Over four years ago, I jumped on the Kickstarter bandwagon along with so many other adventure game fans. One of the earliest campaigns that I had backed was SpaceVenture, a spiritual successor to one of my favorite series growing up, Space Quest. I jumped in…
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What makes a good Kickstarter project and what kills it? What makes backers decide whether a project looks shady or trustworthy? It takes a lot more than a good idea to win us over, it takes a lot of hard work. However, there are some…
It may already have been out for several months, but after a trademark dispute Battlestation: Harbinger from Finnish developer Bugbyte has been required to rename its space-based rougelike. The new title has yet to be officially confirmed but, according to their own forums, it appears it will…
I’ve been advocating for developer transparency for quite some time. I’m a firm believer that most companies would benefit from transparency but there is something about the relationship between developer and player that calls for this more in video games than in other businesses. Unlike…
Shaq Fu: A Legend Reborn and Mighty No. 9 aren’t talked about in tandem often. This is probably the first time, in which case I’ll take my medal now. At first glance, any similarities seem minuscule. Both games used crowdfunding, they sought to atone for…
You can be forgiven for not thinking much of Why It Happened to Me? at first glance. For all intents and purposes, it’s just another pitch for a point-and-click adventure game. But giving it some time to really sink in, the charm of it all…
Next month marks two years since Horse Volume’s The Sun Also Rises met its Kickstarter goal. Collecting $16,443, The Sun sold itself on a multiplayer narrative about America’s global war on terror. It’s the kind of game you would expect from an indie project: big…
Fans of System Shock with a Sony bent can finally rejoice, as news of a PS4 release for the remake has officially been announced. According to a recent update from developer Nightdive Studios, “When we launched this Kickstarter, supporting PS4 was a possibility, but we…
If it’s not apparent by now, I love adventure games. Especially point -and -click titles that have an interesting story. If it has some unique or quirky gameplay feature, I’m all the more for it. In the case of Mystery of Woolley Mountain, it certainly…
Crowdfunding has opened the floodgates for creatives to bring new and exciting ideas to the world. This is awesome. The rise of indie developers, self-published authors, and artists is a welcome sign of the times. Unfortunately, some people want to jump right in and start…
There are a lot of crowdfunding campaigns. Just in the games department, there are more campaigns than even we at Cliqist can cover and that’s our whole shtick. Many games get left at the wayside, usually for good reason, but every once in awhile there’s a…
Guess who’s back on Kickstarter? If you answered AJ Tilley then give yourself a gold star and a pat on the back. About a week ago, the Echo Tokyo campaign I had previously covered was canceled, only to be met with a new one practically…
Best Buds vs Bad Guys is a run ‘n’ gun shoot ‘em up currently being developed by Richard Hill-Whitall and his eleven-year-old son, Lucas. With the help of Claire Hill-Whittall, who is in charge of business and marketing, and Steve Howard, the “coding genius” behind…
I’m not sure how other people feel about buzzwords, but I find them to be vapid, usually with the intent of distraction. This is one of the reasons I stopped paying attention to the large gaming expos like PAX and E3. Game reveals that could…
When Learn Japanese To Survive: Hiragana Battle first hit Kickstarter back in 2015, I was blown away by the potential. Finally, there was a game that understood that the reason most people wanted to learn Japanese was to exclusively weeb out. The notion of creating…
Kickstarter has always been a boon for the adventure game genre, bringing back classics like the Broken Sword series and inspiring new titles like Thimbleweed Park. And in that same vein of new point-and-clicks, James Lightfoot hopes to bring one more to the table with…
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