I’ll admit that, despite being a diehard visual novel fan, it is becoming increasingly hard to keep up with every English-language release. When Invisible Apartment launched on Steam for free I definitely took notice, but haven’t been able to play it yet. Vysoko Anime Production…
Search results for: "a hat in time"
A surprising amount of distinct visual novels launched this week on Kickstarter. One of these titles is Herald by Wispfire. Although, that’s not the perfect description as the game is actually a mix between point and click adventure gameplay and visual novel storytelling. Players assume…
Winterflame: The Other Side is an upcoming game based off the Vandaria series. Like a few other Kickstarter projects before it, this name isn’t one known worldwide, but in Indonesia is a huge property. A whole assortment of mixed media spinoffs have been made under…
Kickstarter is a huge gambit for project creators. Sometimes, astonishingly cool games fail to meet their funding goals while other campaigns make it. It’s downright impossible to predict, but luckily it’s always possible to run a second campaign. Three very recent campaigns have done exactly…
The local multiplayer Renaissance is upon us. In the past two years we have seen a tremendous amount of indie games come about with a focus on couch co-op. Ultimate Chicken Horse is the newest in this trend (although it’s not exclusively a multiplayer game)….
If there’s one genre that’s likely to never go out of style it is that of the card game. Heck, just look at Magic the Gathering which has been going strong now since the early 90s. Many card games have come and gone, and folks…
[dropcap size=big]K[/dropcap]ickstarter is a popular site to get ideas and projects funded without the need for a publisher. Unfortunately, not all campaigns make it. For most, the success or failure rests in the first try. It’s either you get funding or you don’t. For those…
[dropcap size=big]B[/dropcap]efore we go any further, if you haven’t beaten Book of Unwritten Tales 2 yet, then I recommend doing so before reading onward as there are spoilers ahead. I’ll add some space so that no one accidentally reads anything… Book of Unwritten Tales 2 takes a lot from fantasy…
It was around the early 2000s when extreme sports games started cropping up left and right. Not only was there the massively successful Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater, but tons of others tried to make their mark. BMX, surfing, and even scooters got in on the…
For the past few years, World of Podcasts has been an annual event in Anaheim, California which coincides with Activison Blizzard’s Blizzcon convention. As the name implies, it served as a fantastic way to get podcasters (and everyone else) in the gaming scene together while…
[dropcap size=big]C[/dropcap]urrently running on Kickstarter with only a couple weeks left is a science-fiction point-and-click adventure game with a unique art style called Ira. In it, you’ll play as the titular character through three different time periods in order to solve a mystery surrounding Ira…
[dropcap size=small]A[/dropcap] game of infernal proportions has been brought to the forefront of Kickstarter! Today I bring to your attention, Requiem: Vampire Knight; a game of strategy and combat based on the comic from Pat Mills and Olivier Ledroit. This alternate twisted universe of Resurrection is…
[dropcap size=big]S[/dropcap]o I’m just going to be up front in stating that I’ve never played Book of Unwritten Tales 1. I briefly wondered if this would somehow prevent me from properly enjoying its sequel–but then I reasoned that any good story can be enjoyed at…
[dropcap size=small]O[/dropcap]ne of the most exciting thing about Kickstarter and crowdfunding in general is seeing how many awesome new projects spring up. Of course, more exciting than that is when said campaigns succeed (sometimes to sums of money far greater than they ever expected! In…
The American Revolutionary War was a monumental historical event and associated time period that does not see nearly enough attention via video games. Outland 17 looks to remedy this – but with its own spin. In this tactical RPG players experience the struggle and rebellion…
You know, a lot of the time there are Kickstarter campaigns which promise a great deal but have little actual game to back up their big words. With that said, I’ve rarely seen campaigns where they appear to have an excellent game in the works…
You must be logged in to post a comment.