[Update – 9/19/16] The day after this article was published I got an email from developer Oscar Celestini. He wanted to let me know that he had revamped the Kickstarter with loads of information about Mastema Out of Hell’s development. In addition to a story…
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Joanna Mueller is a lifelong gamer who used to insist on having the Super Mario Bros manual read to her as a bedtime story. Now she's reading Fortnite books to her own kiddo while finally making use of her degree to write about games as Cliqist's EIC.
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While I’ve never been much into mecha myself, I recognize that a huge part of the population love their massive fighting robots. Judging by the campaign for their new 2D platform shooter, the developers at Rocket Punch may be the biggest mecha fans of all….
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Cooperative puzzle games can be fun, assuming you have someone clever to play with. Luckily, a new puzzle-platformer offers co-op, but lets you go it alone if you feel up to the task. The Rabbit and The Owl is a negative space puzzle game on…
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Game development is expensive, often prohibitively so. Akimbo Creations learned this lesson when they began work on their first game, Arc Continuum back in 2015. Arc was successfully pitched to and received funding from the Canadian Media Fund, but the funds were not enough to include…
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If you’ve watched History Channel’s Vikings and thought to yourself, I could totally do that, you’re about to get your chance. Crash Wave Games will be releasing a Kickstarter campaign for their new rogue-lite mashup, Iron Tides on September 28th. In the meantime you can…
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Bullet hell shooters are already overwhelming, but Super Mega Best Cat Adventures aims to overload all of your senses right from the campaign page. Described by its creator as a “crazy kaleidoscopic arcade shooter,” Super Mega Best Cat Adventures features chaotically colorful randomly generated levels…
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Fans of 90’s-era platformers may have noticed a distinct lack of wacky action-scrollers among current AAA titles. Fortunately, the team at Interceptor Entertainment is hard at work reviving this beloved genre, complete with updated graphics, for today’s discerning audience. Enter Rad Rodgers, a new action platformer that…
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When your entire development team consists of two programmers, adding additional elements to your game can be a challenge. Germany based Rückert Broductions, decided to solve this issue by avoiding it completely. The result is Redie, a top-down shooter that focuses exclusively on gameplay. On…
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Advertised as a simple 2D beat ’em up, Furious Jack may have sold itself short on its current Kickstarter campaign. Forgingames is seeking $67,047 to bring their interactive comic to life and just from the art alone it looks like it will be worth every…
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Point and click survival pig horror game, Pigsodus didn’t manage to reach its funding goal on Kickstarter. Raising only $6,303 of their $30,000 goal, developer Psilocybe Games is still hoping to bring their story of friendship, mystery, and pigs to an audience. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2oqvOubhr5U Psilocybe told…
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The Indiegogo page boasts one of the most well-thought out battle systems I’ve seen but, the campaign for The Donnerwald Experiment still manages to leave out important details. The game’s narrative barely gets a mention while all the combat mechanics are lovingly outlined. This makes it hard to fully get…
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I’ve come to accept that not every indie game is setting out to raise the narrative bar with their projects. Developers gotta eat too, so sometimes appealing to the lowest common denominator is unavoidable. Then something like The Youthdrainers comes along and I can’t help but…
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It’s impressive to happen upon a crowdfunding campaign that skips all the ambiguity of, “will this game ever get finished” and jumps right into the good stuff. Well Bred Rhino’s Last Stitch Goodnight already looked like a solid title, but now it will get some extra…
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After months of waiting I finally got time to try out the new System Shock demo. Sci-Fi action titles are right up my alley. Since I’d missed all the hype surrounding the original back in its heyday I figured now was as good time as…
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911 recordings can be painful reminders of what was potentially the worst day of someone’s life. Since these recordings and their transcripts are a matter of public record, news outlets frequently air them without issue. They are seen as merely reporting the news. Things become…
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Alpha builds are frustrating and not usually for the right reasons. It’s difficult sometimes to taper your enthusiasm for a game to fit what the developers actually have available. Even though, logically, you understand that there might be game breaking bugs, balance issues, or placeholder…