You can’t keep a good psychotic, alternate dimension thriller down. That’s the saying right? No matter, in the case of Shadow Knights Studios it’s entirely true. Their game, The Lighthouse, first showed up on Kickstarter back in January. After a DMCA strike mistakenly took the campaign…
Solo indie developer, Steve Gabry of Portable Moose planted the seeds of a dark mystery in his warped adventure game, Sally Face. With the second of five episodes freshly released, let’s take a look at what we know and what we think we know about…
“As soon as we saw it we loved it and we knew we wanted to get involved in any way that we could,” said Tim Schafer in a promotional video. Schafer just announced Double Fine Presents, a new publishing arm of his (once?) beloved indie…
Traditionally, point & click adventure games focus on the player moving through the story with interactive environments peppered throughout. Developer Ore Creative wanted to take this idea further for their upcoming project, Ira. New mechanics help players focus more on their journey, as well as…
Indie devs love tapping into the warped world of H.P. Lovecraft for their horror inspirations. Seriously, go Google games based on the Cthulhu Mythos, you’ll be busy for awhile. Sure, it can be enticing to take on the role of an investigator determined to save…
Everything can change anything at any time. That’s what you typically hear from the social media sphere whenever something new is introduced, especially in the tech field. Sometimes it plays out exactly that way, like the iPhone. But most of the time our grand proclamations…
The first season of Mi’pu’mi Games’ episodic narrative-driven adventure, The Lion’s Song is finally released in all its four-part glory. That means all the seemingly small choices and inconsequential details of the story have come full-circle in a satisfying conclusion. Of course, a large part…
PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds is currently the hottest thing since sliced Jesus. The little indie game that could seemingly came out of nowhere to surpass four million sales and amass over one hundred million dollars. But its success mirrors an old, forgotten game – DayZ. It debuted…
By now you’ve probably heard about the CBS report that young men are spending less time working and more time playing video games. While some short-sighted people may see this as a sign of trouble, developer iFun4All recognized it as an opportunity. If men have…
Hey Game Grumps, let’s rap. July 13th was supposed to be a big day for you. A day when all of our dad dating dreams could finally come true. Except when it came time to actually release Dream Daddy: A Dad Dating Simulator, we got…
Sometimes truly bizarre ideas take a while to find an audience. Such is the case of the 2D point and click horror adventure, Bulb Boy. The project first came to light when the developers released a Kickstarter campaign in June 2014. Despite having an intriguing…
In 2016, developer MetaArcade first debuted its digital prototype of the iconic tabletop role-playing game, Tunnels & Trolls. This digital remastering of the legendary franchise wasn’t just about bringing the adventures of Trollworld to a wider audience. MetaArcade wanted to utilize the art and history…
One of the biggest challenges faced by indie developers (aside from the whole, making the game thing) is marketing their project. There are always good looking games that manage to fall through the cracks without getting the attention they deserve. In the past, we’ve harped…
So many survival/exploration style games get off on gritty realism. What if they could be beautiful instead? Perhaps this was the thinking that lead to the minimalist graphic style of Holden Boyles newest Kickstarter project, Torla. Boyles had previously found success in crowdfuding for his…
As the clock ticked down the final hours on their Kickstarter campaign, Owlcat Games took to Reddit for an “Ask Me Anything,” community interview. This was the second AMA for Creative Director Alexander Mishulin and Narrative Designer Chris Avellone about their upcoming RPG, Pathfinder: Kingmaker….
Depending on who you ask, early access is either the best or worst tool for smaller game developers. On the one hand, devs get a chance to put their game in front of an audience. This allows them to more accurately gauge interest and polish…