Crowdfunding sites like Kickstarter are popular platforms to get ideas out to fans. They’re also a good revenue source that, hopefully, cuts out a publisher or third party investor. Unfortunately, things don’t always turn out this way. As of the latest update, developer Dreadlocks announced…
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It’s not unheard of to see game developers start out with one engine and decide to move to a different one. It’s actually pretty common with crowdfunded games. Dreadlocks has recently announced to backers that their paranormal adventure Ghost Theory is being moved from Unity to…
I hate it when I back a project and it becomes a real nail biter right down to the end. It’s stressful for a backer, but I can only imagine how it’s like as a project creator. However, when I finally see it reach the…
It’s never fun to see a project that you’ve backed not make it, but I have to admit that my successful-to-unsuccessful ratio has gotten worse over the past few months. Of course, some of that has to do with purposefully backing projects that have no chance…
First person and horror don’t mix well for me. I get the chills. Serious chills. But if you’re into that kind of stuff—and it sure seems like many people are—than maybe Ghost Theory is the perfect game for you. It’s only about a week and…
Ghost Theory first spooked Kickstarter back in January, but for whatever reason the ghostly campaign failed. Now, after going back to the scary drawing board, developer Dreadlocks are back on Kickstarter with their haunting tale. Okay, I’ll stop that now. I don’t want to give…
When I first wrote about Ghost Theory about three weeks ago, I was amazed at how unique and charming the game looked. Most first person horror games these days are still cashing in on Slenderman and Amnesia, with the occasional Five Nights at Freddy’s rip-off….
If there’s a shortage of any genre in the indie gaming scene, it certainly isn’t present in either rouge-likes or first person horror. If you want to make one of those games, you have to do something to stand out. And sticking the word “Simulator”…
How many Kickstarter-funded games make it to the PlayStation 4? Almost every Kickstarter campaign for a video game has PC as their target platform. It’s only an elite few who aim to bring their game to a console, and fewer still who manage it. Indeed,…
Corina has become unstuck in time, but she probably won’t end up in the Dresden bombings or an alien zoo. Her story is our Kickstarter game of the week, Time Wanderer. A top-down sci-fi RPG of a girl lost in various time periods. This 2D title uses…
Solo indie developer, Steve Gabry of Portable Moose planted the seeds of a dark mystery in his warped adventure game, Sally Face. With the second of five episodes freshly released, let’s take a look at what we know and what we think we know about…
Shan’t a week pass without a new indie first person horror game launching on Kickstarter. This week, it’s Follia Dear Father, a psychological horror game by Italian developers Real Game Machine. Follia Dear Father is about a man named Marcus who’s exploring a random old…
Every week we take a brief look at all of the Kickstarter campaigns that launched in the previous week. This isn’t to say that all of these projects are worth your hard earned cash, but with any luck having all of them in one place…