Here are twenty interesting and creative #IndieGames that we saw at #YokohamaGameDungeon on August 27th! Please check out these games and developers, and let us know what we missed!

https://indietsushin.net/posts/2023-09-06-Pickup-Yokohama-Game-Dungeon

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OKAY, so, I have been slacking off on #IndieTsushin stuff and especially the #YokohamaGameDungeon writeup. I am very sorry!

To make up for it, I am going to toot out some of the games that we checked out after the event! LET'S GOOOOOOO

We had the opportunity to speak with Narufumi Iwasaki about making #NarrativeGames and organizing indie game events like Indie Game Moku Moku Kai, #TokyoGameDungeon and this Sunday's #YokohamaGameDungeon!

https://indietsushin.net/posts/2023-08-22-Interview-with-Narufumi-Iwasaki

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Also in case you missed it, @squimmy previously wrote about Enjoy the Diner (at that time known only as its original Japanese title ファミレスを享受せよ). We also interviewed Oississui about making that and other games!

https://indietsushin.net/posts/2023-04-16-Famiresu-wo-Kyojuseyo

https://indietsushin.net/posts/2023-04-17-Interview-with-Oississui

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We had the pleasure of speaking with chart about translating Toby Fox's Secret Base interviews and handling the English localization of the fantastically surreal #AdventureGame, Enjoy the Diner!

https://indietsushin.net/posts/2023-08-11-Interview-with-chart

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🏖️ It's the #IndieTsushin summer update! We hope you're staying safe this July and playing some cool new games! I know that we have been enjoying our time off diving back into our games library. This is going to be a pretty short update this month since there is no issue. We'll be back in full swing next week bringing you more #IndieGames from #Japan for our 2023 August issue!

We're coming up to the end of our month-long vacation, and wanted to check in with another rerun! This time it's UCHU MEGA FIGHT by uchuzine! A spiritual successor to the Famicom's Joy Mecha Fight, this PICO-8 fighter with its unique Joy and Choy modes has a fierce and devoted fanbase for good reason! Play it for free in your browser!

https://indietsushin.net/posts/2023-02-16-UCHU-MEGA-FIGHT?utm_source=cohost&utm_medium=iframely

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These two articles first appeared in our 2022 December issue. Check it out for more Japanese indie games and developer interviews!

https://nicegeargames.itch.io/indie-tsushin-2022-december

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Daikon and I are still on vacation, so let's do a rerun! First up is **Shadow Break** and **Super Shadow Break** by bunaguchi, published in our very first issue! What if the paddle in Breakout was a ninja with cool abilities, and levels were broken up with huge boss fights? That's Shadow Break! The original is available for free, and the sequel is available on Nintendo Switch!

https://indietsushin.net/posts/2022-12-09-Shadow-Break-and-Super-Shadow-Break

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And the link to all the #IndieTsushin issues just in case I haven't been spamming that enough lately!!

https://itch.io/c/2079506/-indie-tsushin

Hope you're having a great July so far 🏖️

Announcing the release of the 2023 June-July #zine issue compiling articles from the インディー通信 #IndieTsushin blog! Join us in celebrating these #IndieGames from #Japan!

https://nicegeargames.itch.io/indie-tsushin-2023-june-july

The zine is viewable in browser and available for download in PDF, ePub, and MOBI. It is also PWYW so anyone can read it!

This issue contains:

Wrote about finding lonely companionship with HER TREES, an unusual escape room game by stone! It's an atmospheric game with some cool visuals, great tactile puzzles, and a robust hint system if you get stuck. Play it in your browser on itch!

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We've got another doubleheader for you today! Daikon wrote about the tense 1v1 digital and analog hybrid, BATTING CARDGAME! Let the record show that I almost always beat him! And we also have an interview with Studio Shimazu, who not only makes games but also runs gamedev courses, hosts an online salon for other developers to learn from each other, and runs monthly game jams!

https://indietsushin.net/posts/2023-06-27-BATTING-CARDGAME

https://indietsushin.net/posts/2023-06-27-Interview-with-Studio-Shimazu

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Two articles for the price of one! Daikon wrote about Invercity, a game that quite literally asks you to flip your perspective back to being like a kid again, and an interview with the developer, Marudice!

https://indietsushin.net/posts/2023-06-26-Invercity

https://indietsushin.net/posts/2023-06-26-Interview-with-Marudice

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Another double header! Daikon wrote about TANITANI WIZARD, a fantasy-themed bullet hell game where you gather up a party of adorable tanishi snails, and an interview with the developer, SparkWing! We talked about game jams and how their constraints help foster creativity, retro games and pixel art, and how sometimes it's just fun to destroy everything on the screen.

https://indietsushin.net/posts/2023-06-25-TANITANI-WIZARD

https://indietsushin.net/posts/2023-06-25-Interview-with-SparkWing

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Sorry for the huge delay in updates! I'm working through all the backlog and trying to get stuff as quick as I can. We've got a game profile by Daikon of El Panadero, an action game starring a baker fighting vegetable aliens! Not only that, but we have an interview with its developer, Sketchy Ceviche!

https://indietsushin.net/posts/2023-06-19-El-Panadero

https://indietsushin.net/posts/2023-06-19-Interview-with-Sketchy-Ceviche

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Help us decide on a name for Adele's friend! Adele, as you may already know, is the light-purple nonbinary penguin mascot of #IndieTsushin. They are sometimes seen with their dark-purple buddy. What should they be called? If we can settle on a name, they are more likely to show up in Daikon's artwork!!

Adele is the one on the right, their buddy is on the left.

Announcing the release of the 2023 May #zine issue compiling articles from the インディー通信 #IndieTsushin blog, celebrating and introducing #IndieGames from #Japan!

https://nicegeargames.itch.io/indie-tsushin-2023-may

The zine is viewable in browser and available for download in PDF, ePub, and MOBI. It is also PWYW so anyone can read it!

This issue contains:

Wrote about Neko Can Dream, a gorgeous and surreal Game Boy-styled adventure game made by Nekobungi Sumire. Dive into people's dreams and figure out how to turn them into canned dreams. It's a haunting and strange story, and one that I really hope more people check out.

https://indietsushin.net/posts/2023-05-24-Neko-Can-Dream

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この度、「彼は私の中の少女を犯し尽くした」の作者、 @taylormccue さんと、そのゲームの日本語訳をなさった @fuglekongerige さんへインタビューさせていただきました。この記事は英語も日本語もありますので、ぜひ読んでプレイしてみてください！

https://indietsushin.net/posts/2023-05-21-Taylor-McCue-Fuglekongerige-HFTGOOM-jp

https://indietsushin.net/posts/2023-05-21-Taylor-McCue-Fuglekongerige-HFTGOOM-en

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