Communism as a theory and its actual implementation in society are quite different things. In Black The Fall, players are invited into an industrial world post-communism. The landscape is bleak and people are frightened by others. As the protagonist, you attempt to “break free” from…
There are a tremendous amount of reasons that a Kickstarter project might fail on its first time around. Sometimes the word doesn’t get out and sometimes they’re just posted at the perfectly wrong time. For whatever reason, The Land of Eyas was unsuccessful when it…
Space exploration/simulation games continue to arrive in the MMO space which makes it increasingly difficult to differentiate between them. Despite all this, there are still many features that the majority of these games lack. Enough so that developer Fluffy Kitten Studios is able to address what’s…
Thanks to modern society, many of us feel compelled to keep a smartphone on us at all times. This means we’re only moments away from gaming. A new Android and iOS game by the name of Combo Queen just landed on Kickstarter and might be…
A lot of game developers suggest that they are inspired by the works of people like Hayao Miyazaki of Studio Ghibli. Of course, when you suggest similarities to such an amazing animation studio it’s often hard to even come close. Burrito Studios’ upcoming game Highlands…
Kickstarter is a website that is grown into something truly amazing over the past few years. When the site launched in 2009, though, it wasn’t exactly greeted with copious attention. This is before the likes of Double Fine and other loved developers ever graced the…
Cosmochoria Reviewed. Naked and Amazing by Julie Morley [divider] It began with a naked cosmonaut. Several months back, I was lucky to try out the demo of Cosmochoria and fell in love with it. Honestly, why wouldn’t you fall in love with a naked little…
We’ve covered Shovel Knight here before I believe… Ah! Yep, here it is. A fine review, for all intents and purposes. Now, by the time our review of Shovel Knight hit our site’s homepage, I had long since forgotten about a review copy I’d requested many…
Dark Horror Awaits in Neverending Nightmares by Marcus Estrada [divider] Neverending Nightmares is a hard game to play. By that I don’t mean something along the lines of a super-precise platformer or adventure game with outrageously complex puzzles. Instead, this is a title with such…
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…
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…
It all started with three very important questions the Green Game team asked themselves: Are we okay with the direction that Earth is “rotating”? Are we inclined to leave it the way it is? Are we doing anything about this? With that, an idea for…
Nuclear Friendship and Planetary Annihilation by Jason McMaster [divider] [dropcap]M[/dropcap]any of you will have heard of Total Annihilation or Supreme Commander (1 or 2) and will be here because the Kickstarter for this game was peppered with veterans of the TA and SupComm design teams….
We’ve talked about Comosmochoria a fair amount since its Kickstarter campaign launched back in March. The games’ cartoonish visuals, adorable protagonist, and planet saving gameplay has always been intriguing to us. Since the game was funded to the tune of nearly $30,000 the developer has been…
Grimoire. A Moba Infused With Magic by Julie Morley [dropcap]A[/dropcap] Grimoire is a very important textbook; most notably known as an instruction manual for creating and using talismans and amulets, spells, charms and the like, and summoning miscellaneous supernatural beings. Grimoires are sacred texts directly for…
Voices from the Sea – Short and Sweet by Marcus Estrada [divider] [dropcap]Y[/dropcap]ou might recall Voices from the Sea thanks to its successful Kickstarter campaign earlier this year. Zeiva Inc. raised $4000 for the visual novel not only to fund its creation but also allow it…