All the SaGa games feel highly experimental, but one this one is a high water mark. And it's actually pretty fun too.
Each character type (humans, robots, monsters, mystics) level up with unique systems. Robots equip better gear. Monsters eat other monsters to evolve. Mystics take skills from foes.
RPG battle scene with pre-rendered graphics. Characters are fighting a cat girl.
Another game with a big influence on Fun Zone Omega (and every RPG I've made)...
SaGa Frontier on PlayStation 1!
It's got 3 games worth of weird subsystems mashed into one. No one told these designers no!
The setting RULES! I guess it's outer space but with wizards, kung fu guys, and vampires.
Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/3909230/...
Itch: willyelektrix.itch.io/fun-zone-omega
JRPG-style combat screen with pixel art graphics. A neanderthal, cyborg, crystal person, and skeleton fight monstrous platypuses and a rabbit.
Come to the FUN ZONE, baby!
FUN ZONE OMEGA, my MUTANT-FILLED RPG is out!
12 characters to choose! Cyborgs! Amoebas! Clowns! All the cool stuff.
A truly awful post-apocalyptic vacation resort to explore! You don't want to be here!
Crazy fun RPG systems!
LINKS IN COMMENTS. #indiegame #RPGmaker
I agree with you! It's nice to see the played-out Cthulhu Mythos interpreted in a fresh and effective way.
Thanks so much for playing my games! RPG Maker MZ this time!
The battles in Quester involve making resources (gunpowder, batteries, medicine) each turn, then spending them on different abilities. Meanwhile, managing aggro from the enemies is a MUST. It's plays like a sophisticated autobattler.
That's just one system. The rest of the game is just as creative.
Screenshot of an JRPG video game with retro-looking graphics.
Since my game (Fun Zone Omega) is coming out soon, I want to talk about a game that had a big influence on it...
QUESTER thousand-games.itch.io/quester
It's a Japanese post-apocalyptic RPG. I didn't copy anything in particular about it, but I admire its mash-up of unique, inventive systems.
Pixel art character sheet depicting Sunny the skeleton kid. Her game abilities are listed. She is a green skeleton in an aura of yellow fire.
Based on feedback from Fun Zone Omega demo, Sunny the skeleton kid seems to be a fav character. And why wouldn't she be?
Her plasma aura destroys anything she touches, but you shouldn't judge someone for that.
Fun Zone Omega on Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/3909230/...
#indiegame #rpgmaker
Pixel art of a humanoid in a gas mask and robe in front of a desolate landscape. There are yellow toxic waste barrels in the foreground. The logo says Fun Zone Omega.
Fun Zone Omega, my new RPG, is releasing this month!
Create a party from 12 eccentric mutants and explore the ruins of a vacation resort in the far future. Be an amoeba! Or a Neanderthal!
!PLEASE! Wishlist on Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/3909230/...
#indiegame #indiedev #RPGMaker #jrpg #crpg
Providing you with a simple and easy way to get into the world of alternative and art games, it's Indiepocalypse #74!
-10 curated games for $15!
-Zine!
-Newly commissioned game by @lucretiarage.bsky.social
-Cover by Vincy Lim (vincylim.ca)
pizzapranks.itch.io/indiepocalypse-74
Interior of a magazine. The page is open to an article that says, "Broke Signal Badlands"
Issue 16 of ChoiceBeat: The #VisualNovel and #InteractiveFiction Zine is now available IN PRINT!
www.lulu.com/shop/choiceb...
Imagine you're at the bus stop reading ChoiceBeat. You look over and someone else is reading THE SAME ZINE. Your eyes lock, and then maybe...
Thanks for reading!
Cover of ChoiceBeat: The Visual Novel and Interactive Fiction Zine. There is a screaming green claymation monster.
It's issue 16 of ChoiceBeat: The Visual Novel and Interactive Fiction zine!
In gaming zine terms, 16 issues makes us about 1,000 years old. Lots of wisdom here. 🧙♂️
choicebeat.wordpress.com/2026/03/02/c...
> Blippo+
> ChoiceScript games!
