I just stumbled upon this interesting project on Kickstarter - which has 5 more days to go. Wizardry-style gameplay combined with adventure game elements (the dev mentions Shadowgate as another inspiration). This is a one-man project with a very cool pen & ink hand-drawn art style. Might be of interest to some here!
Paper Sorcerer - on Kickstarter
In the developer's words:
A screenshot:
Paper Sorcerer - on Kickstarter
In the developer's words:
Paper Sorcerer is a first-person turn-based RPG with adventure game elements inspired by Wizardry, Dungeons and Dragons, and Shadowgate.
- Play as a renegade sorcerer as he struggles to escape the book prison and regain his powers.
- Escape a magical prison filled with heroes hunting you down at every turn.
- Strategy over grinding battles, with a charge based spell system.
- Create a party of summons to join you as allies in battle.
- Discover open-ended puzzles and solve them with a combinations of spells, items, and your wits.
- Hand-drawn high-resolution sprites inspired by the work of late eighteenth and early nineteenth century illustrators like Aubrey Beardsley and William Bradley.
- DRM-free for PC, Mac, iPhone, iPad, Android, and possibly Xbox Live Indie Arcade and web-browser.
- All-inclusive game, promise to never make you pay for DLC content.
A screenshot: