Music is a wonderful thing but have you ever considered it to be powerful? In the world of Maestros of the Anthymn it actually confers power onto the realm of Chora and its many inhabitants. Unfortunately, Chora is split into different sections, with each group…
We’ve talked about the Kickstarter funded horror survival game Last Year a couple times here on Cliqist. First there were some concerns with how the game was being funded, and how prepared the developers were to deliver on their promises. Then we speculated on whether or not Last…
[dropcap size=big]K[/dropcap]ickstarter is like a magnet for horror games, it seems there’s a new one popping up every day. Given the constant flow of options, it takes quite a bit for new horror projects to stand out from the pack. That’s something that Dark Deception has…
Welcome to Crowdsurfing! A series where I look at the promises made in various Kickstarter campaigns and compare them to what was actually delivered. In my first outing I’m taking a look at Code Avarice’s shooter Paranautical Actvity. In the video below I check…
Do you wish to explore space and colonize all the planets you might come across? Well, unfortunately that’s not something most of us will ever be able to experience… But thankfully we’ve got video games to live out these fantasies in! Case in point, Lacuna…
Games such as Minecraft, Terraria, and Starbound have massive audiences thanks to their sprawling, procedurally generated worlds, crafting interfaces, and the freedom they provide players. It only makes sense that more games will continue to come of that same type. The latest out there is…
Twine is a great, free interactive fiction engine which is allowing many people to create stories easily. Developer Bravemule is one such team who utilized Twine to create Beneath Floes. This story is focused around Inuit history and traditions. Unlike some Twine tales, this one…
2012 was a heck of a time for Kickstarter as tons of developers began pitching new versions of classic games. Developer Harebrained Schemes was among them with a campaign for Shadowrun Returns. It ended up being plenty successful with nearly $2 million funded by the…
Fans of Indie-games might be familiar with Skullz, a 4bit platform RPG incorporating text based commands and Atari game system era graphics. If you haven’t played the game I would recommend you check out this free browser based game, if I were to explain the…
Gamelyn Games are no stranger to crowdfunding. Over the past few years they have produced a variety of successful campaigns, with their latest being for Tiny Epic Galaxies. Board game fans should recognize this game as the third in the “Tiny Epic” series which includes…
The world of board game campaigns on Kickstarter is massive, with tons of companies doing well across dozens of campaigns. Monolith Board Games LLC is the newest name to the board game crowdfunding game but that doesn’t appear to have dampened backer spirits in the…
Back in the early 90s it felt like many creators weren’t sure what to do with computers. Sure, typical PC games arrived, but so too did many truly unique multimedia experiences. Their goals weren’t typically game-like so much as to simply explore and discovery many…
Looking for a frightening new point and click adventure to back? Well, you might not find any on Kickstarter right now but IndieGogo is currently hosting one by the name of The Dark Inside Me. This game boasts its creative director as Akçay Karaazmak. The…
Video games used to be incredibly simple affairs. Arcades were filled to the brim with easy to understand but incredibly challenging to master titles that players couldn’t get enough of. The likes of arcade classics such as Asteroids, Lunar Lander, and Missile Command inspired developer…
When you think of RPGs what typically comes to mind are long, epic storylines that were carefully crated for players to fall in love with. With that said, there’s usually one main storyline per game and tons of NPCs giving tiny little sidestories. Vidar is…
[dropcap size=big]F[/dropcap]ans of Super Smash and bullet hell games will be glad to know that there’s an IndieGogo project that’s taking these two seemingly separate genre’s and splicing them together in an orgy of ps2 era graphical violence. The aptly named Touhou Super Smash Battles is currently crowdfunding…