Space Wreck, influenced by classic isometric RPGs like Fallout and Arcanum, vaults players into a touch-and-go salvage operation on a derelict starship. With a focus on choice-fueled roleplaying and multiple solution methods, I chatted up dev Martins Ceplis of Pahris[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
As story-focused indie isometric adventures go, Valiant Game Studio‘s 1920s fantasy-world-based Pendula Swing hits all the right beats. With its occupants navigating a time of societal change tempered by innovation, glamour, and strife, the game invites players to ponder systemic[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Odd Gods drops players into an isometric tactical roleplaying game set in the ’90s, and its devotion to subcultures and music explores new territory for an indie cRPG. Also, there’s spacetime travel. And pop culture demons. In development by Inn[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Including crafting, bio-steampunk, and procedural locations/content in a dynamically created narrative, Evodant Interactive’s Gyre: Nova State has a Kickstarter campaign running and a unique claim to fame with the Toska Polynarrative Engine™ driving the game’s storyline. With a team that[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Anyone with a keen eye for truly literary RPGs should be drooling at the trailer for Disco Elysium (formerly titled No Truce With The Furies), a police procedural isometric with sci-fi/fantasy overtones under development by ZA/UM. With input from Art[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
