Flying Hamster II: Knight of the Golden Seed looked like an absolutely adorable RPG platformer when it launched on Kickstarter last year. It had an adorable hamster knight protagonist, beautiful cartoon-styled graphics, and a host of cool gameplay mechanics. Despite how polished the campaign looked,…
What’s hot right now in the crowdfunding world? Space exploration games, space shooters, and everything to do with the multitude of galaxies out there! Certain campaigns have made immense amounts of money pre-release, and to be honest, it’s unlikely they’ll be able to meet the…
[dropcap size=big]T[/dropcap]hreshold by QuadraTron Games is a game set in the incredibly crowded genre of puzzle platformers. When its Kickstarter campaign launched earlier in January it was incredibly easy to be swayed by the beautiful hand-painted imagery. But beyond that, I couldn’t help but feel…
[dropcap size=big]T[/dropcap]his interview is about a 2D hack n’ slash game set in 8 bit pixel style, yup just like pretty much any other game project you see premiering on crowd funding every week…gotcha! Children of Morta is everything you have seen in roguelike retro-games…
[dropcap size=big]T[/dropcap]he first utterance of a game known only as “Project Scissors” by Hifumi Kono was a tremendously exciting event. As a fan of the Clock Tower series, it was something I wanted to see more of in the modern gaming landscape. Other developers have…
It’s never fun to see Kickstarter projects fail, even ones that seem destined for failure from the beginning. However, it’s especially troubling when it’s a solid campaign with a very promising game. Igenos : The Last Phoenix was one of those games; it had fantastic…
[dropcap size=big]F[/dropcap]ortis Rex: Rise of the King is a non-linear open-world RPG developed by Ancient Realms Studios that has been funded over several Kickstarter campaigns and is currently on sale at Desura. The game is on its second alpha release, so it’s still an early…
[dropcap size=big]O[/dropcap]nce in a while you come across a video game project and you scratch you head thinking “what in heaven’s name is this? Is this a visual-novel? A sandbox? Is it really a video-game at all?” That’s the feeling I got when I checked…
[dropcap size=big]V[/dropcap]ideo games have been around for dozens of years and yet we don’t have a long history of this form of media covering topics such as mental illness very often at all. In fact, it seems that most games finally testing the waters with…
Looking for a cool campaign to back that still needs a little support? Check out The Incredible Baron. This title calls itself “reverse tower defense” and has an amusing concept at its core. Players take on the role of the Baron, a man set on exploring…
There are a surprisingly huge amount of simulator titles on Steam having to do with driving cars. So, what about if you’re more interested in working on them rather than getting behind the wheel? Car Mechanic Simulator 2014 seemed to be one of the few…
What would you do if you woke up to find that aliens had invaded and taken over the Earth overnight? It wouldn’t be a pretty picture, that’s for sure. Orphan begins with this exact thing happening to a young boy. He awakens to find the…
Games about the police come in many shapes and sizes, but lately most seem to be of the FPS persuasion. There’s certainly nothing wrong with that but some folks out there are looking for more strategic and thoughtful titles. This Is the Police, which is…
Before even launching Disorder for the first time it left an impression on me. “Why is it named Disorder?” I found myself asking while looking at its store page. Of course, having since beaten the game it has a much stronger effect now. In its…
We here at Cliqist love crowdfunded games, but we are gamers just like you guys, and that means we play, well, everything. The “Not Crowdfunded, But…” series will be a regular dose of non-crowdfunded magic from us to you, covering everything from the latest Gears of…
[dropcap size=big]M[/dropcap]any wonder what constitutes a video game. The discussion is complicated, wrestling with such issues as planned and emergent narrative, reward and punishment, complexity and simplicity, etc. Here on Cliqist, however, I’d like to focus on experimental games and their place in the crowdfunding…
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