It’s been a while since we heard from Oded Sharon and his reggae point-and-click adventure Bolt Riley. I’ll be honest here and started to wonder what was up with the development, but the latest update for the short campaign for the first chapter broke the…
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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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Another point and click adventure game will be hitting Kickstarter sometime in the near future. Midnight at the Celestial Palace will be a traditional point and click adventure game set in a weird but cute dream land where our main protagonist is a “professional underachiever” and…
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It’s no secret that I’m a huge Myst fan. Cyan crafted some beautiful worlds with an equally immersive backstory. I couldn’t get enough of the D’ni and their civilization, and of Atrus’ family. Okay, Uru and the last couple numbered games weren’t that great but…
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Art is always at the forefront of exploration games. After all, the majority of the experience is just the player running around looking at stuff. Nevermind is one such game, but its imagery goes way deeper than just looking around strange and disturbing environments. Indeed,…
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Back when Read Only Memories ran on Kickstarter I had no knowledge who Midboss was and their connection to the LGBT inclusive gaming convention GaymerX (I barely even knew that existed at the time). All I saw was an interesting Cyberpunk adventure with queer themes….
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There is a saying. You don’t change horses in midstream. Meaning that you shouldn’t decide to make changes in the middle of development. Which is exactly what Red Thread Games is doing with Dreamfall Chapters. In this case, though, they didn’t have a whole lot…
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Guess who’s got a Patreon account? I’m sure you’ve already guessed it if you read the title, but yes. AJ Tilley has moved on to Patreon to help supplement the artwork for existing and future projects. And it’s barely gone live and almost reached its…
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Just in time for Halloween fans of adventure games will be treated to a mini-game for SpaceVenture, the Two Guys from Andromeda’s crowdfunded adventure game. Cluck Yegger in Escape From the Planet of the Poultroid is a Five Nights at Freddy’s parody where our titular…
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Viva la revolucion! Most adventure games take you on a quest of some importance. Whether it’s to save the kingdom or just to find a nice place to nap most tend to be on the epic side of epicness. And Viktor looks to take this…
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The human mind is such a wonderful yet fragile thing. Even the slightest trauma, physical or mental, can send it quite off balance. Mental illness, whatever its cause, is a serious thing so it might come as a surprise to see a game focusing on…
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Infamous Quests’ latest foray into the retro point and click adventure genre Order of the Thorne is still being diligently worked on but now they want our help one more time. They’re not back asking for more money but they’re trying to get the game…
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It’s always disheartening to see a Kickstarter project not make funding. For whatever reason they just fall short of the mark by the time the clock ticks zero. Most either give up and walk away or try again for a second time. And then there…
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Normally I don’t have problems with developers returning to Kickstarter with new ideas but they usually deliver on most or all promises before going back to the well. I’ve been more than willing to support multiple campaigns for multiple projects in the past but sometimes…
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Ever since I first played Oregon Trail and killed off my settlers with dysentery I’ve been fascinated with edutainment titles. Those are games that you play both for enjoyment and learning. The kind of game that you can play both at home and at school….
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I’m not one to shy away from comedy games, even ones that deal with somewhat crude humor. After all, I grew up playing games like Leisure Suit Larry and Leather Goddesses of Phobos. So, it should come as no surprise that Demetrios tickled my funny…
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It’s finally time to hit the stars as Orion Trail finally leaves Steam’s early access program and is released to the public in all its glory. While those who have backed the game or purchased it during the polishing up stage have been having a…