Witch Ring Meister – Finished! It was fun

Witch Ring Meister is yet another simulation game from inutoneko, the Japanese indie developer I’ve been following for years. My last post was about Soul Smith of the Kingdom, another of their games. Normally I like to let time pass between games in the same series/genre. Unfortunately I’m going through a gaming rut right now […]

Soul Smith of the Kingdom – Helps pass the time

Soul Smith of the Kingdom / 王国のソウルスミス is a training/management simulation game by inutoneko, a Japanese indie game circle I’ve been following for years. Last time I played one of their games, I mentioned that they had started releasing games in English on Steam. I had heard the quality wasn’t the best, but I thought […]

Ocean Lunch Antique – Same old, but I can’t stop playing

Ocean Lunch Antique is another simulation game from inutoneko, a Japanese indie game I’ve been sort-of following for years. Their games used to be Japanese only, but now you can find their more recent games on Steam with poor but readable translations. Worth a try if you like simple but hopelessly addictive games. Having said […]

Moonlight Basket – Too many limitations, and yet…

Moonlight Basket is a trading simulation game from inutoneko, an indie game company whose library I have been steadily working through for the past couple of years. Tico, the mean and lazy alchemist from Lemuore no Renkinjutsushi, is still up to her no-good profligate ways and now has to resort to trading goods from town […]

Oukoku Shoutengai – Being a mayor is more boring than I’d thought.

Oukoku Shoutengai is a 2010 simulation game made by Japanese indie developers inutoneko. I’ve had a blast playing their earlier games and was really looking forward to this one, but it wasn’t quite what I was hoping for. A marathon 5 hour session yesterday was enough for me. I’ll explain why in a second, but […]