Just a quick update on Cthulhu Saves the World – we’re approaching the finish line! Bill is working on the final dungeon and I’m working on monster stats & abilities. We were planning an October release, however it turns out that there are already 3 big RPG releases on the XBox 360 in October – Fallout: New Vegas (10/19), Costume Quest (10/20), and Fable III (10/26). That’s quite a bit more competition than we would like to go up against as a small indie group so we’re probably going to push the game’s release to November so that we aren’t overshadowed by the other releases (November is pretty dry for RPGs outside of another Ys game on the PSP). Plus this gives us a little extra time to polish things up and make sure there aren’t any bugs.
In other XBox Live Indie Game news, radiangames Crossfire’s price has dropped to 80 MS points. At 240 points, it was one of my favorite games on the service so now it’s definitely worth it.
Also, there are a couple of new XBLIGs that are worth checking out. The first is Explosionade from Mommy’s Best Games. It’s a 2D score-oriented mech shooter. Past games from MBG include Shoot 1Up and Weapon of Choice so their background alone should be enough to convince you that you need to check it out.
Second, Coral’s Curse is quite the interesting game. It’s a 2D exploration game like Metroid & the DS Castlevanias, however there’s one big twist – your main character has been turned into a half-snake monster. This results in some rather interesting gameplay where you control your front half with one analog stick and your tail with the other.
