be much larger than its predecessor, with 17 towns to the original’s three, as well […]

Word has it that Blossomsoft, creators of the RPG Maker jRPG Eternal Eden, are hard at work on a more polished follow-up by the name of Eternal Eden: Ecclesia. The premise for the sequel is vague on plot details, but it does contain an interesting new gameplay mechanic: Eternal Eden: Ecclesia is a direct sequel […]

I’ve just caught wind of Stardew Valley, a Harvest Moon-style RPG / dating sim in development by Eric Barone. The idea seems to be that you’ll split your time between tending crops, dungeon crawling, and hitting on the locals. The developer describes the game’s premise like so: It’s up to you to choose your path… […]

Joshua Hallaran of Critical Games (creator of Path of Thanatos) writes in to announce the release of a new RPG maker jRPG, 8-Bit Adventures: The Forgotten Journey. Hallaran says the game has over 7 hours of play time, with an additional New Game plus mode containing “Greater Difficulty, New Equipment, Rewritten Dialogue, Alternate Graphics for […]

Mighty Rabbit Studios is on a roll, folks, with Episode 4 of Saturday Morning RPG seeing release barely a month after the last one. “But Craig,” you say, “it’s been more than a month sinc–” Shhhh. I was on hiatus, remember? Here, look at these screenshots; you are feeling very sleepy… The premise: Commander Hood has […]

Andrew Trese, one of the sibling creators of Star Traders RPG, has written in to inform me that the aforementioned outer space RPG / economic sim (previously mentioned here) has been ported to iPhone and iPad so all you Apple loyalists can have a crack at it as well. As with its original Android release, […]

Last year was just chock full of announcements for new first-person dungeon crawlers, but it’s been a couple of months since the last one. Let’s consult our friend, the Magic 8 Ball. Tell me, oh 8 Ball! Is the glut finally over? Yeah, that’s what I thought. Here to turn the spigot back on is Moonshades, […]

All right, folks: time to start going through the backlog of news! First up, we have Age of Fear 2: The Chaos Lord, a turn-based fantasy strategy game from Leszek Sliwko. Age of Fear 2 is, of course, the sequel to Age of Fear: The Undead King, which I reviewed here. Age of Fear 2 […]

Hello everyone! I’m back from my self-imposed exile and ready to start posting news about the world of indie RPGs once more. As you all (probably) know, I’ve had a long-standing policy of not posting stand-alone articles about crowdfunding projects. My reasoning for this is that these projects are oftentimes speculative, and I don’t want […]