Posted in June 13, 2011 ¬ 5:32 amh.Craig Stern
Viridian Games has announced the release of Inaria, a very old school, turn-based, tile-based RPG “but with modern interface conveniences that make it easier to play, giving the best of both worlds.” You can pick up the game for a mere $4.99. Check out the trailer below to see if it’s your style.
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Posted in April 12, 2011 ¬ 5:17 pmh.Craig Stern
Jay Barnson over at Rampant Games has taken the time to put together a big post with tons of the latest news in indie RPGs. There’s some good stuff in there, including updates on: Age of Decadence, Age of Fear: The Undead King, Darkness Springs (a multiplayer game apparently titled after an evil brand of […]
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Posted in March 6, 2011 ¬ 7:54 pmh.Craig Stern
Earlier this week, Spiderweb Software released Avadon: The Black Fortress for Mac. The Windows port is “Coming in Spring 2011,” or “hopefully by the end of April”; sometime after that, an iPad port is apparently on the horizon as well. Avadon has had a remarkably short development cycle since its announcement in May of last […]
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Posted in December 20, 2010 ¬ 3:48 pmh.Craig Stern
Tired of RPG Maker games? Well, here’s something you don’t see every day, Chauncey: a first-person dungeon delver. That would be Darklight Dungeon, by ZoellerSoft LLC. The screenies and description immediately call to mind old games like Wizardry and Stonekeep. Darklight Dungeon’s official description is a little lackluster, but the Rampant Games blog has its […]
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Posted in December 20, 2010 ¬ 2:14 pmh.Craig Stern
You! Have you been hungering for a new RPG Maker game; sitting at home, stroking your goatee, as it were, thinking about your need for 2D anime-style graphics and level grinding? Well then boy-howdy are you ever in luck! Eridani Games has just released The Witch and the Warrior, a game which (I assume) bears […]
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Posted in November 30, 2010 ¬ 6:14 pmh.Craig Stern
Will Swannack writes in with word that he has released a new graphical roguelike by the name of Through. As in, “Will is now Through developing the game,” or “Let’s go adventuring Through this big dungeon,” or “I played Through too much and then I Through up.” Well. Maybe not that last one. Anyway, here […]
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Posted in November 9, 2010 ¬ 6:30 pmh.Craig Stern
Developers SRRN made a curious choice in creating Ash: they built a brand-new jRPG engine natively for the iPhone, then licensed generic RPG Maker sprites from Enterbrain to decorate the thing. According to this positive review up on RPGFan, however, the original writing really makes the game. It’s $4.99 up on the app store. Here […]
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Posted in November 3, 2010 ¬ 6:08 pmh.Craig Stern
Don’t ask me how they managed this, but Aldorlea Games has just released a new RPG less than a week after the release of their last RPG. This latest one is called Millennium 3: Cry Wolf. Here is what it’s about: Marine and her friends are back! Time is running out for the showdown and […]
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Posted in October 26, 2010 ¬ 4:22 amh.Craig Stern
Aldorlea Games writes in to announce the release of a new RPG Maker jRPG by the name of Jade’s Journey. I’d like to tell you something about it, but all they have up is the following plot description: Join Jade in her journey to master her powers and save her father! Jade is a regular […]
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Posted in October 2, 2010 ¬ 7:14 pmh.Craig Stern
Paul Eres posts on TIGS about a new, free, short JRPG set in what is reportedly a unique and interesting universe. You can download Space Funeral right here.
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