Remember back when crowdfunded games would take risks and give gamers something different than the standard offerings? Those were the days, right? Now with platforms like Fig and Indiegogo offering crowdfunding as an investment option, safer, more marketable games are making a comeback. It’s a…
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Oftentimes, visual novels that hit Kickstarter (and are not published by Sekai Project) have a slow trickle of funding. Many succeed, of course, but not to outrageous excesses. Well, Seven Kingdoms: The Princess Problem proves that an indie studio can definitely make a huge splash…
The team at Midgar Studio have done it, the Kickstarter for their JRPG Edge of Eternity reached its stretch goal of $130k. At this landmark, the much loved composer, Yasunori Mitsuda, whose past work includes iconic JRPGs Chrono Trigger and Xenosaga, is expected to create original…
We’ve covered Enchanted Kingdom a few times here on Cliqist and it’s time for an update; we’re definitely long overdue for one. In August, CG Development decided to redo their Kickstarter campaign now that they have a better understanding of marketing and community development. Since the relaunch…
Kingdom Caligula – Reviewed By Marcus Estrada [divider] Many people associate the name Caligula with madness. This Roman emperor of the years 37 to 41 AD did a great many things during his reign but time has erased everything but the spectre of insanity from…
Dammit. Every time I proclaim that I’m sick of pixel graphics another game comes along to pull me back in. The latest drug is the beautiful looking Kingdom from Thomas van den Berg. Originally released last year, Kingdom is a strategy game puts players in…
The Game That Does Not Forgive By Julie Morley [divider] “No, why?” “D’oh!” “COME ON, I was SO CLOSE.” Generally some phrases that I was yelling at my computer screen, but with the addition of obscenities and profane language. What has me so worked up,…
When you think of indie games which developers come to mind? Is it Phil Fish, the controversial mastermind behind Fez? Perhaps it’s Edmund McMillen and his darkly humorous creations. Or maybe the impossible to hate Derek Yu of Spelunky fame? Forget those guys, you should…
Cliqist Style Guide All rules, of course, are made to be broken. But don’t break them until you’ve mastered them. Topics to cover Anything relating to indie gaming. New game announcements New Kickstarter campaigns Crowdfunding Hall Of Fame Indie game history Crowdfunding scams Developer interviews…
A Plague Tale: Innocence is doing something not many games shown at E3 this year are: taking us back in time. Set in 1349, Asobo Studio is showing us what life was like in Europe during the time of the Black Plague. Imagine the rats…
Games based on historic events have a surprisingly bad track record on Kickstarter. Or maybe it’s not that surprising, judging by a similar video we did looking at crowdfunded sports games. Historical games, like sports games, are a niche, and being a niche within the niche…
‘Shadow of the Colossus in the snow’. That’s the premise of Prey for the Gods in seven words and that in itself should be enough to tempt you to check out the video at which point you’ll probably come to the same conclusion as everyone…
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,…
This week marks the 2 year anniversary of Cliqist officially launching. In that time we’ve published over 2,400 articles worth of videogame crowdfunding coverage. That number pales in comparison to other sites, but it’s something I’m very proud of; especially when you consider that in…
[dropcap size=big]E[/dropcap]very week we take a brief look at all of the Kickstarter video game campaigns that launched in the previous week. This isn’t to say that all of these projects are worth your hard earned cash, but with any luck having all of them…
2014 is over! Now that we’re in 2015 the folks at Kickstarter took it upon themselves to provide another simple summary of how projects performed on the website in the previous year. The results are a mix of obvious and surprising, but what should be…