Indie RPG News Roundup, November 7
This week, we've got a couple of independent computer roleplaying games coming up quickly for release, which is always a good thing. Well, almost always. Unless they are actually secret robot-brain programs which, once release, will power up an army that will destroy civilization and harvest humans for food or batteries or something. But it's been years since that last happened, and I'm digressing. Here's the indie RPG news o' the week... and it's good stuff! I think... :)

Aveyond 2: Ean's Quest
Amaranth is reporting that the sequel to the hit "casual" indie RPG Aveyond completed alpha Monday night, with the last of the alpha bugs cleared out. Beta begins... this morning. Due to delays, I'd not expect Aveyond 2 to make it out this month, but we could still see it before the end of the year.

The Broken Hourglass
Planewaker Games has a conversation with game music composer Rob Howard, who explains how he went about composing music for the world and how he was introduced to Turkish banjo. The interview includes an excerpt from one of the game's character themes.

Read the Interview with Rob Howard

Eschalon: Book 1
Eschalon: Book 1 is a tile-based, turn-based, "old-school" RPG that reportedly requires the good ol' fashioned RPG skills like tactics and resource management to survive, not rabid button-clicking talents. The first part of the planned very indie RPG trilogy now has a release date set for November 19th - twelve days from now. This initial release is only for Windows, however, Basilisk Games has announced a Mac version soon afterwards, and a Q1 2008 release for the Linux version.

Get More Information about Eschalon: Book 1 Here.

Final Vision
This is a small "platform RPG" that is very much a Final Fantasy fan-based project. The equivalent of Fanfic in the indie RPG Realm? Still, it could be worth checking out. Thanks to Terry at rpgdx for the heads-up.

UPDATE: There's a review for Final Vision by Patrick Dugan at Play This Thing. Thanks for the heads-up, Patrick!

Download Final Vision

The Demon Within
Version 1.01 of this small indie action-RPG has just been released, and the author (Carl Karlsson) has begun work on a new expansion for the game.

Check Out The Demon Within Here

Frayed Knights
As announced yesterday, Frayed Knights is currently leading the MyDreamRPG game-in-a-year competition.... by a nose-hair. It is also staffing up a little more, with James McEwan added as a 3D modeler, and a tentative arrangement with Mike Nielsen for music. The latter will mean that we can finally rip out that stand-in music borrowed from Commodore 64 game remixes.

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