Retro Game Aliens

Devlog

• About publishing this game
  September 10, 2021 by qbert

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  As officially announced in the September 16, 2021 issue of Weekly Famitsu (on sale September 2, 2021), the visual novel Retro Game Alien will be one of the first titles to be released under indie game... Continue reading

  
• Our team participates as a core member of "asobu"
  September 18, 2020 by qbert#asobu, #japan

  " asobu " officially launched on September 15, 2020 as a community hub for indie games in Japan(tip: asobu means "play" or "enjoy" in Japanese). This is an organization that is different from platform... Continue reading

  
• A retro game I played in my mind at 1980s
  September 03, 2020 by qbert#8-bit, #Adventure game, #narrative, #Japan, #Visual Novel, #retro game, #History

  Middle-aged reporters were also young a few decades ago. In the 1980s when I was young, the Japanese game industry was vibrant. In the meantime, I spent a lot of time playing arcade and console games... Continue reading

  
• Manga about Gamers: Part 1
  August 29, 2020 by qbert#manga, #gamer

  Drawing : doromizu89 Original article : https://www.fanbox.cc/@qbert/posts/1348405 This is a 8-panel manga of a strange interaction between the circle's mascot character " qi " and quirky gamers. We'... Continue reading

  
• Why do middle-aged reporters make niche video games individually?
  August 20, 2020 by qbert

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  #Adventure game, #History, #Visual Novel, #narrative, #retro game, #Japan

  I'm 49 years old born in 1971, but I make indie games as a hobby. There is no law in Japan that 49 years old must not make indie games (probably in most countries around the world). However, game deve... Continue reading

  
• Game engine for Visual Novels
  July 31, 2020 by qbert#Visual Novel, #Adventure game, #Tyranoscript, #Tyranobuilder, #Game engine

  " Retro Game Aliens " is developed using " Tyrano Script "(as a reminder, this is not a misspelling!). Tyrano Script is a free game engine developed by a Japanese freelance engineer. It is not suitabl... Continue reading

  
• Game development by freelance reporters
  July 22, 2020 by qbert#8-bit, #interview, #Adventure game, #Visual Novel, #narrative, #History

  I'm an indie game developer and a freelance reporter on game media. The knowledge I gained in my main business is the motive for game development and the game concept itself. However, the main busines... Continue reading

  
• Reproduce the graphics of a retro PC
  July 12, 2020 by qbert#Visual Novel, #Adventure game, #8-bit, #narrative, #retro game

  The three "in-game games" included in Retro Game Aliens is developed in the early 1980s as Newly developed titles that are heavily influenced by the PC adventure games that have been released. Any o... Continue reading

  
• The story of Gamers
  July 06, 2020 by qbert#Adventure game, #narrative, #retro game, #198X, #Back in 1995, #Double Dodgers, #Game Room

  "Retro Game Aliens" includes three adventure games as "in-game games". The player plays them in the position of the protagonist of the work. If I'm a pure retro game fan, I'll be honestly releasing... Continue reading

  
• Playing Retro Games in Visual Novels
  June 28, 2020 by qbert#retro game, #Visual Novel, #Adventure game, #narrative

  The game genre in "Retro Game Aliens" is a Visual Novel . It's a casual and interactive style of storytelling with graphics and sound. A large part of the gameplay will be spent on mouse clicks to bri... Continue reading

  
• Ttrial version at "Bit Summit Gaiden"
  June 26, 2020 by qbert#BitSummit, #Trial

  We are exhibiting a trial version of this game at the indie game online event "BitSummit Gaiden" that will be held from June 27 to 28, 2020. (That's exactly the build we're currently delivering on itc... Continue reading