ISSUE #62

Cover - Nahla Hambazaza

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

Verses (WIN/MAC/Linux) by Kit Riemer

In Verses, you play as Eca: a data analyst working in a laboratory on the coast of far-future Romania. The land around you is grey and dead, the residents sickened and mutated by the poisonous soil or swept up into endless war.

But your job is not to save the world — rather to understand it, digging deeply into the meaning of objects, organisms, and poems. Keep your mind clear and open. Be a conduit. Stay hungry.

cybeRRRevolution (WIN/MAC) by Brujeria @ Werk

cybeRRRevolution (cyber-R-revolution) is an action-adventure game about talking with monsters, piloting godly mechas, and taking down bandits to secure a prosperous future for a nation in a post-war reality. Play as Sepsis, Rebel, or Barrett, each working toward a common goal of Recovery, Reconnection, and Rebuild.

Unusual Farm Operations (WIN) by skooka

You are an alien in a UFO above a remote farm. Scan animals, collect samples, and find knickknacks.

Charmolypi (WIN) by Creatalsoftware

After a young and mysterious girl named Castranom arrives at a small hut near a lake occupied by recluse Afeil, the two begin a friendship and find solace in each other. As Castranom learns to fish at the lake, watch as the two grow closer and their own past come to light in a short little fishing game.

DEMIAN (WIN/MAC/Linux) by zigzadig

Sinclair is torn between a monochromatic understanding of the world of childhood and the ambiguity of adulthood. As Emil dives deeper, he’s caught in a swirling journey where dreams and desire are indistinguishable from reality.

Emil Sinclair’s path is lined with bizarre encounters. Maybe a strange boy with a mouth full of biblical riddles can help him find his way.

A pointandclick/visual novel game.

Ommatophilia (WIN/MAC/Linux/Browser) by Mala

Ommatophilia is a surreal RPGmaker horror game. It draws inspiration from classics like Mad Father and OFF, as well as newer titles such as 8:11 and re:curse. It is about motherhood, friendship, and the impermanence of stasis.

You play as Angel Cakes. Your friend is leaving soon. Life isn’t great, but you do your best to navigate through it.  There's nothing in life more important to you than your friendships, even if it seems like everyone is evolving without you.

Wonscotonach (WIN) by Len Predko

The sound of dripping water echos around you, but you aren't alone in the dark. Caught in a recurring moment, you need to find a way to escape- or help

How are you feeling? (WIN/MAC/Linux/Browser) by Razi Rupert???

Let’s say theoretically:

your pals Pa has been misgendering you
when you’re not there.
And this really well bothers you, ya know tHeOrETIcally..  uh, how one supposed to respond to that? I mean, it's not like you're gonna change his mind??
Right??

something strange has come over god's country tonight (WIN) by Laura Swanton

surreal horror game about feelings of repressed queerness, and navigating queerphobic surroundings and infrastructures.

*NEWLY COMMISSIONED FOR INDIEPOCALYPSE*

YOUNGSIN FLESHDYNAMICS (WIN) by ZIK

Discover a game riddled with unknown language. Experience deranged, 'house-crawler' arcade experience vaguely inspired by ancient horrour games like Biohazard and Silent Hill.

Translator not included!

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

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DISCORD

(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))