I’ll keep this short and sweet to save you some time. The La-Mulana 2 demo has been released. You can grab it here if you’re on Windows or Mac. According to an update from Playism and NIGORO the demo gives a taste of the game,…
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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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The folks over at Warhorse Studios posted a pretty significant Kingdom Come update today, with news that should make a number of people happy. First off there’s news that Kingdom Come will be breaking out of its original PC holding and will be released for…
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If you haven’t heard of Darkest Dungeon from Red Hook Studios yet then you must not pay attention to crowdfunding. Since launching on Kickstarter on February 10th with a total funding target of $75,000, the creepy looking RPG has gone on to get press everywhere…
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A bit of a followup from our Hive Jump editorial yesterday; where we asked the question of what was wrong with the Hive Jump Kickstarter, and what could be done to help it. On the tails of that the developers at Graphite Labs have posted…
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I’m pretty sure everyone loves Starship Troopers on some level, even if don’t get all the social commentary. I know for a fact that everyone loves Contra; and if they don’t then their opinion is wrong. If that’s the case, then why is the Starship Troopers…
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Dead State, one of Kickstarter’s most funded projects to date, has been unleashed onto the world via Steam. Given that the Steam release is considered Early Access, expect the game to be a work in progress, complete with bugs, crashes, and gameplay issue. That being said,…
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Not all crowdfunding projects are $200,000 funding behemoths from industry vets. Much of the time they’re smaller projects with much less aggressive funding goals from small teams; case in point, 39 Days to Mars. A new adventure project from indie developer Philip Buchanan, 39 Days…
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Generally speaking we try and post about noteworthy crowdfunding campaigns within a few days of their launch, we want you to be able to get in early and decide whether to jump on any early bird specials and such. However, sometimes no matter how quickly…
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Remember playing Eye of The Beholder? No? Alright you damn millennial, how about Legend of Grimlock? Ok, good. They’re both great games, it was great fun putting your team together and working your way through dungeons killing baddies and managing your party. The only downside…
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Girl Genius and the Rats of Mechanicsburg is one of the bigger Kickstarter success stories out there, if not for total funding, but for how much the original target was smashed. In December 2012 the folks at Gizmocracy asked a mere $7,500 to make a…
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Jay Tholen’s beard posted a substantial Dropsy update today, including new gameplay details, art, music, and much more. If you’re not a fan of reading words, which would be a shame given the site you’re on, then you’ll be happy to know that Jay was…
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Discord Games posted an update on the Chasm Kickstarter page today with a number of interesting nuggets. First off they’ve launched a new website for Chasm over at chasmgame.com, there you’ll find some forums, some videos, of information on pre-ordering. The second portion of the update…
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Seth Howell has a favor to ask. He needs help making his first game. No, this isn’t one of those “Help my 5 year old make their first game!” campaigns you see all over IndieGoGo, this is an actual adult-ish person trying to make it…
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Last time we checked in on La-Mulana 2 the team over at NIGORO had just launched the games’ Kickstarter campaign, and it was unclear whether or not they were going to hit their aggressive $200,000 funding goal. Now, with about two weeks left in their…
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Kickstarter projects tend to fall into one of three categories. Developer has a mostly complete game and heads to Kickstarter to help build a community while raising some cash for marketing and such. Developer has a game in production but is hitting a wall for…
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I’m about to tell you the most depressing story you’ll likely hear all week. Sorry. I had a friend several years ago that grew up wanting to be a cop, it’s all he wanted to do in his life. He took the appropriate tests but…