As someone with a taste for video games with heavy narrative focus, such as interactive fiction or even alternate reality games, Ice-Bound is incredibly exciting. This is a game with an interactive story, but to really explain what that means takes a bit of work….
With so many games available to players it is pretty hard to stand out. And yet, The Black Glove has immediately gained attention thanks to its strangely unique premise. You play as the newest Curator to a theater. It sounds simple enough except for…
Hands on with Adorably Deadly Roguelike RPG, Rogue Wizards by Marcus Estrada [divider] Rogue Wizards took me by surprise. On its face, the game appears to be just another mobile RPG with cutesy cartoon visuals. This assumption was wrong – very wrong. As I booted…
Wasteland 2, A Refreshing Take on the Apocalypse by Mitchell “Moe” Long [divider] [dropcap]A[/dropcap] few months ago, I was privileged enough to review the early access version of Wasteland 2, inXile Entertainment’s inventive turn-based role-playing game. At the time, I was quite pleased, and kept forgetting…
Every week we take a brief look at all of the Kickstarter campaigns that launched in the previous week. This isn’t to say that all of these projects are worth your hard earned cash, but with any luck having all of them in one place…
A few trends have really taken hold in the game industry over the past few years. Free-to-play titles, MOBAs, and voxel-based games (think of the Minecraft art style) have all seen a marked increase in popularity. It seems Voxelfield by developer Psycho Interactive will be…
Planetary Annihilation Haunts Human Resources Kickstarter by Ahmad Khan Uber Entertainment, the creators of Monday Night Combat and the Kickstarter funded Planetary Annihilation have started a new Kickstarter for a monster strategy game called Human Resources. According it’s Kickstarter page, Human Resources is a is a…
A Surreal Adventure In The Land of Qora by Julie Morley [divider] [dropcap]B[/dropcap]ack in April, Holden Boyle’s Kickstarter campaign for Qora met its $4,000 funding goal – and then some, bringing in $10,692. Back then, however, the name was originally Spirit. With the additional funding…
If you’ve been seeking out a new “hardcore” game for your Android or iOS tablet then you simply have to take a loot at Rogue Wizards. This game, which also happens to be targeting Windows and Mac PC release, might appear to be a cute…
First – Prev – Next – Last Stay tuned every Sunday for a new edition of Under Development! [divider] [author image=”http://cliqist.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/julie.jpg” ]Julie Morley is a freelance writer and comic artist from Spring, Texas. She attended the Academy of Art University for two years, studying Animation and Illustration. Whilst here, she learned…
If you were to ask a die-hard PC fan what the best games of all time were they’d likely name Fallout among them. Wasteland, Fallout, and a litany of other post-apocalyptic RPGs just have something about them that draws players in. CRIMEA, an upcoming RPG…
Are you looking for a solid, frantic action RPG with retro flourish? This genre may be fairly saturated but excellent new titles are always coming out. One possibly great edition to this ever-growing library is Dark Drive by Rambutaan. The Kickstarter project proposes a 2D…
RPGs may very well be the most loved genre in all of gaming. There’s just something about their expansive worlds, wonderful storylines, and fantastical concepts that hook players and their imagination. Developer Meraki Games is hoping to utilize Kickstarter for their first video game –…
Do you ever find it funny how so many books and films are about authors struggling through precipitous circumstances? It seems for these forms of media that authors know themselves best which is why this storyline is so prevalent. In Alius Insectum, a similar concept…
There are a heck of a lot of horror games out there. You can find games that take place in a scary mansion, boat, museum, and so much more. Even enemies get a huge degree of variety with zombies, vampires, cult members, and more just…
Dopterra has been doing some things since the launch of Creepy Castle’s campaign and now, with the permission of Scott Cawthon, Chica from Five Nights at Freddy’s is now a playable character in Creepy Castle. And that’s just the tip of the iceberg! Let’s add…