Indie RPG News, June 11 2008
The summer time is here, which is traditionally the doldrum era for games, as the Christmas-driven industry prepares for a fall onslaught of new games. However, indies are not so holiday-minded (in fact, its arguable we do better in the "off-season" for not having to compete with the cacophony of marketing messages from our mainstream peers. However, it's definitely felt like a little bit of an "off-season" on the indie RPG front. But maybe I'm just spoiled from last year's incredible crop of indie RPGs. But here's what I've been gleaning lately.


Eschalon: Book 2
Eschalon: Book 2, the sequel to last year's outstanding "old school" indie RPG, has now been officially announced on the Basilisk Games website. Scheduled for release in 2009, Eschalon: Book II will pick up where the first game left off. The updated game engine will run at an improved 1024 x 768 screen resolution --- not much of a stretch even for older machines. It will offer the chance to play a female character, difficulty levels, new weather effects (not just pretty graphics - they do affect gameplay), new skills, and the ability to go to level thirty. Good times!

http://basiliskgames.com/book2.html


Scars of War
Poor Gareth has been suffering from crunch mode as I have, and Scars of War took a little bit of a pause in development as a result. However, he's back with some details about the nation of Athar. If you are looking for some insight into the setting for this upcoming indie RPG, check out the blog:

Scars of War Lore: Nation of Athar


Age of Decadence
Vince claims that a 2008 release is "realistic" for the Age of Decadence, but "if we have to take more time, we will." And, as mentioned yesterday, RPGWatch has the third part of the "Let's Play AoD!" series.


Aveyond 1: Rhen's Quest
New betas have been in testing for Aveyond 1: Rhen's Quest over last month, fixing old bugs and adding new features available in Aveyond 2: Ean's Quest. This includes mouse control, difficulty levels, a new quest, an alternative way of completing an existing quest, and a few other minor tweaks. The new version shouldn't be too far off --- build C of the beta was sent to testers last week.

There is no real news of an Aveyond 3, but Amanda & Company have been in the final stages of Amaranth's upcoming casual game, "Yummy Drink Factory" (taking place in the same world as Aveyond). So we probably shouldn't expect any real news until this fall.


Penny Arcade Adventures: On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness
A new version of On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness: Episode One is available - principally some minor bug fixes, particularly for the Linux version. So far, there is no word of the release date of Episode 2, other than it is "well underway."

Update Information for PAA: OtRSPoD- EO


Pelorea: Tactical War
Pelorea's presentation has been massively overhauled to more closely resemble a board game. The maps terrain - still in 3D - has been broken into hexigons. The results are striking but cool. Pelorea: Tactical War is an upcoming RPG / Strategy Game (looking more like "a strategy game" every day) with a card-game based combat system. Yes, I'm fascinated.


So there you have it. All I know, you now know. Disappointing, isn't it?

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