So the trailer for 3 Minutes to Midnight looks really good. It looks like another awesome example of illustration come to life. There’s a mix of stylized drawing, brilliant color, and almost painterly texture moving across the screen. The music and visuals in the trailer…
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Halloween is a time to enjoy all of the spooky things in life. Ghosts, ghouls goblins…and other things beginning with a G. One of those other g-words is games, and one of the best horror games going is Lone Survivor. Check out why it’s so…
After finding success with The World Next Door and Cat Lady, Rose City Games and publisher VIZ Media have a new project in the works. Described as a mix of adventure RPGs and social simulators, their newest collaboration, Garden Story follows Concord, an anthropomorphic grape on a…
After making the rounds at E3’s Indiecade this year, insectoid arcade game Killer Queen Black is making its way to PC and Switch this October. From Liquid Bit and BumbleBear Games, Killer Queen Black is an homage to the classic arcade game of the 80s,…
Between her costume designs for BioShock Infinite and her historical Disney series, Claire Hummel is a prolific artist with an intricate and elegant style. While exhibiting at the first edition of LightBox Expo, an attendee admired her illustration of Medusa, praising the emotion and ideas…
Based in France, Magic Design Studios released their first 2D platformer game, Unruly Heroes on multiple platforms. The game’s website describes Unruly Heroes as having “lushly illustrated environments and [a] hand-drawn art style.” The game’s story “updates [the] classic tale [of Journey to the West] into…
Last weekend the Pasadena Convention Center in California was packed as the inaugural LightBox Expo celebrated artists in a variety of visual arts, ranging from illustration to gaming. With programming consisting of panels, demos, and portfolio reviews, LightBox also gave artists a venue to exhibit…
Sometimes it’s fun to shine the spotlight on something (or someone) that deserves more attention. That’s kind of why we only cover indie games. To discover something interesting and then tell everyone and their grandma about it. Well, this week, Will decided to take a…
After creating Along the Edge and Seers Isle, French developer Nova-box has another narrative game in development—Across the Grooves. Similar to Along the Edge and Seers Isle, Across the Grooves is also described as an interactive graphic novel. The story follows Alice as she accidentally…
Big Drunk Satanic Massacre(or BDSM or short) is the rip-roaring demonic-themed shooter that’s heading for release later this year. Developed by Big Way Games, BDSM is a boisterous blend of brash humor, sex, and satire. Set in the depths of Hell, humanity – and more…
Aivi Tran is well known for working with their partner surasshu on composing the musical score for Cartoon Network’s critically acclaimed and Emmy-winning animated series, Steven Universe. Known together as aivi & surasshu, the two give the show a video game-influenced soundtrack, filling it with…
PC gamers have grown accustomed to a unified digital platform over the past two decades. For better or worse, Steam has become the de facto game launcher. Most PC titles, since the platform’s debut in September of 2003, have released through Steam. The Epic Games…
While a demo of Lab Zero Games’ action RPG Indivisible was available for people to play in the exhibit hall at Anime Expo 2019, its lead animator and art director Mariel Kinuko Cartwright was exhibiting down in Artist Alley. She shared a booth with her…
Hand-drawn, Lovecraftian RPG, Stygian: Reign of the Old Ones, is coming to PC this September following a successful Kickstarter campaign in 2016. Publisher 1C Entertainment has released a trailer in honor of the newly announced release date. Developed by Cultic Games, Stygian: Reign of the…
Crowdfunding is a constantly swinging, double-edged sword, as exemplified by polar opposites, Shovel Knight and Mighty No. 9. Each game perfectly represents the extremes of greatness and not-so-greatness born of crowdfunding. I would like to call my shot and say that the upcoming trash themed…
Hand-drawn puzzle game, LUNA: The Shadow Dust, has had quite the journey since it came to Kickstarter in 2016. Developed by four-person team, Lantern Studio, the point-and-click adventure was first conceived as a student animation film. After completing a successful campaign and releasing a demo,…
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