All alone in a harsh landscape with death waiting to take you away at a moment’s notice; you’ve only one goal, and it’s to survive. No, it’s not winter in New York, its Proven Lands. Proven Lands is a sci-fi sandbox roguelike just hit Kickstarter…
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Just over a year ago, in January 2013, Joshua DeBonis received over $40,000 to create an RPG with a pretty intriguing premise. Instead of dragon-shouting or action-barring hoards of fantasy beasts, DeBonis’ game Meriwether: An American Epic takes players back to a time when finding…
Barely a week into its campaign and the team at “aheartfulofgames” has surpassed the 50% funding mark on Heart & Slash. The 3rd person roguelike brawler features an adorable robot named Heart that malfunctions and starts fighting against the powers of standardization in order to…
I’m about to tell you the most depressing story you’ll likely hear all week. Sorry. I had a friend several years ago that grew up wanting to be a cop, it’s all he wanted to do in his life. He took the appropriate tests but…
About Cliqist We love crowdfunding. We love gaming. That’s [divider] Who is Cliqist? Greg Micek – Editor – greg@cliqist.com 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,…
Star Control in an infinite procedurally generated universe. That’s the point where designer Bob Saunders could drop the mic and walk off the stage when describing his upcoming game, Approaching Infinity. Of course when asking for money it’s usually a good idea to provide a…
What do you get when you mix the classic board game Clue with some Kairosoft style graphics and gameplay? You get Mansion Lord, a role playing business sim from Golgom Games that’s currently on Kickstarter in an effort to raise some money. In Mansion Lord…
Kids these days. What with their Twitters and Friendsters, it seems like they’re always getting into trouble. Case in point, Catacomb Kids from FourbitFriday follows some juvenile delinquents as they explore a dangerous underground fortress known as The Catacombs. These tiny adventurers, whether there as…
Ascendant’s smooth, almost spiritual, graphics give no indication of the brutally fantastic combat within. When you watch the gameplay video on its Kickstarter page you’ll see a variety of vicious moves that seem at odds with the cartoonish visuals; and it’s great. Slicing through hordes…