ISSUE #56

Cover - konstantinos korakonero

Hello and welcome to Indiepocalypse!

Indiepocalypse is a curated monthly collection looking to highlight the very best of the alternative indie game scene. 

Each month features games by 10 different developers, including a newly commissioned game exclusive to the bundle-zine. The games cover a wide variety of styles, genres, and themes as they fight against any definition of "indie game" as a genre.

Also, and this part is very important to me and should truly be taken as given, each contributor is paid and developers are paid royalties on all future sales.

This Month's Games

Trail of the Wretched (WIN) by Xavier Bell, Jason Reagen, Khoa Ho

A visual novel about the journey of a photographer stumbling through the worst week of his life. It's hard to capture the beauty of the world with a gun held to the back of your head.

CRUSHCRUSHCRUSHCRUSH (WIN/MAC) by Lex Kim Bobrow

CRUSHCRUSHCRUSHCRUSH is an interactive abstract horror experience/interactive poem dealing with themes of sexuality, emotional abuse in romantic relationships, religious trauma, and mental health.

let the lights bleed (WIN/MAC/Linux) by Naarel

A short exploration of the effects of being objectified and the way you can lose yourself to please others out of fear of being alone.

I PROMISE I AM WORKING ON THE GAME | machina carerulea (HTML) by manonamora

"Come aboard the struggle bus..."

I PROMISE I AM WORKING ON THE GAME is a interactive exploration of a writer's block.

"Hello, Blanche... Do you remember what happened? No... Well... That's fine"

machina carerulea is a short sci-fi retelling of Bluebeard

estherbunny444 (WIN) by mumupoque

A 3D, highly surreal adventure game about a sad trans girl named Sue falling in love with her two-headed friend Esther.

Wherein She Completely Cuts Herself Off from Reality; A Parabolic Emotion from Recovery into Despair (WIN) by Kimera Royal

Explore forms of alienation, grapple with repetition, microwave a sandwich. Features three small poetic games and three small poetic poems.

Cow Life Sim RPG (WIN/Linux) by PajamaBeeVegan, politepigeon AKA morbidmollusc, Vince Alan, Jaco, Kristyn_Art, Kusabii

You've set off on a voyage to Snoutsville and the world is before you! Explore the area, embark on quests, or make your own adventures! Level up unique and innovative skills and experiment to find the best training methods. Collect and create cool items! You can do anything when you are a cow!

After the Janazah (WIN/MAC) by cocoon

The Adhan is calling - it's time to visit your Baba. A 5 minute interactive fiction set at an Islamic funeral. Written with the constraint of 500 words.

Slot Waste (WIN) by Vinny Roca (pickpanpuck)

Slot Waste is a 3D first-person simulation of a mysterious factory production line. In this episode-length art game, navigate linearly through a series of 10 mini-games and discover what actions will move the production process forward. Complete each sequence and be rewarded with detailed real-time animations that connect each stage.

Alongside grotesque creatures and strange machines, take on your role as the spirit of the factory and bring the production process to completion…but will it really ever end…?

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In Sun-Drenched Gardens (WIN/MAC/Linux) by Emma dumplingsquid and Carrie Z.

A narrative maze. Lost in Her Sun-Drenched Majesty’s verdant and terrible gardens, with only the dubious guidance of flowers, a sole reveler seeks to escape. In a crowded train car, two strangers meet, talk a while, and then part.

*BONUS*Electric Zine Maker (WIN/MAC) by alienmelon

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(interested in these games by find the price too high or just unappealing? follow the link's to each dev's page where the games are often cheaper (if not free). while it's nice when people get paid, the games being played is the most important part (you can also just pay individual dev if you want and should))