I’m a patron of the arts. I may not go to the theater as often as I’d like, but I still enjoy it when I do. Seeing a game that uses this as a premise makes me smile. To add to it, The Rainsdown Players:…
While I generally shy away from racing games, I find something oddly intriguing about SmuggleCraft. Maybe it’s because it’s not your traditional racer. Maybe it’s because there’s a story here. Or maybe it’s because of the art style. I don’t know, but I actually kind…
I’m an ’80s kid. I grew up on a lot of the media from that decade. So, it shouldn’t be a surprise that I’ll happily check out anything inspired or from that time period. After seeing Narita Boy, I’m very much reminded of my childhood….
Back in the glory days of 2012 Kickstarter, Obsidian launched their first crowdfunding campaign. Project Eternity, a isometric, party-based, fantasy RPG would later become Pillars of Eternity. For a brief time, it would even hold the record for highest funded RPG. Flash forward to today and Obsidian Entertainment is once…
I find strange pairings of strange creatures strangely fascinating. And nowhere is it more strange than playing as a slug who happens to have a wizard friend. While I’m not normally into platformers, The Wizard and the Slug is unique in how it plays. And…
With their first update of 2017, PolyKnight Games has taken a major step forward with the development cycle for InnerSpace. Wanting to create a polished tutorial for their flying exploration game, they ended up crafting a whole new world. The whole purpose of this area is to…
Daymare: 1998 had been shaping up to be an authentic tribute to classic survival horror games of the 1990s. But there was one aspect that felt distinctly modern – the camera viewpoint. The over-the-shoulder perspective had been in vogue since Resident Evil 4, but several backers had expressed…
Delays are a big part of development. Things always take just a bit longer than you’d expect. Releasing a game on time is great, but sometimes you get the chance to take your project to the next level. A chance Laney Berry didn’t want to…
Sometimes I look at a successful Kickstarter campaign and feel old. It’s a weird feeling for a 28-year-old to have, but that’s how technology goes these days. I’m super in for fancy tech though, especially if it’s weird or uncalled for. Hell, I’m looking for…
In July of 2015 Algitt Studios sole developer, Stephen Scott released his first beta build of Hurried Heroes. This early version of his beat the clock dungeon crawler released to backers who’d pledged at the ‘Standard Plus’ funding tier. The game raised $8,592 on Kickstarter the previous…
Arcade shoot ’em Hyper Sentinel first hit Kickstarter in mid-2016 but despite a promising campaign it ultimately failed. However the development team actively asked supporters what they could have done better and have now bounced back with a new campaign featuring a whole raft of…
Have you ever wanted to play a side scrolling platformer beat-em-up game featuring cavemen? Well, now you can in Caveman Warriors. I normally don’t like playing this kind of game, but I have to admit it does look like a lot of fun. Maybe not…
When it comes to localizing Japanese visual novels into English, few names are as instantly recognizable as Sekai Project. Well, they’re back on Kickstarter with another project. This time they’re porting over A Clockwork Ley-Line, an interesting visual novel from Japan. However, from what I can…
I’ve been a fan of dominoes since I was young. I used to play it all the time, and I also loved setting them up to fall. Domino Planet looks to bring me back to my childhood, but in the comfort of my own computer…
When it comes to RPGs, I prefer the turn-based style. That doesn’t mean I don’t like action RPGs, though. I do really love them as well. Just not as much. Like most games I play these days, I look for a good story hook. While…
Lobster, otherwise known as Ian Kragh, is one of the most prolific miners of Kickstarter video game data around. Read almost any Kickstarter thread in a video game forum and you’ll most likely seem him chime in with a mind blowing amount of data, analysis,…