I’ve received an email telling me about Rack N Ruin, an action RPG being developed by Lifespark Entertainment (an indie studio created and run by ex-Blizzard artist Tyler Hunter). The premise: Rack n’ Ruin is an action adventure game featuring Rack, a demonic wizard with a flair for chaos and destruction. Use a combination of […]

Last Dream is a jRPG that has been in development by White Giant RPG Studios since April 2011. The premise: The storyline commences with a modest protagonist, lost in an unfamiliar world… As you struggle to find a way back home, you uncover an increasingly malevolent and time-twisted plot to devour the ancient creatures of Terra. You […]

Solo indie dev Toby Fox has announced a surreal jRPG by the name of UnderTale., which he describes as a “traditional role-playing game where no one has to get hurt.” You might remember this game from our last Back to Back–while it remains on Kickstarter, UnderTale has long since surpassed its funding goal, which means […]

Whalenought Studios writes in to announce that they are working on a new caveman-themed action RPG called Isle of Bxnes (pronounced like “Isle of Bones.”) The premise: Isle of Bxnes is the brutal adventure of a caveman’s odyssey though savage islands where he hunts, collects supplies and grows his tribe while following a mysterious guide. […]

So–Dungeonmans! This ambitious graphical roguelike has been in development since last summer, when ex-Bioware developer Jim Shepard (insert Mass Effect joke here) left the AAA world behind to join the ever-swelling ranks of the indies. Dungeonmans is more open-ended than most roguelikes, lacking even the basic plot premise (“retrieve the amulet,” etc.) that often structures […]

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 […]

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, […]

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 […]