Indie CRPGs - post 'em if you find 'em

[JarlFrank]

Dunno if this has been posted before [too lazy to scroll through all the pages now, yea I'm a lazy asshole] but this one looks quite nice.
http://www.basiliskgames.com/book1.htm
Got quite a nice turn based combat system, check it out!

 

[Nael]

Dunno if this has been posted before [too lazy to scroll through all the pages now, yea I'm a lazy asshole] but this one looks quite nice.
http://www.basiliskgames.com/book1.htm
Got quite a nice turn based combat system, check it out!

Looks pretty decent. Games of that nature (isometric/turn based) depend on good writing more than any other type of game IMHO, so let's just hope that it's a worthwhile story filled with interesting characters. A tall order, but I have faith in most of the indie community.

Another thing that has a tendency to piss me off with turn-based games are encounters that take forever to complete because you have to sit and wait for all 50 combatants to finish their moves every damn turn. Silent Storm is a good example of how this can go wrong. Panzerkleins anybody?

 

[JarlFrank]

http://dk-software.com/da2shots.html

The graphics look sucky, but it's not the graphics that define a game after all... and it seems to be free to download, so I could give it a try.

 

[Jason]

Dunno if this has been posted before [too lazy to scroll through all the pages now, yea I'm a lazy asshole] but this one looks quite nice.
http://www.basiliskgames.com/book1.htm
Got quite a nice turn based combat system, check it out!

Wow, that looks cool! Great find! Maybe the Codex should make some newsposts about it or do an interview or mention it in the 2006 Year in Review article or something. Make sure you pm VD about it.

 

[JarlFrank]

Wow, that looks cool! Great find! Maybe the Codex should make some newsposts about it or do an interview or mention it in the 2006 Year in Review article or something. Make sure you pm VD about it.

Well, you could also do that, couldn't you, I'm quite new [joined up today] and don't yet know who VD is

 

[LCJr.]

Dunno if this has been posted before [too lazy to scroll through all the pages now, yea I'm a lazy asshole] but this one looks quite nice.
http://www.basiliskgames.com/book1.htm
Got quite a nice turn based combat system, check it out!

Wow, that looks cool! Great find! Maybe the Codex should make some newsposts about it or do an interview or mention it in the 2006 Year in Review article or something. Make sure you pm VD about it.

R00fles!

 

[DGM]

This is more of a puzzle game in RPG's clothing, but if Fastcrawl qualifies then I think this does as well:
http://dungeongames2.com/TheDungeonAlphaDemo8.zip

It's based on an older, little-known game called "Tower of the Sorcerer." This is just an alpha demo, but it's fully playable and has two 10-level dungeons (a tutorial and a real one).

I'll be recoding it from the ground up soon, and the final version will have much more. The discussion so far regarding development is taking place here:
http://forum.caravelgames.com/viewtopic.php?TopicID=13452&page=0

 

[Atrokkus]

and don't yet know who VD is

I knew VD is but an underdog, sunken into deep foggy shadow of SAINT.

 

[JarlFrank]

and don't yet know who VD is

I knew VD is but an underdog, sunken into deep foggy shadow of SAINT.

Now I know who he is

 

[taxacaria]

Found this - several RPGs at
http://www.ausgamedev.com/

Turn Based makes more sense for an RPG.

 

[SkeleTony]

http://dk-software.com/da2shots.html

The graphics look sucky, but it's not the graphics that define a game after all... and it seems to be free to download, so I could give it a try.

The graphics are not bad at all for an indie game. But the game is not a RPG really. It suffers from 'consolitus'(dumbed down and tired game mechanics to appeal to the Nintendo/Playstation teeny-bopper crowd). Characters defined exclusively by the HP and MP stats, which is closer to a Zelda-like game than a RPG. Dark Ages has been around for a long time too. I remember the first one came out way back during(or perhaps before?) the whole QBasic RPG phenomenon sort of took off for a while like 10 or 11 years ago.

 

[mytgroo]

Hey &%% can you make this work

Hey can you make this damn thing work. -- Esenthel

http://www.drean.republika.pl/en/esenthel.html

 

[mondblut]

if someone is still unaware, there is a working Windows remake of Mike Singleton's cult classic "Lords of Midnight".

Looks bloody nice and has mouse controls and the map.

http://www.icemark.com/winlom99/index.html

There is also some 3d remake @ http://www.frozenempire.net , but i couldn't make it run.

 

[k_bits]

Stranded is a 3D survival game. Think Robinson Requiem etc

http://stranded.unrealsoftware.de/

http://www.unrealsoftware.de/get.php?ge ... ded_en.zip

 

[dagorkan]

Aaron Hall's Dungeon Odyssey

Randomly generated, moddable Action RPG.

$20 for full game download, demo available.

http://www.malfador.com/domain.html

 

[k_bits]

^^^ Real time combat

 

[mytgroo]

Fishing around in Sourceforge, I found this idiotic thing. Legend of the Mystical Knights.

http://sourceforge.net/project/showfile ... _id=189101

 

[JarlFrank]

The Legend of the Mystical Sword is an exciting RPG game about a secret romance between a princess and her night. Based off of the Zelda and SOM Series, you cant pass this one up. Especially when YOU get control of the reigns and make your own missions!

Now that sounds promising, having a romance with a certain time of the day!

 

[dagorkan]

Battles of Norghan

RPGish Strategy game in fantasy setting. You hire/bid for/manage a team of mercenaries and fight with them in a turn-based top-down mode. Randomized maps, no story except get from Division 8 to Division 1.

$25 to buy, demo lets you play for about half a year.

Trust me, this is the good shit.

http://www.battlesofnorghan.com/modding.htm

 

[mytgroo]

http://www.arealitystudios.com has a new game Dungeons of Darkness in beta.

 

[mytgroo]

Another small action rpg, cheap $9.99, Tales of Awernia. Just letting you fools know. Why can't anyone post anything new. I'm getting bored with my fixation.

http://www.dark-design.de/toa.php

 

[Dementia Praecox]

RPGish Strategy game in fantasy setting. You hire/bid for/manage a team of mercenaries and fight with them in a turn-based top-down mode. Randomized maps, no story except get from Division 8 to Division 1.

$25 to buy, demo lets you play for about half a year.

Trust me, this is the good shit.

http://www.battlesofnorghan.com/modding.htm

Wow, it really is good shit! Been playing the demo for a couple of hours now, and I'm definitely buying this fucker when my next payment ticks in. Will make a dedicated topic then.
Thanks, sheek!

 

[rei1974]

Heh I know batlles of norghan well, is from a friend developer. Not bad game indeed. I want to make something like that too, in future...

 

[Moggs]

That Battles of Norghan looks a *lot* like Paladin and Paladin II games on the Amiga. You hired party members and engaged in tactical combat. It was well hard!I remember using the level editor just to make some easy battles to try and beef up my characters a bit.

 

[Ladonna]

Didn't see this one here so...

Ahrimans Prophecy. Final Fantasy 3/4 type game. Better though. More choices in gameplay.
http://www.amaranthia.com/