'Three teenagers find a mysterious audio tape recording which turns out to be evidence of a murder. It’s the end of the world as they know it.' Check out '1997 RELOADED' on Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/4389350/... If you want your Summer to taste like the Nineties. #indiegame #indiedev #vn
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👾 Visual Novel Studio | Creators of 'Enhanced Comics'.🕹️ ✍️ "The exact opposite of corporate AI logic." 👓 📀 '1997 RELOADED' is our debut title 🌆 PLAY & LISTEN HERE ➡️ linktr.ee/gaigostudio
What if Grunge never happened? Step into an alternate history where the hits are "lost" and the crimes are real. It's retro. It's the '90s. But not the '90s you think you know. It's 1997 RELOADED. On Steam + itch.io. Coming soon on Mac App Store. #gamedev #indiegame www.youtube.com/watch?v=aCs5...
1997 RELOADED | It's the Nineties... (But not the ones you know) 📼
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"Wake me up to prove That dreams can come true But remind me that Reality is something else, False." – Andy Quinn (Alias/Insane) #indiedev #gamedev #indiegame #1997RELOADED #andyquinn #lyrics #song #dreams #90s #steam #alt-rock youtu.be/HZII-3oHmEk?...
Walk Alone (feat. Ken Gordon)
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Thank you, Michael, for this profound critique of '1997 RELOADED'.
Many thanks to Olivia Agostini @gaigostudio.bsky.social for the wonderful support and fact-checking needed for this article. I really enjoyed this particular journey. Also thanks to @gmrjuk.bsky.social for your editorial work and your part in elevating my writing. Enjoy!
Murder mystery. Alt-rock timeline. A '90s that never happened. Our new TGC Monthly piece on @somanygames.co.uk explores 1997 Reloaded and the genre it almost created. Many thanks to @gaigostudio.bsky.social for the awesome collab. somanygames.co.uk/articles/tgc... #TinyGameChronicles #IndieGames
TGC Monthly: 1997 Reloaded – A Murder Mystery in the Alt-Rock Timeline We Lost | So Many Games
For this month's Tiny Game Chronicle article, Michael takes us through the striking visual novel, 1997 Reloaded, which is set in an alternate 1990s.
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Yesterday and tomorrow, in our 1992. #tobyvassar #jellyred #indiedev #indiedev #gamedev #alt-rock #comic #music #underground #90s #vn #visualnovel #roxyverse #magazine #rockicon #indie
Thanks, Roger and the Gamerheads Podcast for this haunting introduction to the mystery!
Love visual novels? Love murder mysteries? Check out 1997 Reloaded! youtube.com/shorts/dRYvh...
😱 FINAL HOURS "Game?" We call it an 'enhanced comic'! And it's 50% OFF right now! ⚡️ FLASH SALE on Steam ends TODAY at 7 PM CEST / 10 AM PST! Grab your chance to reload 1997 for just $6.49 USD 💵 🔗 store.steampowered.com/app/4389350/1997_RELOADED/ #VisualNovel #IndieGame #90s#IndieDev #GameDev
Little sprinkle of Easter eggs 🎸 1997 RELOADED reimagines an alt rock scene from a 90s that never quite happened. ⚡️ FLASH SALE: 50% OFF on Steam until July 14! 🍎 podcasts.apple.com/de/podcast/t... ▶️ youtu.be/gYOaR7L1Pp0?... @gaigostudio.bsky.social #1997RELOADED #IndieGames #AndyQuinn
"A gem of a game begging you to play it." — 8.5/10, The Gaming Outsider Discover a '90s rock murder mystery spanning across two colliding timelines. 🔦🎵 🚨 LAST CHANCE: 1997 RELOADED is 50% OFF until July 14, 19:00 CEST! #VisualNovel #IndieGame #IndieDev #GameDev www.youtube.com/watch?v=gru9...
1997 RELOADED - Official Compact Trailer | Retro Mystery Kinetic Novel
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Would you skip your meal out today to grab 1997 RELOADED instead? 🍟🥤 ⚡️ FLASH SALE: 50% OFF on Steam until July 14 (7 PM CEST)! For just $6.49 USD, a story that lasts. 🔗 store.steampowered.com/app/4389350/1997_RELOADED/ #VisualNovel #IndieGame #StoryRich #90sNostalgia #IndieDev #GameDev
A tape. Evidence of a murder from back in the day. 3 kids who refuse to look away. Love rich stories & alt-rock vibes? Reload 1997. ⚡️ FLASH SALE: 50% OFF on Steam until July 14 (9 AM CEST)! Pass it on. 🔗 store.steampowered.com/app/4389350/1997_RELOADED/ #VisualNovel #IndieDev #gamedev #IndieGame
"Clever use of mixed media and 90's alt-rock. You'll have quite the emotional journey." —Introverted Foxfire? Tails by the Gamer? 🦊🕹️ TOMORROW '1997 RELOADED' goes 50% OFF on Steam! Wishlist now. 😏: @faeeyedfox.bsky.social @introvertedgamer.bsky.social #indiegame #visualnovel #gaming #gamedev
"The game treats its central theme—justice that arrives late, or not at all—with a seriousness that many much larger productions do not allow themselves to." – Vgmag In 2 days '1997 RELOADED' will be 50% off on Steam. Just a reminder. #indiegames #indiedev #visualnovel #gaming #indiegame
Just added 1997 RELOADED to VNDB! 🕹️📖 Please feel free to edit it by adding tags, reviews, or whatever you feel like. Creators are sometimes more distracted than their audience 😜 Thanks! Check it out here: vndb.org/v66739 #VisualNovel #IndieDev #VNDB #GraphicNovel #gamedev #indiegame
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"Our vision is to create video games for non-gamers as well. Multimedia works that transcend genres and appeal to anyone who wants to find them." — Interview by Claudio Cugliandro, Alias (Il Manifesto) 📰🇮🇹 It's in Italian: ilmanifesto.it/1997-reloade... #indiedev #indiegame #videogames
«1997 Reloaded», tre adolescenti sulla scena del crimine | il manifesto
(Alias) Nel 2023, tre adolescenti trovano una misteriosa registrazione audio che si rivela essere la prova di un omicidio. Il contesto è la scena musicale dei ‘90, tra grunge, hiphop e punk. 1997 Relo...
