ISSUE #63

Cover - Maisie (bluesky) & Alex (twitter, bluesky)

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

impermanence (WIN/MAC/Linux/Browser) by john domenico calvelli

two strangers in analogous situations meet on a bench and attempt to find solace in each other.

The Deluge (WIN/MAC/Linux) by Lionstooth

A Twine exploration game about the physical and emotional landscape of your flooding hometown and your attempts to get the hell out.

I Dreamt of Something Lost (WIN) by bodypoetic

A story about data, grief, and memory. You take control of Jules as they sit down to their desktop computer and discover a new message from their ex-girlfriend - who died a year ago to the day.

As Hermit Crabs Do (WIN/MAC(?)/Linux(?)) by ghostsnwitches

As Hermit Crabs Do is a post-apocalyptic game set in a greenhouse about taking a picture at the end of the world.

It's the end of the world and you're stuck in a greenhouse. You've seen these pictures over and over. You've only got space for one more. Walk around, contemplate, and take the shot whenever you're ready.

The Wizard Party (WIN) by nobones // jack

The Wizard Party is a surreal point and click conversational adventure with physics based puzzles!

You awake, accidentally trapped in a surreal world because a bunch of wizards are having a party in the dream realm. Chat to peculiar and delightful characters, mix ideas to solve puzzles, and explore the dream realm as you try to free your soul by finding the host of, The Wizard Party!

    Meet 35+ absurd animated characters! 🍄

    Ask them about 50+ thoughts! 💭

    'ideas' interact to make new ones! 💡

    Secret rooms and ending! 🔮

    It's short, surreal and sweet! 🍬

So I bought a little chainsaw (WIN/MAC/Linux) by Akz Fraktur

So I bought a little chainsaw is an Interactive Fiction game featuring reviews for a little, cursed chainsaw. Will the small decisions you make change the fate of the world?

Archive Fever (WIN/MAC) by Harper Shen

A meditative digital photo album where you archive a variety of photographs, from an image of the archive room at Terezín to a photo of my childhood friend, Wang Zi Zheng, with whom I lost contact long ago.

Sarpedon (WIN) by Colby Bird

You have arrived at Sarpedon, a surreal island at the edge of the known world. Armed only with a bag, a sword, and your wits, you must continue your task as given:

REACH THE ISLAND

SLAY THE BEAST

RETURN WITH HER HEAD

While the island may be cloaked in an isolating fog, you certainly aren't alone. The colorful cast of characters scattered around the island anticipate your arrival, some more anxiously than others. What will they be to you, friend or foe? What will you be to them? Explore the island, discover its inhabitants, and craft your story in Sarpedon, a solo dev's love letter to their favorite myth.

The Moon Tower: Collect! (WIN/Linux/Web) by Brennen

Collect lost spirits across the surreal depths of Steve’s Mind as he approaches THE MOON TOWER

*NEWLY COMMISSIONED FOR INDIEPOCALYPSE*

The Candy Jar On My Desk Is Empty Again (Browser) by More Teeth, Please

The candy jar on my desk is empty again, and that means something horrible is coming for me. A short interactive fiction game with a confusing metaphor and 20 endings.

*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))