Not many games can get away with not having some sort of Kickstarter video, even if it’s just the developers playing talking heads to the camera. Worlds Quest is different though. A couple (tiny) screenshots, and some gameplay features, some background on the world, and…
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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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Look away from the screenshot. It’s not Minecraft. It’s Hadron’s Forge. No, that isn’t just Minecraft in space, it’s…. different. It’s a space exploration, mining, rpg, sandbox game. Alright, it’s a little Minecrafty, but there’s some key differences. The most obvious is that Hadron’s Forge…
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Few genres have been on the edge of extinction as consistenly as the flight sim. Sure, there’s always a number of titles out there to play, but when you compare the flights sim scene of the early 90’s, to the sims available today it’s easy…
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Love MOBA’s but hate the RTS style gameplay? That’s what the crew at LP Studios are banking on with their Kickstarter campaign for Terminated. Described as a first person MOBA, Terminated puts you into a very Tron-esque universe, complete with glowstripped body suits. Gameplay will…
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Skeletal doctors, radiation, near countless weapon customization. Isn’t that why we all got into gaming in the first place? Even if it wasn’t, you have to appreciate what the team at Spooky Ghost Studio are trying to accomplish with Doctor Radio’s Immersive World. This open…
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Battle Isle is back! If there’s $75,000 out there it may get even better. The classic strategy game is looking to return to glory with it’s original designer via a recently launched Kickstarter campaign. The new game, titled Battle Isle : Threshold will feel familiar…
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The zombie apocalypse is inevitable, so you might as well prepare for it. That’s the thinking behind ZPREP, a life gamification app for mobile devices that Limbic Thinking is hoping to fund through Kickstarter. Limbic’s campaign page has all the information you would expect from…
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Wayforward, creators of the recently released Ducktales Remastered, launched a new Kickstarter campaign this week. This time the title isn’t just a fancy remake, but a fancy original game in their in-house series Shantae. The new project, Shantae : Half Genie Hero, will be the…
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It’s that time of year again. The leaves are changing color, there’s a chill in the air, and everything seems just a little scarier as Halloween approaches. The timing then for Lucid : The Awakening’s Kickstarter campaign may be perfect. Lucid : The Awakening isn’t…
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Maverick Hunters may contender for worst timing of the year. This action platformer is described as a spiritual successor to Mega Man X. Great! It allows you to customize your hero in several ways, such as weapons and fighting techniques. Fantastic! It’s got some impressively…
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The campaign for Uncle June Balloons is… strange, to say the least. Maybe it’s just the video. It’s well made, which is great, but it might creep you out a little. If it doesn’t, then the other video they have sure will. It manages to…
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Whether you look at Loreful’s Kickstarter campaign for Ambrov X as a beacon of shimmery sci-fi goodness, or like, a total nerdgasm, is inconsequential. What matters is that the veteran team out of Cincinnati have put forth some solid effort in hopes of getting a few bucks…
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Zon Labs are looking for $125,000 to help you learn Mandarin. Their (hopefully) upcoming title, Zon, is based on some existing educational software that helps learning Mandarin a little less intimidating. Their Kickstarter project page doesn’t include any actual screenshots or gameplay specifics, but it…
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Mega Man creator Keiji Inafune has launched a Kickstarter campaign for a totally-not-Mega-Man side scroller. Titled Mighty No. 9, the game features a child like robot hero named Beck that must stop some bad guys from destroying the planet. While battling through six, or more,…
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Looks like it’s happened. We nuked North Korea. Well, we will if someone can get $5,000 before October 1st. Giminc Development has started a Kickstarter campaign to help complete development of their Windows and Mobile platform 3D tower defense game “Nuke North Korea!” or NNK for short….
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Kotaku’s Kirk Hamilton has a lengthy interview with crowd funding Godfather Tim Schafer. Interestingly enough the interview focuses very little on the nitty gritty of Schafer & company’s crowdfunded adventure game Broken Age, and instead goes into the good and bad of crowd funding. From where…