One of the things that always bothered me about “artistic games” is that they tend to rely too heavily on childhood. Using retro graphics and gameplay styles to bring me back to an emotionally simpler time then introducing a vulnerable character and placing them in…
When you’re launching a new Kickstarter campaign there are lots of things you should do. Do make an engaging video. Do give lots of game information. There’s even more things you should make sure you avoid; the most important of which is to not use…
Pantheon, the ambitious MMO from famed Everquest designer Brad McQuaid may not have been as successful as planned raising funds on Kickstarter, but that doesn’t mean it was a flop, it raised almost half a million dollars. After raising $460,000 it must have been a…
Causual Bit Games has sent out word that their low-fi action platformer Insanity’s Blade: The Arcade Experience has been delayed. The good news is that as of now the delay only pushes the game back a few months to May 18th. Citing the desire to…
Hello and welcome to the latest edition of Novelly Funded! Visual novels may be one of the most misunderstood genres in the West, but I’m hoping Novelly Funded will help to chip away at the confusion. Last time, I introduced the intriguing world of visual…
It’s unusual to see a funding campaign for an existing game that’s been on sale for almost a year, but that’s what we have with the Dysfunctional Systems Kickstarter campaign. The team over at Dischan Media released the first episode of their Dysfuntional Systems visual…
Depth Test is one of those games I want to see happen so badly so that it can be expanded upon to its fullest potential, even if that potential only exists in my head. The Depth Test and Kerbal Space Program comparison isn’t just simple…
Jane Jensen, famed designer of the Gabriel Knight series and goth game developer extraordinaire, is just about ready to unleash her latest title to the world. Moebius: Empire Rising will be released for Windows and Mac on April 15th according to a recent press release…
Balls Of Steel By Peter Nolan-Smith [divider] There used to be a place called an arcade. Usually a dark, open space filled with giant wooden boxes that contained only a single video game at a time. It was a strange business by today’s standards in…
The IndieGoGo campaign for InnoMen Productions new game, Sierra Ops, is ending in less than two days, so you don’t have much time left to decide whether to back it. The anime looking space game is actually a continuation, or ‘idealization’ as the developers describe…
Recently here at Cliqist, we talked about a new visual novel seeking funding on Kickstarter called Seduce Me – An Otome Visual Novel being brought to us by Seraphim Entertainment, and we were lucky enough to be able to interview Michaela Laws, the head writer…
With so many games being funded over the last couple years it can be tough to keep track of the status of everything. If you’re a backer then there’s the daily flood of emails telling you what’s happening, and if you didn’t back then you…
The gang behind the Treachery in Beatdown City Kickstarter posted a brief, but meaty, update recently that should help provide some clarity regarding their upcoming brawler. The update contains video showing about 30 minutes worth of gameplay footage. Just how exactly does a genre mixing…
By Brad Jones [divider] Having played the first few levels of Forced earlier in the day, I thought I knew what to expect when I teamed up with sound designer Jesper Kristiansen to see what co-op had to offer. Playing alone, I liked the game…
Tappin’ Tadpole By Julie Morley [divider] There is something about Tadpole Treble that really caught my eye from the get-go. I haven’t stumbled upon many music oriented games that incorporate other elements into it that keep it engaging. The creators, Michael and Matthew Taranto, took…
Of all the differences between IndieGoGo and Kickstarter, and there are many, the one that always jumps out the most is how strange some of the IndieGoGo games look. While Kickstarter has had its fair share of quirky and unusual games seeking funding, it seems…
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