Last year, Team Eleven released SC2VN, a visual novel about a StarCraft 2 player trying to make it in the world of eSports. The title did well for itself, prompting its audience to demand more. It was certainly an interesting theme for a visual novel,…
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Gary Alexander Stott is a handsome young writer from Scotland absolutely brimming with talent, who feels his best feature is his modesty. When it comes to overthinking narrative and storytelling in games, his otherwise useless degree in English with Creative Writing comes in very handy indeed.
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You might remember Buck. The ‘game about a real dog’ hit Kickstarter back in 2014, and managed to raise just $13,696 AUD of its $75,000 AUD goal. It had a lot going on, describing itself as a “2D Action-Adventure, nonlinear, Metroidvania style beat’em up with…
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Gunkatana is headed to Kickstarter. The game’s official website informs me: “Gunkatana is a game of two speeds: turbo fast and dead. Fast ‘n’ dangerous grind rails take you to your next kill, across neon-lit streets and rain-soaked cityscapes”. Alright, I’m sold. And that’s before…
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Work on ReVeN is not going well. In fact, developer Austin Morgan of Varia Games has just posted an update to the project’s Kickstarter backers explaining that the game won’t release until an unspecified date in 2017. He goes on to blame a variety of…
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When you cover the crowdfunded gaming scene, every now and then, an absolute peach of an opportunity comes along. This is one of them – and it’s hilarious. I present to you ‘STAR WARS – A Game the Fans Want‘. Don’t be fooled by the…
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If you’re a fan of 2D platformers, you should definitely check out Slime of Fury, the latest retro-nostalgia project to hit Kickstarter. I know what you’re thinking. Another 2D retro-inspired metroidvania platformer? It’s not like there’s any shortage of them in the crowdfunded games scene….
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Developer Scarvenrot has updated backers on the progress of Saintly. If you’re unfamiliar with the project, it’s a strategy RPG with a heavy narrative focus. I won’t waste your time going into any more detail, as you can learn pretty much anything you’d want to…
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Quest of Souls is not a good title for a videogame. What does it convey? What does it imply? If you think it sounds like a fantasy RPG, then you’re right, but that’s about all the project’s generic name channels, which is a shame, because the…
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Blast Brawl 2 reminds me of Towerfall: Ascension in that it’s a fast-paced 2D action game that has players die in one hit. It differs in many ways, however, and I’m not just talking about the clean, colorful art style. Take one look at the…
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Peter Molyneux has announced a Kickstarter campaign for his latest game, entitled Money & Hype: It’s Just Bidniz. The title will allegedly reveal the meaning of life, finally shedding light on mankind’s destiny in the cosmos. The news came by way of a press briefing…
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Fringe Theory, the first game from LionRoar Studios, launched the other day on Kickstarter and it’s an ambitious-looking project – a first-person survival adventure game that seeks to explore Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder. A pitch video narrated by LionRoar’s Christian Harris tells backers a little bit about…
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‘Since before the beginning of time, a nameless Castle has been jumping through dimensions, ravishing whole worlds and abducting their inhabitants. Creatures great and small have been snatched from every conceivable place and put to work on random jobs within its walls. Now, a cloaked…
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Critical Hits: An Indie Gaming Anthology was recently brought to my attention by a fellow English literature graduate from my university days. How it managed to slip under my radar, I’m not quite sure, but I feel these circumstances perfectly encapsulate everything this book is….
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Wrack: Starfall is one pretty-looking game. The project’s cel-shaded art style is hardly original, but it sure looks good in motion, even at prototype stage. It’ll no doubt draw many eyes to the project – Kickstarter have already marked it as a ‘Project We Love’,…
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HomeMake‘s been a little quiet on the Kickstarter front. The experimental platform adventure game has just posted its first official update since May last year, as the development team has been updating backers primarily through their TIG devlog. Backers unaware of this fact will be…
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Demoniaca: Everlasting Night recently launched on Kickstarter, and at first, I thought it looked quite promising. Sure, the King of Fighters-meets-Castlevania project might have been selling itself partly through the promise of sexually-explicit content, but the decent concept, lovely pixel art and atmospheric soundtrack made…
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