Indie Tsushin: 2024 May-June Issue

This is the 2024 May-June zine issue compiling articles from the インディー通信 Indie Tsushin blog, a handmade site celebrating and introducing indie and doujin games from Japan!

This issue contains:

• 👑 Pickup! Tokyo Game Dungeon 5
• 🌟 Developer Spotlight: kazu and Shibo
• 🎮 Witching Stone
• 🎮 Five Years Old Memories
• 🎮 Rumia Throws!
• 🎤 Interview with kazu and Shibo
• 🎤 Interview with Alexander Taylor
• 🎤 Interview with Komitsu
• 🎤 Interview with Tosa Laboratory

The zine is viewable in browser (above) thanks to the HTML5 Reader for Electric Zine Maker by Jeremy Obuder, and available for download (below) in PDF, ePub, and MOBI formats. The ePub and MOBI files have a simplified layout, so those versions are recommended for screen readers and eReaders. We also have digital postcards (PDF and PNG) and the インタビュー特集 (Japanese interview edition, PDF) for download. Our zine is on a pay-what-you-want system so anyone can read it! We really hope that you will check it out!

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