Scott Benson is a self-taught animator, illustrator, and now bona fide game developer. Back in 2013 he teamed up with Alec Holowka and Bethany Hockenberry to make Night in the Woods. The 2D adventure game raised $209,375 during its Kickstarter campaign. Now that the game is available on Steam and…
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Developer, Magic & Mirrors is only a year out from their successful Kickstarter campaign and they are already looking for more of a challenge. The developers raised $38,269 to create Nelo, a hyper fast, sci-fi action game with its own take on the shoot ‘em…
Numantian Games knew what they were doing with Lords of Xulima. Mostly positive Steam reviews and over 1,300 backers don’t lie. The 2D isometric, turn-based RPG successfully raised $35,657 on Kickstarter back in 2013. The game has since released on Windows, Mac, and Linux systems. It’s…
While some gamers bemoan political messages in the medium, others don’t think subtle messages are enough. Sometimes you have to break into full on satire to get your point across. It’s in this spirit that Make-Believe Games has launched their newest Kickstarter campaign for President…
Delays are an accepted if not expected part of game development. Sometimes things happen beyond a developers control and it makes the project take longer. As developer, Cardboard Utopia, discovered with their tactical JRPG, Children of Zodiarcs, delays can happen even under the best circumstances….
SXSW Gaming just wrapped up their latest expo. In addition to the usual industry fanfare, this year indie game developers got a chance at the spotlight. SXSW Gaming introduced their first Pitch Competition. This inaugural event gave devs the unique opportunity to pitch their projects to a…
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In December of 2011, a young development team went to Kickstarter to fund their new project. Jazza Studios raised $21,740 to develop their massive story-based, choice-driven RPG, Ortus. The game combined all the best of classic RPGs into one playable experience. Six years later, the developers…
Since the days of Dungeons and Dragons, RPG’s have relied on the tried and true method of number based tactics. Want to storm the castle and save the princess? Better hope you roll high enough on your badass stat. Typically these numbers are buried in…
[Update: I just got word from Russ that Take This has received a check from FirstGiving for the funds raised on Indiegogo. This will help Take This and the AFK Room Program survive 2017. They have still not received an official response from Indiegogo.] In 2013,…
Learning games (or edutainment) are always pushing for new ways to motivate reluctant learners. Let’s face it, if you weren’t reluctant you’d just crack a book instead of loading up a game. In an effort to create a more intrinsic interest in the subject matter,…
When Driven Arts was able to relaunch and fund a scaled-down campaign for Days of War it seemed like their struggle for visibility in the WW2 shooter market was behind them. With a new campaign and a focus on early access, they easily surpassed their $20,000…
Last week, we wrote about Lobodestroyo and the virtue of being patient. Well, that patience has been rewarded recently with a slew of new screenshots and information. The new screenshots show how far the game has come from its initial Kickstarter prototype. The world is…
PolyKnight Games has just revealed that backers can expect even more from their professional debut, InnerSpace. Thanks to a partnership with Aspyr Media, the team was able nearly double the size of the game from the initial crowdfunding campaign. Now they are working towards a multi-platform…
Brightly Studios has taken to Kickstarter to raise money for their next installment of the Bounce Series, Booty Bounce. They are hoping to raise $3,647 to begin production of the new, stand-alone visual novel. They also aren’t shy about the projects real draw, bouncy anime…
PitterPot is the latest 3D Platformer to grace Kickstarter, and normally I’d gush over that fact for a few hundred words. Not today though. Glancing at its Kickstarter page shows how rough PitterPot currently is. Judging by the lack of funding and attention it’s received…
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