Indie RPG News Roundup, December 5th
All the indie RPG news that is fit to sacrifice bits to! At least this week. The indie computer role-playing scene is not only alive and well, but exploding. Indie games are supposed to be somewhat immune to the "pre-Christmas rush," but this time we're getting several late-year releases.

As I stated earlier this week, 2007 has been a great year for indie CRPGs. At least in my opinion. Nobody's bothering to correct me, which probably has less to do with my correctness than just the fact that nobody really cares what I say, but that allows me to preserve my illusions of being authoritative or something. So I'll say it again - it's been a great year for indie CRPGs. Here's what's happening just this week - new releases, updates, and rumors of upcoming developments!

Aveyond 2: Ean's Quest
The long-awaited sequel to the 2006 "casual RPG" hit, Aveyond, is now available from Amaranth Games. I posted a "First Impressions" article about it Monday. Some of the key features of the new game include mouse support, the chance to shape-shifting Ean and change Iya's clothes, join a guild, buy Grimm's Farm and raise pets, a karma system, an attraction system, and lots of secret caves with goodies.

Download Aveyond 2

Note: The website is getting HAMMERED right now. Three guesses as to why... But you may want to wait until later tonight to download the demo.

Eschalon: Book 1
An updated and improved demo version of Eschalon: Book 1 is now available. So if you haven't tried it out yet, now is a good time.

Also, according to RPGWatch, the Mac version of Eschalon: Book 1 should be available next week (December 11th). Thomas R. and company are working their butts off, and it shows. Anyway - Mac players, rejoice, you won't have to wait too long for this one.

On a personal note, it turned out to be the perfect game for me last night when I was unwinding after a near 13-hour straight workday. I upgraded my equipment, managed to take on some thugs, got some good treasure... I feel pretty good about that. It's a dang good game.

Avernum V
Spiderweb has announced that they hope to have the Windows version of Avernum V available in early March, 2008. So you Mac players can mock and jeer at us Windows RPG fans for three months or so.

Scars of War
Gareth Fouche has posted some screenshots from his upcoming 3D RPG, "Scars of War." You can see them here:

Scars of War Environment Update

I asked Gareth about the release date for Scars of War, and he said, "I would like it to be out 2008, but it would be late 2008." We'll cross our fingers. I know I'm looking forward to this one.

Geneforge 5
The fifth and final chapter of the Geneforge saga has begun development at Spiderweb Software. According to Spiderweb's recently-released newsletter, "We have begun piecing its storyline together, and we can promise Geneforge fans a truly unique journey."

To the World Tree
To the World Tree, by Prankster Games, is a free RPG that was a contestant in this year's IGF competition. In To the World Tree you control first a lone adventurer, and later a party of adventurers, as they journey through a mystical world of magic, battle, and mystery, in a quest for the legendary World Tree. To the World Tree is a single-player, party-based, computer role-playing game for Windows (sorry Mac players...)

It's entered Beta 4 as of December 4th, and is free for download. The author is strongly encouraging feedback.

Download To the World Tree

Depths of Peril
There are three more monsters added to the monsters page for Depths of Peril: The Lurker, the Ghost, and the Tower.

Depths of Peril Monsters



Well, that's this week's batch of news... Did I miss anything? Let me know!

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