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L'intervista a Gaigo Studio su Alias (Il Manifesto), a cura di Claudio Cugliandro (4 luglio 2026). Gli anni belli da disegnare e la sublimazione. Potete anche leggerla online: ilmanifesto.it/1997-reloade... #intervista #alias #ilmanifesto #videogiochi #indiegames
We are 'indies by heart' (Tiny Game Chronicles, Ep. 46)! 📻 "I think that (1997 RELOADED) oozes every single heartbeat of what it means to be independent." Thanks. It's a great moment to be indie. In any case, we couldn't do any other way 🕹️✨ #gamedev #indiedev #indiegame #videogames #1997RELOADED
Wow. That is so cool! Thanks M&M for featuring '1997 RELOADED' in their fantastic podcast Tiny Game Chronicles. Don't miss out. Now the question is: where were you in 1997? 🙄
New episode alert🚨! Three teens find a tape with a strange message, evidence of a murder. We unpack 1997 RELOADED's alt rock mystery world 🎸🕵️: 🍎 podcasts.apple.com/de/podcast/t... ▶️ youtu.be/gYOaR7L1Pp0?... Made by @gaigostudio.bsky.social Drop your theories 👇 #1997RELOADED #IndieGames #AndyQuinn
Thanks to GamertechAU for playing, enjoying and giving us his thoughtful feedback and thumb up! 🥰 (It's superhot and supernoisy over here, today, but you can check out his streaming 1997 RELOADED on GamerteachAU's Twitch channel for a dive.
1997 Reloaded is the debut indie VN from @gaigostudio.bsky.social where 3 teens dive into a murder mystery after discovering evidence on an old answering machine. Explore the 90's US music scene with hand-drawn art and original indie pop and alt-rock music. #GameReviews #GamesMedia #IndieGames
1997 Reloaded is the debut indie VN from @gaigostudio.bsky.social where 3 teens dive into a murder mystery after discovering evidence on an old answering machine. Explore the 90's US music scene with hand-drawn art and original indie pop and alt-rock music. #GameReviews #GamesMedia #IndieGames
1997 Reloaded Review - A human indie investigative VN experience | GamertechAU
Dive into a murder mystery as three teens discover a forgotten message saved on an old answering machine while enjoying original indie music.
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"Isn’t it sad? How tragedies sometimes happen only because you think that they have already occurred?" 📞 🗓️ 1997 RELOADED FLASH SALE: JULY 11-14 🔥 50% OFF on Steam! Try the demo, wishlist, or buy now to support us! 💻 store.steampowered.com/app/4389350/1997_RELOADED/ #IndieGame #gamedev #booksky
Happy b-day to the one and only Roxy Doom. The woman behind The Roxyverse. (29 June, 1968) Here portrait with Andy Quinn somewhere in the mid '90s. Try the free demo of 1997 RELOADED on Steam NOW: store.steampowered.com/app/4389350/... www.roxydoom.com #indiedev #gamedev #indiegame #visualnovel
www.youtube.com/watch?v=yGfh... Feeling the heat? 🥵 But 'Fire' by Alias/Insane isn't about summer—it's about feeling trapped. Lyrics by Andy Quinn, music by him & Tyler Jones. How did the man who wrote about "no way out" in 1989 vanish in 1997? #indiedev #visualnovel #gamedev #indiegame #alt-rock
Alias/Insane - Fire (Official Music Video) // 1997 RELOADED
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Errata corrige! 🥵 We wanted to join the Steam Summer Sale, but totally messed up our Steam calendar math (blame it on the heat...) Change of plans: our special Flash Sale at 50% OFF is dropping July 11-14 instead! 🎸 🕹️ Try the free Demo & Wishlist now! #IndieGame #indiedev #Gamedev #VisualNovel
🕹️ FREE DEMO LIVE: Choose whether you want to reload 1997 or not! The free Steam Demo for ‘1997 RELOADED’ is live! Meet the characters, unlock the core gameplay and linguistic texture, and wishlist now for a 50% discount on July 4th during the Summer Sale! #IndieGame #indiedev #Gamedev #VisualNovel
Every reader and gamer has their own community of choice. If yours is itch.io, now is the perfect time. 📼✨ '1997 RELOADED' is 50% OFF ($6.49) for the Summer Sale. (10$ Bundle with both OSTs) 🔴 Get it here: gaigostudio.itch.io/1997-reloaded #indiegame #indiedev #gamedev #visualnovel #summersale
“10 Things you need to do to market your game (largely in order). 1. Make the type of game that Steam players want” Since when does marketing precede the very act of artistic creation?