> Serial Experiment: Lain PSX game
> Videotome
> SO MUCH MORE
Also, I just noticed that one of the math mode equations is 8×43. Dang, that's hard. Lots of players are going to die. 😅
This music rules.
two cats wearing sunglasses and a guy and one character named Sandy is saying "This is not the time to play with balloons, Bob"
two people in a space station and a woman named Barbara saying "Don't take it the wrong way! She's a dancer, see! And you're an astronaut."
a cat with books looking surprised and 3 animals behind it with questions for "Imagine IF the game"
a rabbit and a mouse sitting at a table waiting for a pear
In this week's Indie Game Roundup blogpost I talk about a bunch of things that aren't Steam Next Fest
virtualmoose.org/2026/02/27/i...
An interactive fiction game with amazing photo graphics of real cats...
A scan of the box artwork for Sorcerian Forever, with a photo of painted figurines of an adventuring party gathered in a 3D model dungeon/ruin with a stone staircase curving up and around,, and the party of a kneeling bearded guy with a staff, an elven lass with purple hair and showing a bit of leg by a glowing light, another green haired elf with their hands cupped by the magical wand-light, and a tall armoured warrior with a greatsword over hiis shoulder. It's very much like something you'd see for a D&D diorama display.
Ten years later... The Legend is Reborn.
I loooove this figurine dungeon diorama box cover for Sorcerian Forever (1997), sequel to the original popular Japanese CRPG that was the fifth game of the Dragon Slayer series.
a pixel art switchboard
a picross board in progress of being filled
top down view of a table with monsters standing next to cards
top down vector graphics view of a luge doing down a slide
A new indie game roundup on my blog featuring a variety of stuff on Itch and Steam
virtualmoose.org/2026/02/20/i...
The background dancers are putting in max energy.
Did you know you can play the wacky psychological horror sitcom Laugh Track right now? It's true! It's free and the cops can't stop you (yet).
If you've already played it, tell a friend! We've got no marketing budget, so word of mouth helps a lot. store.steampowered.com/app/3765430/...
Zoo Keeper, Cameltry, and that annoying swinging balloon one are some favs.
I just launched ALL-CARDS on Kickstarter for Zine Quest!
- TTRPG style collaborative storytelling
- Light TCG battle mechanics
- Compatible with cards you already have lying around!
- Pokemon, Magic, Garbage Pail, Tarot, even ALF cards!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/dev...
I drew the tilesets in GIMP and assembled the maps in RPG Maker. Then I exported the maps out of RPG Maker as images and put them altogether in GIMP.
YES! As a kid, I would stare at those for... well, a few minutes, but it seemed like hours.
Because of that formative experience, I often make games where all the maps can be stitched together into a big picture.
Map of an island made from thousands of pixel art tiles. The logo in the corner says Fun Zone Omega.
YO! THIS IS OBJECTIVELY AMAZING. I made an ENORMOUS 400-screen map of all the areas in my game, Fun Zone Omega.
You can see the full-resolution version here: andihagen.wordpress.com/wp-content/u... It'll take a bit to load because it's 30,000 pixels wide! 😯
#rpgmaker #gamedev #indiegame #pixelart
The Ocean Welcomes You screenshot of a low res image of rocks at a beach at text saying "It was a fair-weathered day at Margato Manor."
Screenshot of it's easy and it gets easier of the front exterior of a house standing by itself
Second Hand Computer screenshot of text of a MUD-like rpg on an old computer monitor
to all the rocks that bear me screenshot of a first person view of someone on a bike and text saying "I never really know how to position myself here."
What if there was a website that regularly covered indie computer games outside of Steam, including experimental works and interactive fiction
virtualmoose.org/2026/02/01/i...
I played this at an event! It was great!
It's like a twin-stick shooter, but instead of shooting, you type words!
Apparently, all the words are real words, but you won't believe some of them. (Scrabble players, write these down.)
Plus HyperTyper is a great name for a game. #indiegames
Images of ~50 cartoonish pixel art monsters. The banner on top says Fun Zone Omega.
The whole time I've been making this game, I've been dreaming of putting this awesome monster chart together.
From my game, Fun Zone Omega: store.steampowered.com/app/3909230/...
#rpgmaker #pixelart #gameart #indiegame #indiedev
