Space is massive, dark, and deeply unsettling. It’s a great place to set a creepy story driven exploration game where the player doesn’t know what to expect around any corner. Of course a large part of this hinges on having them believe that there is…
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Imagine waking up in an unfamiliar world. New languages, people, and minds surround you. But lurking beneath it all is something dark and terrible, and you discover that only you can stop it. NYKRA, live on Kickstarter, will show you this world—and many others. NYKRA…
For years, we’ve played the hero trying to save a dying world in video games. Some games, however, decide to take a more apocalyptic approach: what can you do with a world that has already died? Shattered: Tale of the Forgotten King centers around that…
What happens when you die? Nobody knows for sure, but there are a lot of theories out there. One of the more popular theories is that we’ll face our own judgment upon death. This is the theory that Mortido on Indiegogo right now, submits to…
When it comes to horror, there’s few things I shy away from. In fact, a large chunk of my media intake has been squarely focused on horror content for as long as I can remember. That’s not to say nothing ever manages to scare me…
Horror adventure games are popular amongst both communities, particularly those that enjoy a good scare without twitchy reflexes. Crowdfunding sites like Kickstarter have had a good number successfully funded, and several have already been released. Unfortunately, there are still a handful unaccounted for. Let’s take…
I don’t think I’ve ever played a game where a wolf was the main character. There was this one time in Dark Souls when I had a close encounter with one of the creatures. Although, that mostly involved me quietly sobbing in the corner of my room…
Alright, I’ll admit it, I’m a total sucker for Halloween horror. Most of the year I can keep my urge for spooky media relatively in check, but come October, the weather changes and I need scary in my life again. Fortunately, crowdfunding platforms have a…
Probably the only thing more fun than a well-executed co-op experience is being able to bring more friends along for the ride. Legends of the Brawl plays out like a typical multiplayer action brawler, but with just enough quirks to warrant notice. In this 4…
Kickstarter campaigns are fickle beasts. Without the right guidance, terrible ideas can seem great, while perfectly good ideas can look catastrophic. Either option is unfortunate, but neither is as detrimental as campaigns that leave potential backers on the fence about pledging. Moon Child, unfortunately, falls…
3D platformers have surged on Kickstarter since Yooka-Laylee found huge success. Even still, the genre hasn’t been very successful in the crowdfunding space. Tyler: Model-005 hopes to change that, and with the highest production values of a 3D platformer since Playtonic’s masterpiece, it stands a…
Remember Choose Your Own Adventure books, where you’d read part of a story and then get to decide which path your character would follow? Interactive fiction has progressed quite a bit since the good old days, but that hasn’t stopped Tiny Bull Studios from trying…
We first wrote about Crash Wave’s Iron Tides back in May, and former Cliqist writer Conrad Crisman was excited for it. The Kickstarter campaign recently launched after going through the Square Enix Collective program. So we had a chat with one of the developers on the game, Carina…
I have a strange relationship with horror. I consider it one of my guilty pleasures, but I’m also a huge wuss when it comes to things jumping out at me. So, while I enjoy a good horror movie, I’ve never been really big into actually…
You’d think one of these days the zombie well would dry up. Yet somehow the gaming world keeps churning out 8-bit pixel art game after randomly/procedurally generated game after crafting survival game. Snark aside, Creekside Creep Invasion is one of the first this year in…
Many recent indie games interpret retro inspiration exclusively as pixel art and chip tunes, so it’s nice to find one willing to modernize their presentation. Light Fairytale is a turn-based Japanese-style RPG that draws inspiration from classics like Final Fantasy 7 and Breath of Fire 5 without…
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