Roguelikes have definitely become a bit of a saturated genre, but for fans such as myself it’s hard to really mind the absolutely wealth of potential games to play. Another one was just added into the mix and it’s called Reikon Dungeon by Alcapa Games….
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Marcus is a fellow with a love for video games, horror, and Japanese food. When he’s not writing about games for a multitude of sites, he’s usually still playing one. Writing about video games is something he hopes to continue doing for many years to come.
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Do you remember Arachnid Games? They were the folks behind the Kickstarter for College-Ruled Universe, which eventually launched under the tweaked title Ballpoint Universe Infinite. They’re returned to Kickstarter with yet another gorgeous game, although this one definitely features a different aesthetic. Diluvion is a game about exploring…
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So, here’s something that folks may not know – I was once outrageously obsessed with The Sims. That life simulator/god game provided countless hours of gameplay as I forced Sims to bend to my will. Because of a taste for these types of experiences, it was…
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A lot of times, futuristic fiction tends to imagine a future where people attempt to leave the Earth when the planet is collapsing due to natural/social reasons. However, in Neptune Flux, the world has become nearly uninhabitable and space transportation just isn’t going to happen….
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The Lost Pisces may have just launched on Kickstarter for Xbox One and PC, but as a follower of indie teams, I’m quite surprised to see it finally on the crowdfunding site. Originally, Sirenum Digital had planned a Kickstarter years ago! For various reasons though they’ve…
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To some degree it has felt like the closer we get to the Oculus Rift’s official consumer launch that the excitement has honestly decreased a bit. No longer are we seeing tons of crowdfunding campaigns which offer VR experiences exclusively, but that mini drought is…
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Wow, here’s a roguelike with one heck of a unique concept. In We Happy Few, you are the citizen of a dystopian 1960s England where everyone is on drugs. These drugs, known as Joy, turn regular folks into blissfully happy, obedient beings. However, if they…
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A lot of folks out there have a distaste for the exploration genre of games (often called “walking simulators” by their detractors) but for those that enjoy them, they’re a great, relaxing experience. Personally I do love titles of this sort, from Proteus to Eidolon,…
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Sekai Project has just returned to Kickstarter once again! This time they’re presenting LizArts’ upcoming visual novel Memory’s Dogma. If you’ve been following Sekai Project, then you might remember that this partnership was just announced at FanimeCon 2015. In any case, it looks to be…
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[dropcap size=big]S[/dropcap]o far this year, Kickstarter has shown that getting successfully funded has been getting tougher. In April, only 17 campaigns found success while 100 failed. If nothing changed it seemed that this was the new normal for crowdfunding, and quite an unfortunate turn for…
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[dropcap size=big]I[/dropcap]’ll make no bones about it, April was a frightening month for crowdfunding. When you’ve got 117 video game projects and only 17 of them succeed you know that something is wrong. If it’s not the quality of the campaigns themselves, then there’s some…
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[dropcap size=big]E[/dropcap]very month Kickstarter is full of wild successes, and depressing failures. While some are always going to have that massive fan push behind them to see hundreds of thousands of dollars in funding others barely make it to the finish line. Due to the…
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[dropcap size=big]I[/dropcap]’m not sure how it happened, but starting a few years ago the concept of survival games came back in vogue. At first, it excited me as someone who really dug games like Disaster Report. However, this breed of “survival” was turning out to…
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[dropcap size=big]I[/dropcap]t seems like every month we now see a smattering of visual novel projects jumping into crowdfunding. This is hugely exciting for fans of the genre, especially considering how rare visual novels had previously been in the west. Lupiesoft were one of the earlier…
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It seems ever since Hatoful Boyfriend started proliferating about the internet that more folks decided to do something “weird” with the typical visual novel formula. The latest of these unusual concepts is Panzermadels: Tank Dating Simulator. As the name implies, you’re going to get the chance…
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Do you remember when Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater (and a multitude of extreme sport game copycats) were being released at a breakneck pace? Heck, even scooters got their own game! However, skateboarding dominated the field while other games saw only one or two releases. We’ve…