Here’s something you don’t see everyday on Kickstarter. Someone recently put up a campaign with the goal of getting the attention of Lionhead Studios. Back in 2002, Intrepid Computer Entertainment, announced a title called BC. It was meant to offer up a new gameplay experience…
Back in 2013 Nicola and Anthony Caulfield launched a Kickstarter campaign for From Bedrooms to Billions, a feature length documentary about the history of the UK games industry. This was a great success and is available now via download, DVD, or Blu-Ray. With that project…
Last year a super cute campaign by the name of Holobunnies launched and caught my attention. Unfortunately, it only managed to raise $7,000 of its $15,000 CAD goal. Now q-bit games have returned to Kickstarter in order to fund Holobunnies for a much more attainable…
[dropcap size=big]N[/dropcap]ostalgia is a powerful influence. Few things are more tempting than the nostalgia for a simpler time without the worries of trans fats and rent; when all you had to worry about was keeping your grades up and beating Metroid. I mean who wouldn’t…
While triple A titles continue to focus on much the same Hollywood blockbuster-esque storylines the indie community is still pursuing a whole wealth of concepts. Case in point, The Baader Meinhof Phenomenon by Bearded Pixel is the tale of a man who has struggled with drug…
When a game suggests it’s “Zelda meets Don’t Starve” folks simply have to pay attention. Those are exactly the first games used as comparison for Deadwood: The Forgotten Curse which has just landed on Kickstarter. Developed by Steamroller Studios, this looks to be a very…
As gamers, we likely all have one favorite game which no one seems to have heard of before. For me, one of these unique favorites is Sheep from 2000. It’s a strategy game about corralling sheep! As such, I couldn’t ignore CorgiFields when it launched…
Back in 2013 an awesome initiative called Indies Crash E3 brought a few lucky developers onto the E3 show floor. The developers were selected by the votes of the public and not only had their passes paid for but also got to do interviews and…
March is always a huge month for Kickstarter videogame campaigns, with some quality launches during GDC and Pax. However, we don’t want to forget those campaigns that are deep into funding already after having launched in February. Campaigns for Underworld Ascendant, Strength of the Sword Ultimate,…
[dropcap size=big]T[/dropcap]he Escapists is, in a way, the anti-Prison Architect. Whereas Prison Architect places the player in the role of all-seeing overseer constructing a prison and doing their best to keep the inmates locked in, The Escapists places the player in the role of a…
[dropcap size=big]I[/dropcap]t’s time to put on the metal records kids, because today we’re talking about Tormentum: Dark Sorrow, a dark horror adventure game that looks like the illegitimate child of Metallica and H.R. Giger. The project was funded between June 2nd and August 1st 2014,…
[dropcap size=big]C[/dropcap]ontradiction was a live-action, fully interactive adventure mystery game that was funded for £4,010 on Kickstarter back on January 17th. The game uses 100% live-action video and boasts a “unique design to give you the freedom to move around at will, investigate locations, collect…
[dropcap size=big]W[/dropcap]hen covering high profile indie projects we often forget that indie gaming is more than about big name ex-AAA staff members coming together to make indiegames. It also about the one and two men teams working from home as they try to invent and…
[dropcap size=big]H[/dropcap]ere at Cliqist, we want to expose our readers to everything crowdfunded gaming has to offer. Usually, we focus on video games. However, four out of the top 16 funded projects of all time (Kickstarter) are tabletop games. We want to give love to these…
[dropcap size=big]M[/dropcap]etroidvania-style games are a huge part of our history as a gaming community and have managed to secure a place in our hearts even now as technology continues to improve and games get more and more realistic. While I have previously spoken about the…
[dropcap size=big]W[/dropcap]e all remember when we were kids and we would watch our favorite super hero show on Saturday morning. Then out of nowhere another amazing super hero would cross over and both heroes would team up and beat the boom buff pow out of…