Puzzle games have always been for the more intellectually minded of gamers and Steamroll takes cues from old classics as well as newer titles. Inspired by games like Marble Madness and Portal this puzzler will have you bouncing off the walls. Quite literally. In Steamroll…
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Serena has been a gamer since an early age and was brought up with the classic adventure games by Sierra On-Line, LucasArts, and Infocom. She's been an active member on Kickstarter since early 2012 and has backed a large number of crowdfunded games, mostly adventures. You can also find her writing for Kickstart Ventures and evn.moe.
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The fans have spoken and Brian Fargo has listened. The man who Kickstarted two hugely successful games is back with The Bards Tale IV. And it’s a direct sequel to the last game in the trilogy leaving off where that game ended (or so I’m…
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Some things that normally don’t go together can still make a great idea. And Rolling Biscuit’s Monbattle takes several gaming concepts and smashes them into one game. To what effect remains to be seen but I’m afraid that this might be a case of to…
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Space based combat has been around for decades and has proven itself to be a popular multiplayer pastime. Between titles like Elite and X-Wing vs. Tie Fighter taking down other ships is a fun diversion from other types of action games. And Galaxy Heist takes…
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Turn-based RPGs are usually a staple of Japanese developers, but Pixelated Milk has taken on a more Westernized approach to the genre with Regalia. And while it holds true to several conventions put forth by titles like Final Fantasy Tactics it goes a couple steps…
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[dropcap size=big]L[/dropcap]egends speak of the origins of the mythical race known only as “elves”. Vision of Aurora Borealis takes this Icelandic myth and turns it into a romantic visual novel. Purin Productions just released a short demo of the beginning of the game to entice…
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[dropcap size=big]T[/dropcap]here are too few games out there that just focus on the environment and let the player just take in the atmosphere of where they find themselves. Homesick by Lucky Pause is one such title and it was just released a few days ago….
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Love it or hate it Myst ushered in a new age of adventure gaming. Utilizing a first-person exploration experience as the player wanders around the environment solving puzzles and learning about the lore contained therein made it unique in its time. And The Eyes of…
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First person dungeon crawlers have been around since practically the dawn of video gaming and have been inspired by pen-and-paper games like Dungeon of Dragons even years earlier than that. So, it shouldn’t come as a surprise that Indie Voyage is looking to make one…
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[dropcap size=big]S[/dropcap]ome games take real-life events, people, or ideas and use them as the basis of the story. In The Mystery of Oak Island Visionaire take on the centuries-old legend of a supposed treasure long buried in the soil of the island off of Nova…
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Cyberpunk is a genre that takes society and gives it a harder edge. Both metaphorically and literally. Lacing “chrome” on the human form enhances their abilities, computing technology allows us to jump deep down the digital rabbit hole, and firefights aren’t uncommon in pretty much…
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[dropcap size=big]M[/dropcap]emories are a fickle thing. We can forget what happened in the past, whether deliberately or by accident, or what we believe to be true can be entirely false. How one remembers an event can be completely different from how someone else remembers it….
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[dropcap size=big]A[/dropcap]lmost a year ago Mografi launched a Kickstarter project for an adventure game called Jenny LeClue. It’s the story of a young detective who, appropriately, solves mysteries. All Nancy Drew style. Anyway, they just released a “playable teaser” to whet our appetites while it…
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Late last year Infinitap Games released psychological horror adventure game Neverending Nightmares (you can read my review at Kickstart Ventures here) and Matt Gilgenbach is going to be returning to Kickstarter for his next gaming project titled Devastated Dreams. And, like his previous venture it’s…
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Brawlers are a beloved gaming genre made quite popular in the arcades and homes of the 1980s-90s and Night City Assault aims to bring us back in time with a nostalgic trip back to this decade. Those of us who grew up during this period…
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Seeing a massively multiplayer online game on Kickstarter is a rare occurrence and one that I’ve only seen a very few times in the past. Severed World is a 2D MMORPG that utilizes 16-bit graphics reminiscent of the old Legend of Zelda games and uses…