Fans of music-based games like Crypt of the Necrodancer may have something new to look forward to this year. Parisian dev team Armogaste has recently launched a Kickstarter campaign for their upcoming title, A Song in the Void.As the title suggests, the game will focus heavily on its…
It’s a sobering fact of mortality that death often lurks in the shadows. What’s often overlooked, however, is that death is actually a lovesick, chubby office worker with a penchant for funk and disco. Kong Orange‘s Felix the Reaper is a puzzle game about manipulating space…
When I first played Yume Nikki I had to navigate Japanese-language file sites, download an unofficial English patch and install a Japanese character pack onto my laptop so I could run the Japanese version of RPG Maker 2003. More than a decade later, the seminal Japanese…
I’ve never been a big fan of dating sims or visual novels, except where glimpses of those genres lined up with the romance subplots of games like Knights of the Old Republic or Mass Effect. The Persona series carried me a little further into the outskirts…
Seattle-based Voracious Games is bringing AAA quality to the indie scene with their upcoming game, Potionomics. Their social media has consistently shown high levels of polish and design that rival the likes of Dreamworks and Pixar. Despite being relatively new, Voracious Games’ AAA pedigree promises a…
Some time ago, I attended an event called “Show and Tell“. Hosted by the organization “Seattle Indies“, Show and Tell serves as a place where indie devs can show off their work. Whether it’s a proof-of-concept prototype or a colorfully polished Alpha, people excitedly put…
Soundtracks, eh? Sound. Tracks. Them old ear ticklers. Those good time, toe tapping, hip jiving noisy noisy sound casseroles. Those hullabaloo rockets that launch themselves right into your brain and make you say “Now this is a racket that really butters my bread, Joe”. What…
The satirist Jonathan Swift once remarked that “A wise person should have money in their head, but not in their heart”. Swift died before Steam Wallets were invented however, and thus, his advice can be safely ignored. He supposedly wrote some immortal literary classics, but…
Maggese Games‘s Don’t Make Love has been nominated for Best Student Game at this year’s IGF awards. Artist Nina Kiel was kind enough to chat with Cliqist about inspiration, romance mechanics, and the essence of the tragedy at Don’t Make Love’s core. Blossoming Romance Cliqist: Hi…
The verdant land of Kingdoms and Castles is vacant of civilization when I arrive. I have the peasants build a towering keep to my magnificence. They don’t yet have homes, or food to eat, but that can wait. A man can’t be expected to feast…
Sometimes, there are heartfelt shows of affections made by fans for a property. Then, there’s the Planet Express Kickstarter. If the sole preview image is any indication, the game is 100 percent inspired by, and an imitation of, Futurama. One of the few updates to…
It’s Sunday, which means that in addition to eating nothing but donuts all day it’s time to check out the Kickstarter video game campaigns that launched last week. This isn’t to say that all the campaigns are worth your money, in fact, many of them…
Hello everyone, and welcome to Games of History! Or rather, you may want to welcome Games of History here to Cliqist. For over a year, I’ve been producing Games of History on my own – you may have read some of the companion articles we’ve…
In a 2018 roadmap published on January 3, New World Interactive announced that it would be putting Insurgency: Sandstorm‘s story campaign on ice. “The single player and cooperative story has been canceled for release, and will be considered again at a later date,” wrote the…
Ah, mornings. What’s better than turning off your alarm, cozying up in your slippers, and taking that first sip of coffee while watching the sunrise? Well, making a second cup of coffee. And then a third. And then… The Unending Sacrament of Mornings is less…
What would you do if you were walking home and you heard a kitty meowing in a creepy alley? Well, if you don’t want Bean’s “loser” ending, you go pick it up and take it with you. What you do when it turns out to…