Space is big, like really big, and Limit Theory planned to procedurally generate all of it. Developer, Josh Parnell, received $187,865 to fund his infinite algorithm space exploration game, but it’s over three years later and backers are still waiting to see results. Limit Theory had…
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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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For a game that claims to be an interactive fiction story about romance and intimacy, Finding the Time seems to fall flat on both. The premise is helping a couple navigate the difficulties in their relationship and striking a balance between career and each other….
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Pathogen-based strategy games are an interesting beast. They can look bland and are constantly threatening to teach you things, but there is still something oddly compelling about slowly conquering the world from the micro level. Enter CURE, a not so cleverly named deviation from the…
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A crowdfunded MMORPG is a bit like a unicorn. Everyone has heard of one, but nobody really expects to see one in the wild. With a new update, The Phoenix Project – City of Titans, might just be on its way towards earning its horn….
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Robotic real-time strategy game Dysis was funded back in November 2012. The trailer and promise of a working prototype in time for Christmas must have made it seem like a safe bet for the 1,167 backers who funded the project. So much so that the…
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Studio MONO has been hard at work polishing up their dieselpunk RPG InSomnia, but it looks like they are going to need some help to make the final push. Having already used their original $92,268 in funding, they are hoping their new combat video will…
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AutoAttack Games is bringing their wildly popular Legion TD Warcraft mod to Steam as a standalone release with Legion TD 2. The project just launched on Kickstarter, but already seems to have some fire behind it, which isn’t surprising really considering the community following the…
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Survival games has somehow become my jam. There’s just something satisfying about going against the elements from the safety of your desk. Unfortunately, the Kickstarter campaign for The Notes of Nathalie Will doesn’t seem to offer much satisfaction in gameplay or story. Let’s get this…
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Embers of Caerus was an ambitious project. A small, scrappy dev team coming together to build what they hoped would be the ultimate MMORPG. It may seem naive of them in hindsight, attempting such a massive undertaking, but the 2012 Kickstarter campaign showed only the best…
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Being evil isn’t all fun and games in the Steam Early Access build of Dwelvers, which recently went to Kickstarter. According to the real-time strategy game by developer, Dancing Devils, evil requires some serious micro-managing and people, or um, minion skills? Harkening back to old…
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Sometimes, a Kickstarter game receives funding and then just slowly disappears. This is the risk backers gamble with anytime they choose to fund a project. However, sometimes a game disappears so quickly and so completely it warrants a closer look. To that end, I present…
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Wastelands Interactive’s Worlds of Magic, continues to disappoint backers with the latest announcement of a mobile release for a different game. While a Steam version of the game was made available back in March of 2015, backers were promised access to a DRM free version…
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When fighting against hordes of murderous mutants, knives and guns will only get you so far. In an attempt to level the playing field, C-Wars developer, Onipunks, have introduced hulking player-controlled robots to the game. Speaking of the playing field, the Mechas aren’t the only…
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Wanna tell scary stories? Metanoia Games’ new Kickstarter project, Kaidan could be right up your dark deserted alley. Described as “a community driven asymmetrical multiplayer horror game,” the idea is that players use the proprietary Kaidan System to structure their own horror stories which other…
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Originally slated for an October 2015 release, Lucy – The Eternity She Wished For, was held back by developer M-Vizlab so that the PC version of the game could be completed. After that, backers were told to get hyped for a December 23rd release, but…
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Sometimes, nature takes an orderly and structured path towards ensuring the survival of a species. The rest of the time, nature has to take what it can get, such is the premise of Niche – A Genetics Survival Game. The digital board game about genetics,…