We continue Double Fine Adventure Week, celebrating the 5th anniversary of Double Fine’s infamous Kickstarter campaign with a look at the accompanying documentary series, itself titled Double Fine Adventure. This series filmed by the award winning 2 Player Productions is a marvel in video game…
EarlyNinja is a Kickstarter campaign for a service and platform meant to help independent developers as well as gamers. The core concept basically shakes down to a publisher-like relationship with developers wherein EarlyNinja provides direct guidance, support, and development funding (in a way) for the…
Oftentimes when a game presents a player with choices it’s for the sole purpose of determining a specific story-outcome. You see this a lot in games with morality systems. The protagonist can struggle to do the right thing or have fun being a raging bag…
Being trans myself, it’s no surprise I enjoy a good game that features transgender themes. That said, not all of them have to be serious takes on the concept. Sometimes you just want a fun experience that is full of humor but still reverent towards…
This week marks the 5th Anniversary of Double Fine Adventure – February 8th, to be exact. To celebrate the crowdfunding platform that changed the gaming industry, we’re going to dedicate this entire week to examining the campaign in detail over on our YouTube channel. To…
Ever since VR really began to take off, horror fans have been waiting for more immersive scares. Outer Brain Studios is attempting to flex their indie horror muscles by calling back to the slow, methodical survival horror of the ‘90s with their new project, Organ Quarter….
With the campaign for post-apocalyptic adventure, Beautiful Desolation nearing its funding goal, Nic and Chris Bischoff of The Brotherhood are pretty busy. Fortunately, the team behind Stasis isn’t too busy to impart useful knowledge to other developers wishing to follow their success. In an update on…
Last month at PAX South I had the opportunity to speak with a plethora of indie developers about their crowdfunding experiences. Their stories were as diverse as their projects, but didn’t always have a happy ending. Failure to secure necessary crowdfunding dollars can be a…
No, that title isn’t a typo. Developer 8 Points announced last month that it was changing its name to Fntastic. This is to express gratitude to all the team members who’ve come and gone during development of The Wild Eight. The original studio name will…
Post-apocalyptic puzzle/adventure game, Puzzle Depot may have missed its planned October 2016 release date, but the devs are determined to make the extra wait worth it for backers. In addition to bug fixing and building out story levels, Laughing Manatee Games posted an update to their…
There is something magical about games that cross genres. Taking the best parts of each and mixing them together to create something new. Developer Visualnoveler takes this concept a bit further with their newest game, Ascendant Hearts. The project just launched on Kickstarter seeking a…
H.P. Lovecraft and his dark dales of the insane and macabre have fascinated me for years. It should go without saying that I’d hungrily gobble up any game inspired by these stories. In the case of Rise of the Elders: Cthulhu, it’s certainly one to…
Practically everybody has heard of the famous ocean liner Titanic. It sank at the bottom of the northern Atlantic after getting struck by an iceberg in 1912. This event has been chronicled in pretty much every form of media since. It has captured the imaginations…
I enjoy playing RPGs of all types, but the turn-based Japanese style has always been my favorite. I also look for quality games with a unique look to their own. For these reasons, I took a close look at 8 Doors. I will say that…
It’s not unheard of to see an adventure game try a different art style. The genre has changed many times over the decades, after all. However, few have tried to pull off a game using cut-out paintings as the backdrop. Until Four Last Things, that…
Aegis: Innocence is a 2D platformer action RPG developed by Stasis Soft. The project recently launched on Kickstarter seeking $60,000 in funding. It focuses on challenging gameplay, rich combat, and exploration. It also happens to be kind of adorable. Thousands of years ago a new…