Breaking news, I know, but considering how much unearned recognition that silly Potato Salad campaign has gotten lately, many people have forgotten what crowdfunding is for. It’s not some vessel to earn ridiculous amounts of money making a side dish. It’s a place where people…
I’m going to try sincerely not to come off as a jerk, so please understand where I’m coming from here. We here at Cliqist love all the developers out there chasing after their wildest dreams with an incredibly small pool of resources, and while indie…
Welcome to episode five of “Nathaniel Gives Things Vague Titles and then Explains Why They Make Sense but They Don’t Really”. Today we’ll be talking about Tyto Online, an upcoming MMO being developed by Immersed Games. Aside from the entire dev team inexplicably wearing Star…
Usually, when you think about a point and click adventure game, you think about crazy, convoluted puzzles. In fact, this very concept is what inspires some of the most intense feelings of achievement and, conversely, frustration in the entirety of video games. Suddenly realizing you…
Be an ordinary man with an extraordinary life in possibly the funniest game since the dawn of mankind. A while back we covered the Adventures of Frederik Ceppo, being one of the first non-crowdfunded games at the time we covered. Since we covered it, Hoostbank…
For the love of… *sigh* Okay. Fine. This exists. In a daring crossover of two of the most annoying things in the world, a man known only as Sage G has created a game that will change the world if it is released – and…
It’s really hard to take a game from 2D to 3D. Just look at Bubsy. Now, I’m not trying to say that the two 2D Bubsy games weren’t complete and total travesties, but just look at Bubsy 3D. Goodness gracious. Well, for the same reason…
The concept of being completely blind and using sound to “see” has been played around with quite a bit in books, movies, and other types of media. Everyone knows about Daredevil, the Marvel superhero who has exactly zero functioning eyeballs, and even though his debut…
Creepily Cute Horror In Bulb Boy By Suzanne Verras [divider] Bulb Boy is a point-and-click adventure horror game by the Polish Bulb Boy Team. It’s a 2D adventure into the strange, scary, but also cute world of Bulb Boy, who has to save his friends…
Old School Adventuring Reborn In Quest For Infamy By David Lins [divider] [dropcap]H[/dropcap]ow many times do you read the phrase “love letter” while browsing Kickstarter? It’s gotten to the point that it actually makes me cringe a little whenever I see it, because most of…
Quality Time In InSomnia’s Dieselpunk Sci-Fi Sandbox By Nathaniel Liles [divider] The dieselpunk look and feel has been taking off ever since the Fallout series started getting serious attention again (around the time Fallout 3 came out), and I’m a big fan of the oxidized…
If you’re interested in point-and-click adventure games, you don’t have to look very deeply into the pool of Kickstarter’s gaming section to find a few, but most of them are either trying to reinvent the genre or modernize it in some way. Panchito Chepas isn’t…
Wednesdays are usually the day of the week that we see biggest Kickstarter campaigns launched. People are well into their work week, bored with the grind, and ready to donate some money; or so the theory goes. This week is no different; it’s already seen…
Habitat Early Access Review – Mission Accomplished By Julie Morley [divider] [dropcap]H[/dropcap]abitat is an orbital strategy game created by 4gency, an indie studio located in Seattle, that was funded on May 2nd for over $60K. It’s scheduled to be released for PC, Mac, Linux, and XBOX…
I had never heard of Amiga classic Wings before doing a little research on its Remastered Edition, strangely enough, and although I feel like I missed out a little bit, I’ll be getting not only one but two chances to check this out in coming…
Stasis is a work of interactive art that’s been in the making for over 4 years. The brain child of Christopher Bischoff, Stasis has been at a steady rate of growth since its Kickstarter closed up shop in December of last year. Basically, what’s been…
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