The only option left to save the forest is to use your magic to make the trees defend themselves. You can do that, it’s within your power—but can you still do that knowing the enchanted trees will violently protect themselves against the loggers that try…
Alyssa Wejebe
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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.
It’s awards season for games too, and while the Game Awards took place last December, and the Game Developers Choice Awards and Independent Games Festival awards are scheduled for next month at the Game Developers Conference, the 46th Annie Awards honored games last Saturday at…
Indie film company FilmCow, founded by Jason Steele, is behind viral hits Llamas with Hats and Charlie the Unicorn—but FilmCow has also made games too, through its Cat Night Games subdivision. The Raccoon Who Lost Their Shape is one of them, a quirky game where…
The digital board game Armello features a cast of anthropomorphic animal characters vying for the throne of their medieval fantasy kingdom. Though it took Australian developer League of Geeks several years to release the final product, they have continued to expand on it. They’ve added…
Retimed, previously reviewed by Cliqist, is Team Maniax’s arena shooter, a fast-paced multiplayer experience with slow-mo action scenes inspired by the hit film The Matrix. Team Maniax has also entered the territory of esports, with the Swiss Made Games League hosting a Retimed tournament. Switzerland-based Team…
Robots changing their color like super effective chameleons can be found flying through space in the casual mobile game Solbot Energy Rush. Developed by Freakout Games, Solbot Energy Rush is a game with simple one-touch controls, following a robot that changes color based on the…
For relatively quick doses of strategic bouts with an attractive design, Armello hits a sweet spot on the Nintendo Switch. Made by Australian developer League of Geeks, Armello is a fantasy board game made digital. It follows the titular Armello, an animal-populated kingdom in turmoil…
Chinese developer NEXT Studio walked away from IndieCade 2018 with the Innovation in Aesthetics Design award for their rhythm game Nishan Shaman, which told the story of a shaman and her journey to save the souls of children from the underworld. But the award-winning developer…
To possibly and literally attack a colonizer with a book, keep an eye out for the Filipino fighter Bayani: Kanino Ka Kakampi?!, recently showcased at IndieCade 2018. At the Santa Monica College Center for Media and Design, IndieCade attendees could duel each other in the…
As the Year of the Dog begins to wind down, you can look forward to its theme continuing into 2019 with Stonebot Studio’s The Last Friend, a tower defense and beat ‘em up hybrid that follows the journey of a mobile dog shelter in an…
IndieCade can be a place for discovery, for showcasing brand new projects. For Chiapas-based studio Bad Tomato Games, it was the place to demo a prototype of their first game, Balam and the Spirit Within. The Girl in the Jaguar Mask With roots in Mayan…
As Halloween approaches, people may seek out different flavors of fictional horror, including video games. Accounting+ can provide a spooky time; played out in a VR game that successfully and unnervingly immerses you into frenetic reality-jumping. It’s a game that reflects well on the intentions…
Looking at the art, lush and beautiful and like an intricate children’s book, I sat down with My Brother Rabbit for what I thought would be a relaxing but contemplative, even somber game based on little bits of a tragic story in the opening. It…
As the bullet blasts toward you, the laws of physics decide to lend a hand, slowing down time and speed, giving you a chance to dodge—and you take it, bending backward until your body is practically parallel to the ground, and you watch the projectiles…
After covering the Kickstarter for The Darkside Detective: Season 2, Cliqist followed up with the project’s Ireland-based developer, Spooky Doorway, for an email interview. As the developing game’s title indicates, this is not Spooky Doorway’s first trip to the Darkside. Released on multiple platforms, The…
Get ready for a return trip to the bizarre town of Twin Lakes as developer Spooky Doorway’s Kickstarter for The Darkside Detective: Season 2 stocks up for the journey. Playing Catch-Up The first season of The Darkside Detective by developer Spooky Doorway entertained people with…