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Printed issue of ChoiceBeat sitting on a desk.

ChoiceBeat: The #VisualNovel and #InteractiveFiction Zine is now available in print for the FIRST TIME EVER.

www.lulu.com/shop/choiceb...

We were once "The world's best magazine about narrative games."

Now we're shooting for "The worlds best magazine."
#indiegames #narrativegames #zine

Thank you! At first, I thought they were ugly, but now, I agree with you. They are awesome. =)

cover for indiepocalypse #66 showing a lunging person in a large brimmed hat

screen for Star Crash showing the game's title

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Celebrate the thriving world of independent games with this month's Indiepocalypse #66!

-10 curated games for $15!
-Zine!
-Newly commissioned game by @vidityavoleti.bsky.social

-Cover by @pimientosdulces.bsky.social

pizzapranks.itch.io/indiepocalypse-66

I used to release all my games on Android, but I gave up on that.

But I sometimes get messages from Android players asking if my new games will be released on Android or if I can update my old ones to work with the new OS.

It's so sad to have to say no them. =/

Overhead map view form a JRPG-style game with pixel graphics. It shows 4 characters moving through a green natural environment.

Screenshots from my game! After hours of play-testing, I'm starting to get used to my own ugly graphics, and now I love them. Good job, me!
#rpgmaker #pixelart #gamedev #indiedev

Not this time! But I still love OHRRPGCE.

Battle screen from a JRPG-style game. The enemies are 2 lions, 2 tigers, and a girl scout that looks like a hunter.

Battle screen from the #RPGMaker game I'm making. The Girl Scout is my favorite enemy in the game, I think. #pixelart #gamedev #indiedev

YouTube video by Czarnightcrawler Insane The Lord Weird Slough Feg Traveller Full Album

Here's a heavy metal album based on the Traveller role-playing game. It's so gosh darn silly in the best way.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=R-s7...

OM MY GOD! I once thought, "There will never be another game 428: Shibuya Scramble."

WELL, MAYBE THERE WILL BE!

I wrote a review way back in the first issue of ChoiceBeat: The #VisualNovel and #InteractiveFiction Zine.

choicebeat.wordpress.com/2023/03/28/c...

Doesn't this movie have nested dream sequence at one point where the character keeps waking up, but it's still a dream? That was cool.

Weird Fucking Games Vol. 195: Featuring Cucina Stellata Cook and reflect upon your meals in this simple yet horrifying experience.

Vol. 195 of the @wf-games.itch.io newsletter is out now, featuring Cucina Stellata by Filthy Eden, Dogma IX, Blondprod and Cristian Magalotti: wfgames.substack.com/p/weird-fuck...

I played this, and it really captures it's vampiric theme. The rules push forward the inner conflict of being a superpowered monster... but one that was once human.

Four pixel art monsters. They are based on different mushrooms.

Monster graphics for an #RPGmaker game I'm working on. I'm really into fungus creatures. #pixelart #gameart

Bless those game devs who keep updating their old games to make them run well on new operating systems. But I will never do that.

I've come to terms with my games being ephemeral.

Here is the palette I'm using for the whole game! It's definitely "a look." 😜

Pixel art title screen. Title says, "FUN ZONE OMEGA." There is a blue snake with a big brain in front of a tropical island. On the island is a glass dome with a crack in it.

Title screen for the #RPGmaker game I'm working on. That bubble font is just about perfect, I think.
#pixelart #gameart

Narrascope 2025 | Celebrating Narrative Games NarraScope 2025 at Drexel University is an event that supports interactive narrative, adventure games, and interactive fiction by bringing together writers, developers, and players.

narrascope 2025 is this weekend! I helped jury this year’s talks and love how wide-ranging this year’s schedule is.

Online registration is still open today and tomorrow: narrascope.org

Yes. The systems in Final Fantasy II (and SaGa) have been so influential to me, but I've never had the nerve to go as far as those game do in experimenting with their mechanics. I wish you success!

Screenshot reads: "One of the older kids in school takes you aside and offers you a quick way to make money by dealing drugs -- nothing too heavy or dangerous, according to him. All you would have to deal is some pot, and a few ludes. No one will suspect a girl."

ALTER EGO is the first "life sim" from 1986. Written by a REAL PSYCHOLOGIST.

For a "realistic" game, there are so many ways to die. As a child, I got abducted by a murderer. What game!

Review in new ChoiceBeat: The Visual Novel and Interactive Fiction Zine: choicebeat.wordpress.com/2025/06/14/c...

An early game I made was an extremely cryptic puzzle game that was inspired by Swordquest. The clues to solve it were SO obscure. But no one liked it because I never offered REAL MONEY prizes.

There is something respectable about this unapologetic style of obtuse puzzle design.

This is haunting me: thunderperfectwitchcraft.org/adventures/

A website with 1,000+ dream-like flip phone camera pictures.

There is an article about the artists (game devs...?) in the new issue of ChoiceBeat: The #VisualNovel and #InteractiveFiction Zine.

choicebeat.wordpress.com/2025/06/14/c...

Wonderful idea. I'd love to. I'm making a note to self.

I'm dying! We should add that to every cover: "the Rolling Stone of visual novel zines"

@fictionfactorygames.com You're in the new issues of ChoiceBeat: The Visual Novel and Interactive Fiction Zine!

Welcome back! (Remember us? We interviewed you a few years ago!) Our editor wrote a whole overview of all your games.

Cover of ChoiceBeat: The Visual Novel and Interactive Fiction Zine. A man in a suit with tentacles over his head reaches through a pixelated computer screen.

<ALARM KLAXON WAILS>

Issue 14 of ChoiceBeat: The #VisualNovel and #InteractiveFiction Zine just burst into your reality. You better hide!

It's narrative game anarchy here, so be careful!

Read: www.flipsnack.com/choicebeat/c...
Download: choicebeat.wordpress.com/2025/06/14/c...

#indiegames #zine

I just started playing this yesterday! Weird coincidence! (It is fun!)

Never played this guy's games but if someone urges me hard enough, I might.

cover for indiepocalypse #65 showing a number of people going about their lives in cutout spaces

screen for DAEMON showing a rocky silhouette against a yellow background

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Coming soon to a town near you (probably) in a bag full of indie games, Indiepocalypse #65!

-10 curated games for $15!
-Zine!
-Newly commissioned game by
@hexrae.bsky.social
-Cover by
Dajia Zhou (www.dajiazhou.com)

pizzapranks.itch.io/indiepocalypse-65

JRPG-style monster graphics in pixel art. 1) beetle pushing atomic bomb 2) insect orb with lots of eyes 3) shadowy winged humanoid with glowing eyes

More enemies for my game. The guy on the right is the Mothman (coolest cryptid). #gameart #pixelart #gamedev #rpgmaker #indiedev

Pixel art of a culture with a hat and monocle eating a decaying hand. The background is a tropical island. The text reads, "Unfortunately, your quest ended badly."

Game over screen for the game I'm making.

I don't LOVE it, but I LIKE it.
#pixelart #gameart #gamedev #indiedev #rpgmaker