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# INDIEGA.ME
> Independent games by Romain Simon: free browser games like Slingshot, France Simulator and Launch, and VR Phobia: Birds, out now on Meta Quest. INDIEGA.ME is the independent game studio of Romain Simon, based in Antibes, France, and part of Yuki Capital.
Every game that is playable today is free in a web browser, with nothing to install. Slingshot is also on Steam. VR Phobia: Birds is out on Meta Quest (paid, on the Meta Store).
## Games
- [VR Phobia: Birds](https://indiega.me/vr-phobia/birds): A gentle, graded exposure experience for Meta Quest. Start with a single sparrow at the far end of a quiet park and move closer only when you are ready, all the way to a bird resting on your open hand. Status: Out now. Platforms: Meta Quest 2, 3, 3S and Pro, PC VR (SteamVR) later. Play: https://www.meta.com/experiences/vr-phobia-birds/1731785198951751/. Meta Store: https://www.meta.com/experiences/vr-phobia-birds/1731785198951751/.
- [SpaceSim: Pale Blue Dot](https://indiega.me/spacesim-pale-blue-dot): A single-player space simulation that brings together rocket building, spaceflight and astronomy. Your journey starts with a small test rocket. What you learn and deliver opens the way to larger vehicles, orbital infrastructure and distant destinations. Status: Coming soon. Platforms: Steam (desktop). Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/5430120/SpaceSim_Pale_Blue_Dot?utm_source=indiegame&utm_medium=website&utm_campaign=coming_soon&utm_content=site_wishlist.
- [France Simulator](https://indiega.me/france-simulator): A satirical 16-bit management game. Pick one of fifteen parody candidates, win a runoff on the evening news, then run the country from May 2027 using real 2025 public accounts. Status: Out now. Platforms: Browser. Language: French only. Play: https://francesimulator.com.
- [SpaceSim](https://indiega.me/spacesim): A free 3D space simulator in the browser. Travel across the Solar System, change time, inspect source-backed worlds and collect postcards. Distances are honest: planets shrink to dust once the scale is real. Status: Out now. Platforms: Browser. Play: https://spacesim.co.
- [Slingshot](https://indiega.me/slingshot): A pixel-art orbital mechanics arcade about gravity, fuel and perfect timing. Chain flybys across eight planets, reach escape velocity, and find out what lies at the edge of the Solar System. Status: Out now. Platforms: Browser, Steam. Play: https://slingshot.indiega.me. Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/4604870/Slingshot_Escape_the_solar_system/.
- [Eclats](https://indiega.me/eclats): Twenty-four living gardens. The arrow keys move every cell together, so a single gesture rearranges a whole family of shapes. Divide, invert, reunite. Status: Early build. Platforms: Browser. Play: https://eclats.indiega.me.
- [Please Open Me](https://indiega.me/please-open-me): Build a twelve-card deck, lure adventurers into range, then bait, bite and digest. A very bad place for a hero, and an illustrated one. Status: Early build. Platforms: Browser. Play: https://openme.indiega.me.
- [Paperclip](https://indiega.me/paperclip): An illustrated incremental that starts empty on purpose. The counter appears on the first click, sales at ten, the workshop at twenty-five. Complexity arrives only when you have earned it. Status: Early build. Platforms: Browser. Play: https://paperclip.indiega.me.
- [Launch](https://indiega.me/launch): A 3D rocket launch simulator. Light the engines on the pad, ride the stack through max-Q, shed stages, and try to put a vehicle on orbit. Telemetry is part of the game. Status: Out now. Platforms: Browser. Play: https://space.indiega.me.
- [Outer Horizons: Planetfall](https://indiega.me/planetfall): A third-person planetary explorer in the browser. Three seeded worlds, a lander, a jetpack, and relays on the home world to link before the fuel runs out. Status: Early build. Platforms: Browser. Play: https://planetfall.indiega.me.
- [Reclamation Day](https://indiega.me/reclamation-day): A roguelite survival game in a procedurally generated wasteland. Each run sends one dweller out. They die. Their corpse stays on the map with all their gear, but raiders patrol the wastes, so hurry. Status: In development. Platforms: Browser prototype. Play: https://postapo.indiega.me.
## VR Phobia
- [VR Phobia](https://indiega.me/vr-phobia): a family of calm virtual reality apps for gradual exposure, one app per fear. Birds comes first; Spiders, Heights, Closed Spaces and Snakes are planned and not released.
