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NEW C64-game: Survival Messenger Adventure

VCC and T7D have a fresh offering: a new Commodore 64 release – the interactive game Survival Messenger Adventure! The thesis of the game is simple: you are stranded on an unknown island where you find a mobile phone. The device puts you in contact with a number of strangers from whom you must receive […]

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Kickstarter: The Sekimeiya: Spun Glass — A Visual Thriller Novel

The Sekimeiya: Spun Glass is a mystery/thriller visual novel, currently in its last days of a very successful Kickstarter. Created by Trinitite Team, the adventure game features an interesting storyline that delves deep into a thrilling mystery. The discovery of a rare gemstone draws people to an exhibit held in Ashiya Tower. Just as the

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Demonheart: Hunters

Embrace or resist the demonic influence around you in Demonheart: Hunters from Rolling Crown – a CRPG with an emphasis on player-driven conversations, character interactions and romancing your companions. The young rogue Bright has a demon heart, which gives her supernatural powers. She is both blessed and cursed, for her heart makes her a target

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KICKSTARTER: Sryth – 2020

As the online text-based RPG Sryth enters its 17th year, its creator, writer and developer, Matthew H. Yarrows, is seeking the necessary funding to continue creating the game, and to dramatically expand Sryth’s game world – which already contains more than 35,000 game sections and a staggering total of nearly 3.75 million written words! Backers

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IN DEVELOPMENT: Broken Roads

Broken Roads from independent Australian game studio Drop Bear Bytes is an old-school, narrative-driven RPG for PC and console that brings exploration, strategic turn-based combat and meaningful philosophical choices to an all-new Australian post-apocalyptic setting. Blending together traditional and all-new role-playing elements on top of a classless system offering near-unlimited character development options, Broken Roads

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IN DEVELOPMENT: The Iron Oath

Curious Panda Games’ The Iron Oath is a turn-based tactical RPG set in a dark fantasy world. Recruit and manage a roster of adventurers across decades and centuries, and send them on missions where they must confront their mortality. Every decision made carries weight and can have a minor or major influence on the world

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KICKSTARTER: Veil of Entropy: Norfolk Warriors

Norfolk Warriors is a single player strategic turn-based medieval fantasy CRPG, with gamebook-like branching gameplay. Attempt to defend your People’s right to live free in a world caught up in sweeping war involving gods, supernaturals and mortals. Carve your own path in this world, battle injustice, stand for those that cannot defend themselves, quell uprising

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Six Ages: Ride Like The Wind

A Sharp’s Six Ages: Ride Like the Wind is a combination of interactive story and turn-based strategy that immerses you in a land of myth. Hundreds of small interactive stories build into an epic, where you guide a small clan, help them navigate a hostile world, and find a path to long-term survival. Six Ages

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Fabled Lands RPG

Bulgarian independent game studio Prime Games (creator of Trap for Winners, Dust and Salt etc.) has announced that they are developing an official, fully fledged computer role-playing game based on the open-world Fabled Lands gamebook series created by Dave Morris and Jamie Thomson. An epic series of interactive fiction with the scope of a massive

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September ROUND-UP: Dungeons, labyrinths and catacombs

It’s been yet another busy month for interactive fiction, with many interesting releases recently hitting retail outlets or seeking finance via crowdfunding. We’ve gathered together a wide variety of books, digital games, board games and more to tempt you – surely something for both young and old, and every taste and wallet! • • •Savage

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KICKSTARTER: Vengequest

Vengequest is a narrative fantasy adventure game created by independent Australian developer Besepic Entertainment. A game for fans of RPGs, interactive fiction and tabletop roleplaying who appreciate beautiful art, quirky humour and pseudo-random adventures, Vengequest takes place on the continent of Emberpoint. It’s host to a diverse range of locations from your peaceful hometown of

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JUNE ROUND-UP: Gods, zombies and an angry island

It’s been another busy period since our last round-up, full of interesting news and new releases to report on from a broad range of interactive fiction. Our selection for this month includes some printed gamebooks (brand new and updated versions), a programmed adventure, text-based apps, and a role-playing video game. • • •Choice of Games

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KICKSTARTER: SKALD: Against the Black Priory

Already previewed in our April Round-up, a Kickstarter campaign for Scape-IT’s retro-style dark fantasy game SKALD: Against the Black Priory has now been launched. Inspired by legendary titles such as Ultima and the Gold Box series, and with the narrative ambition of a modern RPG, SKALD will see players develop and lead a party of

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Vagrus – The Riven Realms

Vagrus – The Riven Realms is a narrative strategy-roleplaying game from indie game development studio Lost Pilgrims. Players in Vagrus take charge of a comitatus (an armed travelling company) that can engage in trading and fight as mercenaries, exploring perilous locations for treasures in a post-apocalyptic fantasy world irrevocably scarred by an arcane cataclysm. Embark

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