Hello and welcome to the latest edition of Novelly Funded! Visual novels may be one of the most misunderstood genres in the West, but I’m hoping Novelly Funded will help to chip away at the confusion. Last time, I introduced the intriguing world of visual…
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Balls Of Steel By Peter Nolan-Smith [divider] There used to be a place called an arcade. Usually a dark, open space filled with giant wooden boxes that contained only a single video game at a time. It was a strange business by today’s standards in…
The IndieGoGo campaign for InnoMen Productions new game, Sierra Ops, is ending in less than two days, so you don’t have much time left to decide whether to back it. The anime looking space game is actually a continuation, or ‘idealization’ as the developers describe…
Recently here at Cliqist, we talked about a new visual novel seeking funding on Kickstarter called Seduce Me – An Otome Visual Novel being brought to us by Seraphim Entertainment, and we were lucky enough to be able to interview Michaela Laws, the head writer…
By Brad Jones [divider] Having played the first few levels of Forced earlier in the day, I thought I knew what to expect when I teamed up with sound designer Jesper Kristiansen to see what co-op had to offer. Playing alone, I liked the game…
Tappin’ Tadpole By Julie Morley [divider] There is something about Tadpole Treble that really caught my eye from the get-go. I haven’t stumbled upon many music oriented games that incorporate other elements into it that keep it engaging. The creators, Michael and Matthew Taranto, took…
The Kickstarter campaign for Darkblood Chronicles is an unusual one. The developer, Dorian Tokici, doesn’t just have some sketches, concept art, or even a prototype game ready; the JRPG game he’s funding is already done. In fact, it was released back in December and has…
As gamers we spend a lot of time talking about “dead genres.” Game types that seemed to flourish in our younger years but now seem hard to come by, especially if you care about quality. Talk all you want about the adventure, JRPG, or sports…
By Megan Mellers [divider] Legends of Dawn walks into a bar. World of Warcraft and Guild Wars 2 have chased everyone away from the bar stools and are fighting drunkenly. Skyrim and Neverwinter Nights sit in a corner booth, trying to get their online children to…
Here’s another story about a Kickstarter game being delayed, but it’s not what you would expect. Usually when a developer posts to their games’ Kickstarter page that the game they got $50,000 to develop is going to be delayed they’re met with a mix of cynicism,…
We here at Cliqist recently had the privilege to interview the esteemed Nick Pasto, developer of the upcoming Super Chibi Knight, an action RPG programmed by 33-year-old Nick and written by his 8-year-old daughter. Here’s what he had to say… [divider] Cliqist : Hello, Nick,…
Most of us out there know exactly what a brawler is. It’s not quite a fighting game, but it also kinda is, and you’ve definitely played one of two before. Ever play Streets of Rage? Well there you go. If you haven’t played that, Scott…
For every classic RPG fanatic, there’s someone out there who’s convinced he can do a better job, and not all of those jerks are willing to take the time out of their busy schedule to actually learn how to make a game. Luckily for those…
Remember After Reset? Think back a couple months, it was an RPG set in a post apocalyptic world that felt very Fallout-ish. When we last spoke of the game we said it had “…everything you could want; cool post apocalyptic setting, non-linear story, tons of…
I Was Wrong About Xenonauts By Brad Jones [divider] For me, X-COM: UFO Defense is one of the best video games ever made. It’s one of the few games that I would wholeheartedly recommend to anyone—even though I know that it’s many archaic intricacies are…
Adrift by fist time developer Seth Howell is described as a “curiosity driven first person adventure game.” What’s that mean? It means that while Adrift may have the open world mechanics of something like Skyrim, it doesn’t push you towards an end goal of markers and waypoints. …