- [VR Phobia: Birds](https://indiega.me/vr-phobia/birds): out now on Meta Quest 2, 3, 3S and Pro; PC VR via SteamVR later. Meta Store: https://www.meta.com/experiences/vr-phobia-birds/1731785198951751/
VR Phobia is a prototype for adults, ideally used with the support of a professional. Its clinical effectiveness has not been evaluated; it is neither a diagnosis nor a medical treatment.
## Blog
- [Acrophobia (fear of heights): meaning, vertigo, causes, how common it is and how to overcome it](https://indiega.me/blog/acrophobia): Acrophobia is the fear of heights, the most common specific phobia in some surveys. What the word means, how it differs from vertigo, symptoms, causes, how common it is, a quick self-check, and how to overcome it.
- [Arachnophobia (fear of spiders): meaning, causes, how common it is and how to overcome it](https://indiega.me/blog/arachnophobia): Arachnophobia is the fear of spiders, one of the most common specific phobias. What the word means, how to pronounce it, symptoms, causes, how common it is, a quick self-check, and how to overcome it.
- [Claustrophobia (fear of enclosed spaces): meaning, symptoms, causes and how to overcome it](https://indiega.me/blog/claustrophobia): Claustrophobia is the fear of enclosed spaces such as lifts, tunnels, crowded trains and MRI scanners. What the word means, how to pronounce it, symptoms, causes, how common it is, a quick self-check, and how to overcome it.
- [How to overcome arachnophobia (fear of spiders): a step-by-step guide](https://indiega.me/blog/how-to-overcome-arachnophobia): A practical, evidence-based guide to overcoming the fear of spiders: understand the avoidance cycle, build a fear ladder, practise exposure step by step, use VR as a bridge, take it into real life, and know when to see a professional.
- [How to overcome claustrophobia (fear of enclosed spaces): a step-by-step guide](https://indiega.me/blog/how-to-overcome-claustrophobia): A practical, evidence-based guide to overcoming claustrophobia: understand the avoidance cycle, build a fear ladder, practise exposure step by step, prepare for lifts, trains and MRI scans, and know when to see a professional.
- [How to overcome ornithophobia (fear of birds): a step-by-step guide](https://indiega.me/blog/how-to-overcome-ornithophobia): A practical, evidence-based guide to overcoming the fear of birds: understand the avoidance cycle, build a fear ladder, practise exposure step by step, use VR as a bridge, take it into real life, and know when to see a professional.
- [How to overcome the fear of heights (acrophobia): a step-by-step guide](https://indiega.me/blog/how-to-overcome-fear-of-heights): A practical, evidence-based guide to overcoming the fear of heights: understand the avoidance cycle, build a fear ladder, practise exposure safely step by step, use VR as a bridge, take it into real life, and know when to see a professional.
- [How to overcome the fear of snakes (ophidiophobia): a step-by-step guide](https://indiega.me/blog/how-to-overcome-fear-of-snakes): A practical, evidence-based guide to overcoming the fear of snakes: understand the avoidance cycle, build a safe fear ladder from pictures to harmless snakes behind glass, practise exposure step by step, and know when to see a professional.
- [Ophidiophobia (fear of snakes): meaning, causes, how common it is and how to overcome it](https://indiega.me/blog/ophidiophobia): Ophidiophobia is the fear of snakes, one of the most common animal fears. What the word means, how to pronounce it, why snakes scare so many people, symptoms, causes, a quick self-check, and how to overcome it.
- [Ornithophobia (fear of birds): meaning, causes, how common it is and how to overcome it](https://indiega.me/blog/ornithophobia): Ornithophobia is the fear of birds, a specific phobia of the animal type. What the word means, how to pronounce it, which birds people fear, symptoms, causes, how common it is, a quick self-check, and how to overcome it.
- [The making of VR Phobia: Birds, a VR app for the fear of birds built with Claude](https://indiega.me/blog/making-of-vr-phobia-birds): How a fear of birds at home became VR Phobia: Birds, a graded-exposure app for Meta Quest built in about 24 hours with Claude Code: the research behind it, procedural birds, VR interface, and lessons learned.
- [Why virtual reality works for phobias: what the research says](https://indiega.me/blog/why-virtual-reality-works-for-phobias): Does VR exposure therapy work for phobias? A plain-language summary of the meta-analyses and trials: how exposure works, how VR compares with real-life exposure, self-guided VR at home, dose, drop-out, side effects and the limits of the evidence.
- [Acrophobie (peur du vide) : définition, vertige, causes, fréquence et comment la vaincre](https://indiega.me/fr/blog/acrophobie) (in French): L'acrophobie est la peur du vide et des hauteurs, la plus fréquente des phobies spécifiques dans certaines enquêtes. Sens du mot, différence avec le vertige, symptômes, causes, fréquence, auto-évaluation et comment la surmonter.
