Fallout: Equestria RPG

 So far progress on the Fallout: Equestria RPG is mainly restricted to engine work. It's not the most exciting stuff for the average gamer, true, but at least it is better than the horror of absolute silence, resulting in fears that yet another one bites the dust. This update shows the level editor in action, which should be at least somewhat interesting for the modding community and especially the Fallout:Equestria subfandom, who shall finally be given the tools to adapt their favorite Fo:E fanfics into playable epics. That is, unless all their 3D modelers suddenly die on them or something.

 Now, the main thing holding back this project is that, in a surprising reversal of what most would expect, the developer has the project working on Linux alright but is having trouble compiling it on Windows.

Crazy Pony

(Bitbucket repo)

Starswirl Academy

 About time they released a trailer for Starswirl Academy, and it has everything you might expect. Humanized ponies in schoolgirl outfits, pretty backgrounds, synthesized music, etc. Now about that protagonist...it's probably for the better if I don't say that much about him, although I'm honestly not all that surprised. At least this is almost guaranteed to turn out better than, ahem, that other pony visual novel did.

I would write more, but things are kinda hectic around here; the boiler room flooded while the cat was taking a dump in it. Needless to say, she got more of a shock than you will when you discover the main character's identity.

Revenants of Chaos

 If this trailer is anything to go by, I'd say that Revenants of Chaos captures Rainbow Dash's speed quite well its gameplay, which is uncommon for most platformers with her as a playable character. Ideally, Rainbow Dash shouldn't be content with simply trotting everywhere, but feel free to break out into a run or take to the skies. This isn't always possible, of course, but this project seems to pull it off quite splendidly, partially helped by an original soundtrack by DasDeer. Thing is, right now they could use some level designers, preferably ones who have tried their hands at Mario or Sonic-style levels in the past. If you'd be interested in helping them out, you could send their leader an email at okamikurainya@gmail.com or message them at their #Project-Dash deviantART page.

Of course, this comes a day after I lament the lack of Rainbow Dash platformers which actually let her fly. Figures.

Equestria Adventure

(Download)

 For various reasons, pegasi in most fangames seem entirely unable to fly. Why is this? It would entirely ruin a platforming game if they could do so, obviously, but no satisfactory in-universe explanation has been produced yet. Equestria Adventure's Ponychan thread makes efforts to solve this conundrum by saying that it takes place in an alternate universe where pegasi cannot fly, but if that were the case then why would they even bother growing wings in the first place? Maybe pegasi are the new penguins or something, I dunno. At least she can still, you know, go fast and all of that stuff, which makes this demo somewhat worthwhile while it lasts.

Speaking of penguins...

Trosh: The Movie: The Game

Ponu News (iOS)

(Android)

 Unfortunately our mobile site still sucks, which is bad news for those 4% of our readers who visit Equestria Gaming with their iOS devices. Android users already had a better way of viewing the site in the form of Ponu News, a little news app that has just recently found its way onto the iPhone (yes, it should also work on your iPads and iPod Touches). Eventually we would like to rewrite our site's interface to be more mobile-friendly, of course, but in the meantime Ponu News should serve all of you mobile users just fine.

 In the meantime, Windows Phone users continue to be left out, but they're quite the minority here. As in, there are more people visiting from their PlayStation 3s and BSD machines than folks with Windows Phones.

Starswirl Academy

Nightfall

(Download)

 Yep, Silly Mare Games has released yet another beta for their upcoming Nightfall project, and it comes with plenty of improvements such as an inventory system, along with a compass to prevent the player from getting lost while exploring the world. Of course, there are also a decent amount of balance upgrades to further polish the experience before release, along with some new night stages and whatnot for those who breezed through the original beta.

I would write more, but I'm rather tired so I'll just copy & paste the changelog below the break. Goodnight, and enjoy the game!

Zapple Hill

 Every once in a while /mlp/ manages to surprise us all with something unexpected, such as a fangame. No, it's not a dirty mess of overused memes and shock pics: Zapple Hill is probably the most entertaining fangame that I've played in quite a while (which isn't saying all that much, given that there hasn't been much over the past few months), and with a few tweaks it could become a great time waster. Hopefully the creator will give us permission to include it on the Arcade... Edit: he did.

 So much for Ponychan's /collab/ board being the next big thing for fangame developers. The place practically feels like a graveyard these days.

MLP RPG 2

Rainbow Dash Pony Disaster