It’s been a while since developer OhNoo Studio has reached out to touch base with their Kickstarter backers. With the Steam page for their upcoming adventure game, Tsioque calling for a late 2017 release, it was probably time to check in once again. The gloriously…
Housemarque founders Ilari Kuttinen and Harri Tikkanen are very open about their love for classic coin-op arcade titles like Defender, Robotron: 2084 and Smash TV and their direct influences on their own approach to game design. So, at the 2014 D.I.C.E. awards they approached the…
Science sure is swell, isn’t it? It makes up the very fabric of our existence and yet it has never enjoyed the level of celebration readily heaped on pop culture icons. Luckily, Astrophysicist, Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson graciously stepped up to assume the mantle of…
Developer agendas have become the activist’s Rorschach test in video games. Some people claim to see them spelled out clearly while others only see pixels. In that respect it’s refreshing for a game to wear it’s motivation unabashedly on its sleeve. In the case of…
It’s not often that we get a World War I game, much less one that’s a first person shooter. That’s exactly what EA gave us last year with Battlefield 1, whom continues drip-feeding players content that should have been there from the start. Now imagine…
Hello Cliqist readers, My name is Vijay Kumar, and my team and I have been hard at work creating a next generation platformer shooter. The game we’re making is deeply inspired by the Mega Man X series from the gameplay design to the visual aesthetic,…
Veteran crowdfunding developer, Chris Parsons has returned to Kickstarter with a follow up to his relationship-focused space game, Sol Trader. In Ealdorlight, players engage in step-based roguelike combat set against a procedural storytelling backdrop. It’s a chance for Parsons’ new studio Revelation Games, to build…
A game’s atmosphere is a big part of selling players on the story. A horror game set in a bright, beautiful location probably won’t go far. So when Developer, melessthanthree decided to set their game in a bewildering world of nightmares, standard pixel art just…
The first time I saw YIIK: A Postmodern RPG, I felt excited and a little worried. I’ve previously mentioned both my love of the Earthbound/Mother series and severe doubt that anyone could list it as a reference and make something worthy of mentioning its name. After Undertale and…
As they approach the Kickstarter finish line the creators of sci-fi comedy adventure StarFlint has added a new reward item to the list of offerings. While not unheard of to add stuff at the last minute, it’s what is being added that has me worried. In…
The other day, Cliqist Editor-in-Chief and longtime table eater Greg Micek and I were discussing our Where Are They Now? on Keiji Inafune. He suggested that, for the most part, gaming pundits and backers are too harsh on Japanese developers who use crowdfunding. Kickstarter backers…
Up until 2007, The Paizo Publishing company made a name for themselves publishing Dungeons and Dragons magazines. When Wizards of the Coast chose not to renew their contract, Paizo developed their own RPG product line under D&D’s Open Game License. Thus the Pathfinder IP was…
With only 15 minutes until Valve closed submissions to Steam Greenlight, Developers, Alex Nechita and Alex Nae, introduced The Underground King to the world. Within 24 hours the community had spoken. This quirky narrative-driven, strategy racing, RPG was the last game to make it on…
Tinybuild Games CEO, Alex Nichiporchik has come forward with some damning accusations against Russian game publisher, Buka Entertainment. Accusations which he claims have lead Buka to threaten legal actions against the indie label. On June 19th, 2017, Nichiporchik published an article to tinyBuild’s website where…
Illfonic and Gun Media have got to be both the most celebrated and most hated team in gaming right now. On the one hand, everyone and their dog was hyped about the release of Friday the 13th The Game. Finally, a Jason game made by…
I’m not going to lie: until the Microsoft E3 2017 press conference, I’d nearly forgotten that Ooblets was a thing. I vaguely recalled the game being inspired by Animal Crossing, Pokemon, and Harvest Moon. All titles I appreciate, and two of which I managed to get horribly…