- [Arachnophobie (peur des araignées) : définition, causes, fréquence et comment la vaincre](https://indiega.me/fr/blog/arachnophobie) (in French): L'arachnophobie est la peur des araignées, l'une des phobies spécifiques les plus fréquentes. Sens du mot, prononciation, symptômes, causes, fréquence, auto-évaluation rapide et comment la surmonter.
- [Claustrophobie (peur des espaces clos) : définition, symptômes, causes et comment la vaincre](https://indiega.me/fr/blog/claustrophobie) (in French): La claustrophobie est la peur des espaces clos : ascenseurs, tunnels, métro bondé, IRM. Sens du mot, prononciation, symptômes, causes, fréquence, auto-évaluation rapide et comment la surmonter.
- [Comment vaincre l'arachnophobie (la peur des araignées) : le guide pas à pas](https://indiega.me/fr/blog/vaincre-arachnophobie) (in French): Un guide pratique, fondé sur la recherche, pour surmonter la peur des araignées : comprendre le cercle de l'évitement, construire son échelle de peur, s'exposer pas à pas, utiliser la réalité virtuelle comme passerelle, passer à la vraie vie et savoir quand consulter.
- [Comment vaincre l'ornithophobie (la peur des oiseaux) : le guide pas à pas](https://indiega.me/fr/blog/vaincre-ornithophobie) (in French): Un guide pratique, fondé sur la recherche, pour surmonter la peur des oiseaux : comprendre le cercle de l'évitement, construire son échelle de peur, s'exposer pas à pas, utiliser la réalité virtuelle comme passerelle, passer à la vraie vie et savoir quand consulter.
- [Comment vaincre la claustrophobie (la peur des espaces clos) : le guide pas à pas](https://indiega.me/fr/blog/vaincre-claustrophobie) (in French): Un guide pratique, fondé sur la recherche, pour surmonter la claustrophobie : comprendre le cercle de l'évitement, construire son échelle de peur, s'exposer pas à pas, préparer l'ascenseur, le métro ou une IRM, et savoir quand consulter.
- [Comment vaincre la peur des serpents (ophidiophobie) : le guide pas à pas](https://indiega.me/fr/blog/vaincre-peur-des-serpents) (in French): Un guide pratique, fondé sur la recherche, pour surmonter la peur des serpents : comprendre le cercle de l'évitement, construire une échelle de peur sans danger, des images aux serpents derrière une vitre, s'exposer pas à pas et savoir quand consulter.
- [Comment vaincre la peur du vide (acrophobie) : le guide pas à pas](https://indiega.me/fr/blog/vaincre-peur-du-vide) (in French): Un guide pratique, fondé sur la recherche, pour surmonter la peur du vide : comprendre le cercle de l'évitement, construire son échelle de peur, s'exposer en sécurité pas à pas, utiliser la réalité virtuelle comme passerelle, passer à la vraie vie et savoir quand consulter.
- [Making of VR Phobia: Birds, une app de réalité virtuelle contre la peur des oiseaux construite avec Claude](https://indiega.me/fr/blog/making-of-vr-phobia-birds) (in French): Comment la peur des oiseaux de ma femme est devenue VR Phobia: Birds, une app d'exposition progressive pour Meta Quest construite en environ 24 heures avec Claude Code : la recherche derrière, des oiseaux modélisés par du code, l'interface VR et ce que j'en retiens.
- [Ophidiophobie (peur des serpents) : définition, causes, fréquence et comment la vaincre](https://indiega.me/fr/blog/ophidiophobie) (in French): L'ophidiophobie est la peur des serpents, l'une des peurs animales les plus répandues. Sens du mot, prononciation, pourquoi les serpents font si peur, symptômes, causes, auto-évaluation rapide et comment la surmonter.
- [Ornithophobie (peur des oiseaux) : définition, causes, fréquence et comment la vaincre](https://indiega.me/fr/blog/ornithophobie) (in French): L'ornithophobie est la peur des oiseaux, une phobie spécifique de type animal. Sens du mot, prononciation, oiseaux qui font peur, symptômes, causes, fréquence, auto-évaluation rapide et comment la surmonter.
## Studio
- [Home](https://indiega.me): every game, by status
- Romain Simon: https://romainsimon.com, https://x.com/romainsimon
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@indiega-me
- Yuki Capital: https://yukicapital.com
