1. 📰 Chrono Trigger To Celebrate 30th Anniversary With “Various Projects” (direct link) (👍38 👎0)

from World of JRPG’s (!jrpg@lemmy.zip)

Chrono Trigger To Celebrate 30th Anniversary With “Various Projects”

I’ve been thinking about various options based on Square Enix’s history with previous games. A port of the Steam version would come across as kinda lazy, but it would still be acceptable. A HD version like Romancing SaGa 2 and 3 where they keep the pixel characters but HD-ify the backgrounds wouldn’t feel right. 🖋️🤖

Posted by tamlyn

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2. 📰 Remember those ‘choose your own adventure’ fantasy books? Well, now they’re coming back in this delightfully chonky e-ink console (direct link) (👍25 👎0)

from Gamebooks / Choose Your Own Adventure / Fighting Fantasy (!gamebooks@feddit.uk)

Remember those ‘choose your own adventure’ fantasy books? Well, now they’re coming back in this delightfully chonky e-ink console

Ink Console is a bespoke e-ink handheld device for reading and gaming. Inspired by his son’s lack of interest in reading, Daniel Pucha decided to develop his own handheld device. The 7.5-inch screen has a resolution of 800 x 480, and the device should come with a 5,000 mAh rechargeable battery. 🖋️🤖

Posted by Emperor

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3. 🎦 Power Network Tycoon - solo developer project by a power engineer (direct link) (👍24 👎0)

from Tycoon Games (!tycoon@lemmy.world)

David Made This (@DavidMadeThis@mastodon.social)

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Hello Mastodon! I’m a power engineer who is trying out solo game development and on the way to release Power Network Tycoon - a game where you build and manage your own electrical grid with real physics simulation.

If you’ve ever wondered how power systems actually work (or why they fail), this might be your jam. I built it to be technically accurate while still being fun. To say it’s been a challenge is an understatement

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2429930/Power_Network_Tycoon/

#GameDev #IndieGame #Simulation #Gaming #Energy

Posted by cabbage

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4. 📰 Dark Seed is now ready for public testing in ScummVM (direct link) (👍14 👎0)

from Adventure / Point-and-Click / Narrative Games (!adventuregames@lemm.ee)

ScummVM :: Latest Developments :: A dark seed has been planted

Dark Seed, a 90’s point-and-click horror game from the mind of H.R. Giger, is now ready for public testing! In the game you play the role of Mike Dawson, who just moved to a beautiful solitary mansion to pursue his dream of becoming a writer. You’ll…

Posted by Die4Ever

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5. 📰 [WR] Deus Ex Randomizer glitchless Hard by Nitram in 1h15m27.5s (direct link) (👍9 👎0)

from Speedrun video games (!speedrun@sh.itjust.works)

Posted by Die4Ever

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6. 💬 Lemmy FGC folks, sound off! What games do you play? Why do you love them? (direct link) (👍9 👎0)

from Fighting Game Community (!fgc@lemmy.world)

I vented about content being elsewhere but decided to be the change. What games do you play? I love Street Fighter, especially SF6, even as a diamond-rated scrub. :D 🖍🤖

Posted by vithigar

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7. 📰 SCS On The Road: Mark’s Trucking Trip (direct link) (👍5 👎0)

from Truck Simulators (!trucksim@lemmy.world)

SCS On The Road: Mark’s Trucking Trip

SCS Software’s official blog - information, screens & movies from our truck simulator games Euro Truck Simulator 2 and American Truck Simulator.

Posted by scs_news_bot

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8. 📰 Dragonkin: The Banished Demo is Out Now (direct link) (👍3 👎0)

from ARPG’s: Diablo/PoE/Last Epoch (!arpg@lemmy.ml)

Save 20% on Dragonkin: The Banished on Steam

Dragonkin: The Banished will be in Early Access for 7 to 10 months. The game will be priced differently during and after Early Access. There will be a difference in price between the version launched in. Early Access on 6 March 2025 and the final version. There is no release date for the full version yet. 🖋️🤖

Posted by raptir

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Inactive communities 👻

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• JRPG
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• Strategy Games♟️| RTS, 4X and Grand Strategy
  • A community for all things strategy gaming. We love RTS games (like Supreme Commander, Age of Empires and Company of Heroes), 4X games (like Civilization and Age of Wonders) and Grand Strategy games (like Stellaris, Europa Universalis and Hearts of Iron). Join us to talk about them, organise games, post gameplay footage, and more!
• Strategy Games
  • Discuss Grand Strategy, 4X, Real Time, and Turn Based strategy games here! Including, but not limited to Civ, Europa Universalis, Crusader Kings, Victoria, Hearts of Iron, Imperator, Stellaris, Age of Empires, Old World, Colonization, and many many others.
• Interactive Fiction
  • The community for interactive fiction and text games on Lemmy.
• Computer RPGs
  • Community for CRPGs (be it on PCs, Mac, consoles, etc).
• Real Time Strategy
  • For discussions about all RTS games. Everyone is welcome, Starcraft, Starcraft 2, Stormgate etc
• Real Time Strategy, The RTS HQ
  • Welcome back, commander. Good welcome, soldiers.
• Turn Based Strategy
  • A place to discuss turn based strategy games. Tactical game discussion also welcome.
• Life Simulation Games
  • A community for fans of life simulation games, including the Sims series and the upcoming Paralives and Life by You.

Here is a popular post from one of the inactive communities. 🪦♻️

📰 Every Age of Empires Game Ranked, From Worst To Best (direct link), posted in Real Time Strategy, The RTS HQ (👍6 👎0)

Every Age of Empires Game Ranked, From Worst To Best – Strategy and Wargaming

Posted by Zagorath

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