Horror can be highly subjective. A frightening experience to one person is a minor irritant to another, and finding a perfectly scary formula for everyone is all but impossible. As the independent industry has proven on a number of occasions, horror is better suited to…
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Nintendo’s indie library (Nindies) has exploded over the past month, offering a selection of great titles that Switch owners won’t want to miss. From imaginative platformers to zen-inducing ariel adventures, January was ripe with stellar content for those hip to the Nindie scene. As a…
There really aren’t enough indie fantasy games that let you play as a total bastard. Ok, so there’s Antihero, where you play a morally bankrupt thief with no regard for human life, and Darkest Dungeon, where you play a morally bankrupt noble with no regard…
Before leaving to join Arcade Distillery, Conrad Zimmerman worked at Cliqist behind the scenes as an editor. It was my idea, as Executive Editor (whatever that means) to bring him aboard, and Cliqist’s founder and Editor-in-Chief Greg Micek agreed. For those three months, Zimmerman helped…
The term “permadeath” is a bit of a red flag for me. Nothing makes me run faster from an otherwise intriguing game, other than maybe zombies or overly simplistic pixel art, than seeing that term tagged on a game in Steam. Or simulators, those usually…
Gamers who want a more animated turn-based tactical RPG may find just what they’re looking for with this week’s pick. The Iron Oath from Curious Panda promises a gritty and dynamic world for players to traverse with a diverse party of recruitable characters. Think of it…
Two-man French development studio Dark Screen Games have gone for the crowdfunding approach for their upcoming brawler, featuring characters from a large variety of recent indie titles. The Fig campaign for Bounty Battle is seeking $30,000 and if successful will see fighters from games ranging…
World War II isn’t the only historical period that gets to have fun on Kickstarter. There are plenty (read: a few) games that found success by breaking away from the mold. There are games about the American Civil War, Medieval Europe, and… well, that’s it…
Sale figures aren’t the only way of determining the success of crowdfunded games, but they’re definitely important. Which is why it’s heartening to see seven Kickstarter games among the 100 best-selling Steam games of 2016. Valve has released the official list which includes Undertale, Grim…
We first wrote about Crash Wave’s Iron Tides back in May, and former Cliqist writer Conrad Crisman was excited for it. The Kickstarter campaign recently launched after going through the Square Enix Collective program. So we had a chat with one of the developers on the game, Carina…
You’d think one of these days the zombie well would dry up. Yet somehow the gaming world keeps churning out 8-bit pixel art game after randomly/procedurally generated game after crafting survival game. Snark aside, Creekside Creep Invasion is one of the first this year in…
It’s that time of year again, summer video game sales! GOG was first out of the gate with their sale, and they started things off strong with some amazing deals. In the interest of showing off the large number of great Kickstarter funded games available, as well…
How many Kickstarter-funded games make it to the PlayStation 4? Almost every Kickstarter campaign for a video game has PC as their target platform. It’s only an elite few who aim to bring their game to a console, and fewer still who manage it. Indeed,…
Here we are, with yet another pixely, randomly-generated platformer popping up on Kickstarter. Sorry for sounding a bit tired, but you have to admit there have been a little bit too many of those as of late. However, I wouldn’t be covering this if it didn’t contain any…
Each year, the Independent Games Festival (IGF) holds a prestigious awards ceremony celebrating the best in indie games. And with the 18th annual festival taking place at this year’s Game Developer’s Conference, it’s also nice to see that quite a few award nominees have Kickstarter roots….
[dropcap size=big]T[/dropcap]here is nothing quite like playing the role of a God, a master creator in control of everything with all the power. Yet, before that power seems exciting and a God can create life he must create a world for that life to live…