When it comes to putting up a game on Kickstarter, or one of the other many crowdfunding sites, one of the things that’s pretty much mandatory these days is in-game assets to show off or people will walk away from it. Even big names need…
Serena Nelson
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Serena has been a gamer since an early age and was brought up with the classic adventure games by Sierra On-Line, LucasArts, and Infocom. She's been an active member on Kickstarter since early 2012 and has backed a large number of crowdfunded games, mostly adventures. You can also find her writing for Kickstart Ventures and evn.moe.
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There are games that I instantly back and then there are those that I’m wary about but eventually decide to put some money down and become surprised by how good the game ends up being. When it ran on Kickstarter I almost passed on Neverending…
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The good people at Stuck in Attic have been teasing fans of Gibbous with a special 24-hour add-on and today is the day where you can be immortalized in cartoon form by artist Cami Cuibus. For just an extra $20 added on to your pledge…
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We normally don’t cover tabletop gaming here at Cliqist, but one project has caught our eye that it’s worth at least a mention. Tales from the Halfling Camp is a musical album featuring a number of fantasy tunes that can be used to supplement and add…
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I like first person adventure games. Maybe not as much as traditional point-and-click, but with a good story I’ll still play it. In the case of Stardrop, the basic premise sounds good but from the pitch itself it doesn’t tell me much. Unless you play…
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Almost four years ago adventure game fans were treated to a unique looking game as it launched on Kickstarter in mid 2012. Jack Houston and the Necronauts is a stop motion capture game in the same vein as classic movies like Jason and the Argonauts…
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Just when you thought you heard the last of serial Kickstarter AJ Tilley he rears his head again, albeit briefly, to give some of the most insane news that I’ve heard in the past four years. In a recent backer-only update he announced that AJTilley.com…
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I love me a good first person shooter game. Ever since I got my hands on a copy of Doom by id Software I became a fan of the genre. Which is why when I saw Blackroom launch on Kickstarter it became a no-brainer to…
Serena Nelson
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For four years now I’ve been backing Kickstarter projects and since then I’ve gotten to be quite knowledgeable on what makes a campaign work and what doesn’t. When Midboss started looking for panel submissions for GX3 last year I jumped at the chance to share some wisdom…
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Kickstarter really needs to screen potential projects a lot better. Too many joke or scam campaigns make it through their filter and while far from the worst offender Trumpman easily ranks high on the list of obvious examples. It’s hard to even look at the…
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I am a patient person, but even I have my limits. Back in 2012 we saw a lot of great looking adventure games launch on Kickstarter, several of which I backed myself. However, I’m still waiting on a handful and unfortunately Reincarnation: The Root of…
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Stop me if you’ve heard this one before. Imagine taking out cute personifications of World War II war machines on dates during the “war to end all wars”. If your first thought landed on Panzermadels, which just recently released, you’re not far off the mark….
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I’m a fan of Steam. I have over a thousand games in my library. That said, it’s hard to keep track of what games that I own and it takes a long time to go through my list of something to find. Which is one…
Serena Nelson
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Among countless others, there are three things that I love: adventure games, Lovecraftian horror, and comedy. Now, it really does sound like the three shouldn’t mix well but in the case of Gibbous this indeed the case. As soon as I saw it go live…
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When it comes to crowdfunding one of the things that I really look forward to is seeing how a game is shaping up. If it means seeing under the hood and what it takes to create a scene or character all the better. Which is…
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I’m a sucker for adventure games, usually no matter the plot. And I’m also a sucker for comedy games, which is why checking out and backing Demetrios last year was a no-brainer for me. Even the demo had me wondering if I should laugh or…