Contra meets Minecraft in a WW2 inspired steampunk world. All that’s missing are 2D retro pixel graphics we’d have a stew of every cool gaming element going right now. Oh wait, it’s got pixely graphics too. Snowed In Studios is a team of industry vets…
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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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Between Me And The Night is an upcoming game from Rain Dance Studios that asks the question “What would happen if you never really recovered from confusional arousals?” No, it’s not what it sounds like, the condition is the name for that unsettling moment after you…
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Numantian games are back with another crowd funding campaign for their beautiful isometric strategy title, Lords of Xulima. Having raised just over $12,000 on IndieGoGo a few weeks back, they’ve moved on to Kickstarter in hopes of raising at least another $10,000 by November 29th….
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Before reading our interview with Jack King-Spooner I strongly encourage you to take a look at his brief Kickstarter video. That’s not to pressure you into backing his project, Beeswing, but rather to give you an idea of what Jack’s unique project is all about…
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There’s an old episode of This American Life that addresses the age old question of which superpower would you choose; flight or invisibility. The answers people gave served as a sort of moral litmus test; people who chose invisibility were shoplifting perverts, while those that…
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Ascendant’s smooth, almost spiritual, graphics give no indication of the brutally fantastic combat within. When you watch the gameplay video on its Kickstarter page you’ll see a variety of vicious moves that seem at odds with the cartoonish visuals; and it’s great. Slicing through hordes…
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Neogo have started up an IndieGoGo campaign to port their well received mobile stealth game, Level 22 : Gary’s Misadventures, to PC and Mac. In Level 22 players assume the role of Gary, the type of slacker office worker who spends more energy avoiding work…
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Matt Boland of SeaCliff Interactive recently took some time out of his busy schedule to answer some questions we had about his companys upcoming game, Super Roman Conquest. Currently in the middle of a Kickstarter Campaign, Super Roman Conquest is a side scrolling strategy game…
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Few retro games garner as much respect as the Contra series; with their over-the-top gameplay, insane difficulty levels, and near flawless shooter design; they are the pinnacle to which many developers strive for. Due to the series’ influence, it’s not unusual to see multiple Contra…
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The Poland based developer duo at Ehnenu are nearing the end of their IndieGoGo campaign for The Last Cargo, and it looks like it may not end well. Although it received press on a number of large game sites, The Last Cargo campaign has only…
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Chris Biscoffs one man wonder, Stasis, is getting closer to completion than ever before. To help with that progress Chris has started a Kickstarter campaign so he can work full time on the project, as well as hire some outside help to provide an additional…
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A new Kickstarter project blew up over the weekend, taking in over $31,000 against a target of $70,000, not bad. Paradise Lost : First Contact is the tale of an alien life form being taken into a research facility and how the facility’s scientists and…
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Every now and then there comes a crowd funding campaign that’s so ambitious you can’t help but check it out. This month it’s Infantry Fighter : Full Spectrum Warrior, from Las Vegas based Ballistic Studios. Not to be confused with Pandemic’s thoroughly enjoyable Full Spectrum…
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Bugbear, creators of the underappreciated FlatOut series, have hit Kickstarter with their latest game, tentatively titled “Next Car Game.” Bugbears newest creation doesn’t stray far from their expertise; creating complete carnage with cars. In NCG players will be able to do what you expect, such…
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I’ll admit something. I never liked Zelda 2, or Zelda II: The Adventure Of Link for you purists. I realize this makes me an outsider amongst gamers; and it’s a cross that I bear to this day. I saved up money for months when I…
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We were fortunate enough to sit down with the one and only Dropsy the clown today, something not many people can say they’ve done! Since some unfortunate events at his familys circus, Dropsy has, well, dropped off the radar a bit. Sure, people see him…