[dropcap size=big]B[/dropcap]ack in 2013 an adventure game using the Adventure Game Studio (AGS) engine ran a campaign on Kickstarter to get funded. It took Crashable Studios two tries, and just barely made their $10,000 goal, but as of Friday Alum was finally released to Steam…
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Bitmap Books have been absolutely astonishing in their level of output. In 2014 they funded two different high-quality coffee table books: Commodore 64: a visual Commpendium and Commodore Amiga: a visual Commpendium. Now they’ve moved beyond showering the Commodore in affection and have moved to…
It’s hard to say what it is about games dealing with space combat that draw so much attention, but we rarely go a month without seeing one on Kickstarter. The funny thing is, everyone seems to be creating their own distinct iterations of the massive…
SolarFall Games has a big project on their hands with Umbra, the open world hack n’ slash game. The title has hit Kickstarter, seeking a whopping $225k in funds. To be perfectly honest, any project asking for more than $20k these days has me doubtful of…
[dropcap size=big]I[/dropcap]’m going to start this review off by getting something off of my chest: I’m not much of a car buff. I’m not even a little bit of a car buff, in fact I’m probably as from a car buff as can be. Before…
[dropcap size=big]W[/dropcap]ith its campaign finally ticking into the hours mark, I managed to get my hands on a copy of the demo for No One But You from the game’s creator Kyle Tyner. Being essentially a dating sim visual novel I didn’t expect a whole…
[dropcap size=small]W[/dropcap]interflame: The Other Side is a 2D adventure puzzle game being developed by Artoncode. I managed to have some time to sit down and play their demo that they have for download on their Kickstarter page. In Winterflame you play as Lev, a human incapable of…
[dropcap size=big]C[/dropcap]loudrunner Studios is getting down to the tail end of their Kickstarter campaign for Melancholy Republic, so they’re making the rounds wrangling up the last of the pledges needed to make their $11,071 funding goal. As we’ve mentioned before the game draws much of its stylistic influence…
Adventure games appear to be cropping up on Kickstarter almost faster than we can keep up with these days. One of the latest point and click adventures is called The Mystery of Oak Island, and it’s based on a real life mystery surrounding treasure beneath…
Indie games are an increasingly important part of the video game industry. Although they’ve always been around, it’s only in the past decade or so that the concept of “indie development” has finally made its way into the mainstream. At a time like this, Independent…
[dropcap size=big]C[/dropcap]ode Hero was an educational game idea by Primer Labs meant to teach players how to code javascript. Its Kickstarter campaign ran from December 2011 to February 2012 for a total of 60 days. It raised over $170k. Alex Peake, the founder of Primer…
March was an absolutely wonderful month for Kickstarter projects. Over the span of 30 days there were 35 video gaming campaigns that succeeded! Some were lucky enough to raise funds hand over fist, while others barely made it. No matter what, each met their funding…
Last year a campaign by the name of The New 8-Bit Heroes landed on Kickstarter. It proposed a heck of a lot: a real NES video game called Mystic Searches which interacts with a modern PC version, a documentary on its creation, and a game…
[dropcap size=big]M[/dropcap]y family has told me that I have my head in the clouds, but now I really do, but with a mech. Project Nimbus is a mech action game funded last year on Kickstarter to the tune of $27,000. At the moment the game is still in Early Access, but it…
K[dropcap size=big]K[/dropcap]ickstarter, and crowdfunding in general, is a unique experience that allows ideas to come to fruition and it lets a developer keep in touch with their fan base. And the good ones keep this conversation open long after the campaign ends, going so far…
It seems that 2D platformers will never go out of style as we’re always introduced to new ones via Kickstarter. Of course, it also appears more developers are willing to mess with the established formula. Light Fall is one such title. Yes, it’s a 2D…
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