Know what’s more fun than escaping the Mummy’s tomb with your plucky band of friends? Totally screwing them over and taking the priceless artifact for yourself. At least, that’s one potential outcome in Sweatshop Dev’s new Kickstarer campaign, Mummy’s Day Massacre. Originally created as an…
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Joanna Mueller is a lifelong gamer who used to insist on having the Super Mario Bros manual read to her as a bedtime story. Now she's reading Fortnite books to her own kiddo while finally making use of her degree to write about games as Cliqist's EIC.
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Gavan Woolery launched the Kickstarter campaign for his Voxel RPG Sim back in November of 2014. Funded for $35,213 of its $30,000 goal, Voxel Quest had an impressive start, with frequent updates and developer Twitch streams. Everything seemed to be going as planned until suddenly…
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Twenty-five years ago the team behind the Last Ninja series produced an innovative new title for the Commodore Amiga. Featuring beat’em up action mixed with exploration and RPG elements, First Samurai pushed the limits of 16 bit graphics. Now, Mev Dinc and Raff Cecco hope…
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Despite being two years behind schedule on their post-apocalypic RPG, After Reset, Black Cloud Studios isn’t shy about heading back to Kickstarter for seconds. They are currently seeking $55,492 for a new campaign, Daedalus. This has not gone over well with After Reset’s backers. After their…
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Virtual Reality games are all the rage right now, but the new technology is still testing its limits. Just strapping a television to your face isn’t enough to really feel immersed in a game world, especially if you’re struggling to navigate wires and clunky controls….
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Sometimes a failed crowdfunding campaign can really help a developer progress. After seeing how their project is received by potential backers they can make adjustments and fix issues. By learning from their mistakes developers figure out what they can improve on. Eventually, if they return to crowdfunding, they will come…
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It’s always sad to see a promising crowdfunded game fail. Especially one that managed to blow past it’s $30,000 Kickstarter goal with the support of 1,558 backers and $52,616, back in 2013. After years of attempting to secure additional funding from investors and publishers, the…
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In a update on Kickstarter Eldet developer, Marccus Ehren, set out to dispel some fan misconceptions surrounding his LGBT visual novel. Eldet is a medieval fantasy adventure with an emphasis on inclusion. It features characters from all over the LGBT spectrum as well as many people of color….
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Finally we have a Kickstarter campaign that asks the real questions. Namely, have you ever wanted to date presidential candidates? The answer is of course, no, but that hasn’t stopped Robert Amster from making this cringe-inducing concept a reality. Grand Old Academy is a satirical…
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The sweeping vistas and meticulous details of Cyan Inc.’s Obduction can now be experienced in virtual reality. The VR experience first arrived on the Oculus Store on Friday, October 28th. The game has since been updated across the remaining stores (Steam, GoG, Humble) to offer…
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A stylish, distinctive art-style can carry even a mediocre premise pretty far. Unfortunately, mishandling that same style can make even a fun experience feel bland and lifeless. This basically sums up my disappointment with 2nd Studio’s new Fig project, Jazon and the Dead. No, it’s…
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After nearly 2 years of development and £5,303 raised on Kickstarter, Kim has finally matured to its final version. The Secret Games Company set out to create an open-world RPG that lets players explore Rudyard Kipling’s colonial India. Kim has been available as a Steam…
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Back in 2013, Failbetter Games crushed their Kickstarter goal to the tune of £100,803, funding Sunless Sea. Now, they have finally fulfilled their last promise to backers with the release of their first DLC, Zubmariner. For the first time, players will get a peak beneath…
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We’ve been making a fuss over Tiny Bull Studio’s gamebook styled RPG, Omen Exitio: Plague, going so far as to award it Cliqist’s coveted Game of the Week status. Now it looks like everyone will finally get the chance to see what all the fuss…
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Crowdfunded survival sim, The Long Dark is about to get even darker. Hinterland Studio announced their first in-game Halloween event, Four Days of Night. Beginning on Friday, October 28th at 10am PDT the sun will not rise in-game. Instead players must endure four days of perpetual…
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Tired of listlessly watching yet another reality TV show about ghost hunters who jump at shadows, despite never being in real danger? Have you ever watched some newbie intern fumble their chance with the EKG reader and think, “I would be so much better at that?”…