The IndieGoGo campaign for InnoMen Productions new game, Sierra Ops, is ending in less than two days, so you don’t have much time left to decide whether to back it. The anime looking space game is actually a continuation, or ‘idealization’ as the developers describe…
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Greg Micek has been writing on and off about games since the late nineties, always with a focus on indie games. He started DIYGames.com in 2000, which was one of the earliest gaming sites to focus exclusively on indie games.
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With so many games being funded over the last couple years it can be tough to keep track of the status of everything. If you’re a backer then there’s the daily flood of emails telling you what’s happening, and if you didn’t back then you…
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The gang behind the Treachery in Beatdown City Kickstarter posted a brief, but meaty, update recently that should help provide some clarity regarding their upcoming brawler. The update contains video showing about 30 minutes worth of gameplay footage. Just how exactly does a genre mixing…
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Of all the differences between IndieGoGo and Kickstarter, and there are many, the one that always jumps out the most is how strange some of the IndieGoGo games look. While Kickstarter has had its fair share of quirky and unusual games seeking funding, it seems…
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The Kickstarter campaign for Darkblood Chronicles is an unusual one. The developer, Dorian Tokici, doesn’t just have some sketches, concept art, or even a prototype game ready; the JRPG game he’s funding is already done. In fact, it was released back in December and has…
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As gamers we spend a lot of time talking about “dead genres.” Game types that seemed to flourish in our younger years but now seem hard to come by, especially if you care about quality. Talk all you want about the adventure, JRPG, or sports…
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Everyones favorite tweedpunk robot stalker survival game just got a hefty update. Sir, You Are Being Hunted, has been on Steam Early Access for what seems to be forever, but it looks like things are inching towards completion. The latest update includes a laundry list…
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Here’s another story about a Kickstarter game being delayed, but it’s not what you would expect. Usually when a developer posts to their games’ Kickstarter page that the game they got $50,000 to develop is going to be delayed they’re met with a mix of cynicism,…
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We spoke of Blackmore a couple weeks back; it’s a steampunk adventure game from Jeremy Blaustein and a variety of ex and current Konami staffers; a number of which were responsible for the classic Snatcher. Since then the Blackmore Kickstarter page has been update with…
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Although you can’t tell from my picture on our About Us page, I don’t make it to the gym very often. I know it’s hard to believe, but it’s true. Unfortunately I spend most of my days in front of a computer, tablet, or cell…
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Remember After Reset? Think back a couple months, it was an RPG set in a post apocalyptic world that felt very Fallout-ish. When we last spoke of the game we said it had “…everything you could want; cool post apocalyptic setting, non-linear story, tons of…
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Adrift by fist time developer Seth Howell is described as a “curiosity driven first person adventure game.” What’s that mean? It means that while Adrift may have the open world mechanics of something like Skyrim, it doesn’t push you towards an end goal of markers and waypoints. …
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By Greg Micek [divider] Note: The opinions expressed in this editorial are not necessarily the views or opinions of Cliqist.com. Someone recently asked me how Cliqist is different than my previous web effort, aren’t all crowdfunded games simply indie games? Why not let the…
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Barely a week into its campaign and the team at “aheartfulofgames” has surpassed the 50% funding mark on Heart & Slash. The 3rd person roguelike brawler features an adorable robot named Heart that malfunctions and starts fighting against the powers of standardization in order to…
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Did you ever play Lunar Lander as a kid and think to yourself, “Hey, why can’t I blow everything up?” Of course you didn’t, that game came out in a different time, when games were both simpler and more difficult. But just because you didn’t…
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Every now and then a game pops up that flies right over my head. Not that it’s a bad game, or unremarkable, but that it requires a way of thinking that I’m not used to. Take Seadelphica, for example. I see a dolphin game where…