Category: Indie Games News
It’s time for a new episode! Say hello to Ignacio Trelles, CEO and Co-Founder of Sarnayer Studio which is developing ‘Dying Breed’ – a new isometric pixel art RTS game with retro futuristic vibes! Tune in and enjoy! The interview starts at minute 18:51Listen to it at: https://scene.world/dyingbreed watch it at:
In this episode, we talk to Alex Brown, coder in the team that is creating the brawler “Metro Siege”, the first of its kind which works on a vanilla Amiga500 and includes multiplayer online crossplay (Amiga, web browser, Steam PC). We talk to him about the technical finesse and firsts the game is putting its toes in, while being a…
PunyInform is a tool for writing text adventures for 8-bit computers and newer computers alike. If you have already installed PunyInform and gone through the PunyInform Coding 1 tutorial, the time has come to learn more about objects and actions. This tutorial goes through the different parts of a simple game where there are two puzzles to be solved, you can score…
PunyInform is a tool for writing text adventures for 8-bit computers and newer computers alike. If you have already installed PunyInform, it’s time to start coding your first game. This tutorial will walk you through the first steps of writing a text adventure using PunyInform. The complete source code of the example game can be downloaded from this folder. I…
We’re back with a new episode of our podcast and this time we welcome Francisco Gonzáles from Grundislav Games. They are known for indie adventure games like Lamplight City, Shardlight or A Golden Wake + Ben Jordan. Currently Francisco is working on his new game ‘Rosewater’ and we’re happy to get some insights. Enjoy! Interview starts at 13:05 minutes! Listen…
Following the success of Zeta Wing, Sarah Jane Avory has just released a second game in the series! Zeta Wing 2 is a fun vertical shoot-em-up for the Commodore 64, sequel to Zeta Wing, itself the winner of both the RGN Gamers’ Choice Award 2020 for the Commodore 64, and Indie Retro News Budget Game Of The Year 2020. Story:…
Logiker’s Vintage Computing Christmas Challenge 2022 had more than 200 entries, which is a staggering number, and we can say the challenge was a success! Logiker has now posted a YouTube video/slide show displaying not only the results (which should be the same on all of them, of course!), but also the code that generated it. There are some very…
Following the usual end-beginning-of-the-year articles or videos showing the best of 2022, The Game Beaters YouTube channel has published a very informative video about the best NES Homebrew games of 2022. The video is a curated list of the best 10 NES games out of almost 100 games, demos and proof of concept releases for the Nintendo Entertainment System released…
The last day of 2022 brought a massive update for the excellent (and beautiful) emulator Retro Virtual Machine. Known for its exquisite interface and great emulation experience, RVM was already my to-go emulator for the Amstrad CPC and ZX Spectrum. With the release of version 2.1, I can also use it to run MSX programs and games for the Colecovision,…
The Commodore 64, as one of the most popular computers of all time, is never short of great games released every year, and 2022 was no exception. To help celebrate the C64 retro gaming scene, Retro Gamer Nation has posted a video with the results of the C64 Gamers’ Choice Award 2022. The best games were picked by an exceptional…
