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…
I’m going to tell you straight up – I don’t know the first thing about cars. Despite getting me from point A to point B on a weekly basis it has just never been an obsession of mine! With that said, it’s not hard to…
Black Shell Games is one developer quickly making a name for themselves. With the release of SanctuaryRPG, and more recently the Black Edition on Steam, roguelike fans have quickly taken notice. Their latest game is called Overture and sticks within the roguelike genre but is…
For a while, MMOs were the hottest thing out there. Every company wanted to create their own and reap the benefits of monthly subscription fees or in-game purchases. That bubble quickly exploded and now there are less than a dozen which see continuous success today….
Almost everyone has probably played Pac-Man at least once in their lives. The classic gameplay of moving through a maze to collect pellets and avoid ghosts is simple – and classic. Dark Deception is an upcoming horror game… so how does it connect to Pac-Man?…
Sometimes, people bring projects to Kickstarter which are just at the very first planning stages. As cool as their concepts might be, it’s hard to determine how the actual final product will fare! Sol Trader is different. Right off the bat developer Chris Parsons lets…
Space exploration has always intrigued humans but it’s thanks to video games that the vast majority of us can enjoy such an experience digitally. Lately, we’ve seen a huge boom in the genre of space sim/exploration games and the latest out there is Into the Stars. Indie developer…
[dropcap size=big]W[/dropcap]hile Visual Novels aren’t everyones’ cup of tea, there’s no doubt that it’s a game type with a lot of variety. Take ‘But I Love You’ for example. While the screens make it look like yet another seduction simulator, the game that lies beneath is something…
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Hey there and welcome to Novelly Funded! This article series spotlights a handful of crowdfunded visual novels. If you’re brand new to visual novels then here’s a quick primer as to what they’re all about: They’re text-based stories with (usually) still images to help convey…
Dysfunctional Systems: Learning to Manage Chaos is a visual novel I played initially right around release in 2013. It was a breath of fresh air in the indie VN scene for me, and managed to rise above many of its contemporaries. My anticipation of later…
At the end of everything, hold onto anything. To say the world of Night in the Woods is shrouded in mystery would be an understatement. It is filled with wonder, coming of age rebellion, and promises even death cannot break. We haven’t really talked about…
[dropcap size=big]2[/dropcap]012 was a massive year for Kickstarter and gaming. It was the year that both Double Fine Adventure and Ouya campaigns appeared. Everyone in the game development scene was trying to bring their product to the masses via the site, and that included many…
Fault Milestone One was one of the first visual novels which Sekai Project was able to successfully fund a localization for via Kickstarter. With a downright measly $5,000 goal they easily smashed it – raising $34,662 in all. What are the basic facts about this…
As we gear up for our look back at 2014 we’re putting together lots of info on what went right (and wrong!) over the past 12 months. Before we get to that though, let’s take a look at how 2015 is starting. The holiday dry…
The Untold History of Japanese Developers by John Szczepaniak is an impressive tome bursting with interviews of many developers of classic games. This campaign, which was funded in June of 2013, required £50,000 but actually raised £70,092. Despite Japanese developers not getting as much press…