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Indiepocalypse: A Monthly Digital Collection of Indie Games

publication · 2026-04-27

Andrew 'PIZZAPRANKS' Baillie created Indiepocalypse, a monthly digital zine and game bundle that curates short, strange indie games overlooked by mainstream media and retail. Since February 2020, Baillie has published at least 354 games, commissioned 26, and produced a special issue with Latvian indie comics publisher kuš!. Each month, up to eight developers are selected via open call, with at least one chosen by Baillie to ensure stylistic variety. The bundle includes a PDF zine and Electric Zine Maker software by Nathalie Lawhead. The November 2022 issue (#34), sponsored by game criticism project Ranged Touch, features a horror game about sexual violence in entertainment, a two-player reinterpretation of The Legend of Zelda, an automated assembly line simulator, interactive stories, a stereogram platformer, a multimedia interactive magazine, and two tabletop RPG rule sets, plus the commissioned game Sylvie Lime by Love ♥ Game. Bundles cost $15 on itch.io.

Key facts

  • Indiepocalypse is a monthly digital collection of indie games created by Andrew 'PIZZAPRANKS' Baillie.
  • Since February 2020, Baillie has published at least 354 games and commissioned 26.
  • Each month includes an open call for up to eight developers, plus at least one chosen by Baillie.
  • The bundle includes a PDF zine and Electric Zine Maker by Nathalie Lawhead.
  • A special issue was made with Latvian indie comics publisher kuš!.
  • November 2022 issue (#34) was sponsored by Ranged Touch.
  • Issue #34 includes 11 works: horror game, Zelda reinterpretation, assembly line simulator, interactive stories, stereogram platformer, multimedia magazine, two tabletop RPGs, and commissioned game Sylvie Lime.
  • Bundles are available for $15 on itch.io.
  • Baillie refuses to give Indiepocalypse a consistent logo or title style to avoid defining a single aesthetic.
  • Some developers report that Indiepocalypse earnings constitute most or all of their game revenue.

Entities

Artists

  • Andrew 'PIZZAPRANKS' Baillie
  • Nathalie Lawhead
  • Love ♥ Game (Sylvie & Aria)

Institutions

  • Indiepocalypse
  • kuš!
  • Ranged Touch
  • itch.io
  • Nintendo
  • Factory Hiro
  • belbeeno
  • Stanley W. Baxton
  • Artribune
  • Gravure
  • FISAR

Locations

  • Latvia

Sources