Indie RPG News, June 15,
Ah, Indie RPGs. Apparently, nobody bothered informing these developers that its impossible to make computer role-playing games with tiny teams and tiny budgets anymore. It's a good thing for us that nobody did, because that means these rule-breakers are creating more RPG goodness for us. So here are some things going on in the world of indie RPGS:
Minions of Mirth
Prairie Games reports many new updates with the latest patch of their indie Massively Multiplayer Online RPG, including Dynamic Player vs Player/Guild vs Guild/Realm vs Realm gameplay, new quests, animal armor sets, graphics & GUI improvements, and crafting.
The Broken Hourglass
Planewalker Games has posted the fourth chapter of the "Moonshine" short story. There's also part I of an interview with Jason Compton up on iGame Radio, with part II scheduled to appear Monday.
Depths of Peril
Soldak Games has posted a new short story, entitled "Tribute." They also have posted three new monsters in their "Monsters" section for Depths of Peril - the giant spider, the dark elves, and the sentinels. Finally, there is a preview of the game up on GameBanshee.com.
Eschalon: Book 1
Basilisk Games has allowed a beta tester to post his views on this upcoming turn-based RPG, Eschalon: Book 1. An excerpt:
I'm really excited about this title, though it hasn't won me over quite yet. There were a lot of very lame RPGs in this style back in the day, too. But I want to see more good ones - like Eschalon: Book 1 will hopefully shape up to be."NPC dialogue is extremely well done and detailed. This is not the two or three line sort of dialogue you see in most games, there's a fair bit of exposition (but not quite to the degree of Planescape:Torment!). You're given a fair bit of setting detail in their dialogue and descriptive text, much like how a DM in a PnP game might deliver it all. Also nice is that there isn't one All Knowing NPC who tells you everything about your quests and such, you pick up pieces of history and clues from everyone you talk to and so you as the PC put it together yourself. "
Nethergate: Resurrection
Nethergate: Resurrection has been released... for the Mac. Our Mac-playing bretheren can rub it in and mock us about the shoe being on the other foot while we PC gamers patiently await the Windows version later this summer.
Avencast
There's another Avencast interview over at RPGVault. It sounds like more of an action game with RPG elements to me, but hey - I'm a fan of several "hybrid RPGs" myself, like Empires & Dungeons and Kid Mystic (itself also a fun action-RPG).
Wow! And this is just the stuff that's been happening in the last week or so. I guess indie computer RPGs are alive and well...
Be sure and check out some of the indie RPGs available at Rampant Games, including Aveyond, Cute Knight, Fastcrawl, Styrateg, and others.
Oh - and side note: Does anybody read the short stories that get posted by the Soldak and Planewalker folks? I'm just kinda curious as to how well those get received by people.
(Vaguely) Related Indie RPG Goodness:
* Indie RPG News, June 5th
* Indie RPG News, May 28th
* Beyond the Gate: Jason Compton on the Making of The Broken Hourglass
* Jeff Vogel Gives Innovation Another Chance, Plans Nethergate Remake
* Where Is Indie Innovation?
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Labels: Indie Evangelism, Indie RPG News, Roleplaying Games
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