After appearing at PAX East and Day of the Devs during GDC, mutant soap opera Mutazione will be one of over 20 games exhibited at the digital convention LudoNarraCon hosted on Steam this weekend. Developed by Die Gute Fabrik, the game’s story begins when a meteor…
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Alyssa Wejebe writes about games, reads about games, and plays them too. RPG, hack-and-slash, and fighting games are some of her favorite genres. She loves nonhuman characters. One of her earliest gaming memories center around battling her grandmother and younger brothers in “Super Bomberman 2” on the SNES.
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Check out a game convention from the comfort of your home this weekend with LudoNarraCon, presented by indie label Fellow Traveller. As indicated by the title, the digital convention, hosted via Steam on May 10-13, will focus on narrative video games. To digitally replicate a…
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ARTE, a Franco-German TV channel that features several documentaries and films, also makes games. According to GamesIndustry.biz, ARTE experiments with video games as a new way to tell documentary-style stories. Their current catalog consists of Vectronom, Vandals, Californium, Type: Rider, Homo Machina, Alt-Frequencies, A Fisherman’s…
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Playable for the first time at GDC 2019, Creature in the Well is Flight School Studio’s newest project. It was part of the Indie MEGABOOTH at GDC, providing a chance for players to try it out. When I first laid eyes on it, the title…
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Dedicated to making the sound of games, Chase Bethea interned at Mobotory games while studying music at Moorpark College. Besides earning his associate’s degree in Music Theory and Composition at Moorpark, he also went on to earn another associate’s in Audio Engineering from the Los…
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For people who enjoyed the Advance Wars-like strategy of the 2017 release Tiny Metal, developer AREA 35 is making a sequel. Named Tiny Metal: Full Metal Rumble, the sequel was featured at GDC 2019 alongside various Unreal games. Epic Games hosted it as one of…
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Brazilian game developer, Black River Studios showcased their new mobile tactics game Conflict 0: Revolution at this year’s GDC. The game is currently available on Android devices and iOS. “[It] started as a game for another platform, and then eventually we ported to Android,” said…
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Created by Brazilian developer GILP Studio, the adventure game Areia received an Honorable Mention for Best in Play at this year’s GDC 2019. Marcelo Spiezzi Raimbault, co-founder and producer of GILP (and level designer on Areia), said the team wasn’t expecting that recognition. “[It’s] inspiring…
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Recognized as Best Game of the Show at EVA 2017 and chosen as one of the finalists for the Indie Prize at Casual Connect USA 2018, Shadow Brawlers recently made its way to the Indie MEGABOOTH at GDC 2019. Different Forms of Fighting Developed by…
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Belgium-based Fishing Cactus was at GDC 2019 to showcase their upcoming Nanotale – Typing Chronicles, the successor to their critically acclaimed, Epistory – Typing Chronicles. The developer openly acknowledged comparisons between the two, discussing how Epistory influenced Nanotale, and where Nanotale diverges from its predecessor…
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I got my first look at the vintage radio at last year’s IndieCade. The game was distinct among the colorful booths, notably due to its lack of a screen. While I didn’t get a chance for a closer look, the image of it stayed with…
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The World Next Door is out today, and it’s the first game created from the partnership between Portland-based indie developer Rose City Games and publisher VIZ Media. A few days before release, Rose City co-founder and director of The World Next Door, Corey Warning, was…
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I’m a sucker for cool masks, which immediately put The World Next Door from Rose City Games on my radar given that it had a masked heroine in the spotlight. Published by manga-and-anime distribution giant VIZ Media, the game combines RPG, match-3 mechanics, anime, and…
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It’s common for schools, collegiate or lower—to set time aside to showcase different clubs and student organizations to potential new members. It can be a lot of fun, with a lot of positive vibes going around. However, there is also slight undercurrent of competition, buried…
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If you ever felt like playing the underlying framework of a BioShock game with the horror swapped out for something different, check out City of Brass on Nintendo Switch. The game shares some of BioShock’s first-person mechanics, but with the promise of something new. It’s clear that…
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Achtung! Cthulhu Tactics is like a stalemate between entertainment and a drag. It’s stimulating to plan out your next move. Unfortunately, waiting for your enemy to finish their turn—sometimes out-of-sight where it’s not only meaningless to you, but boring—slows things down beyond a contemplative break…