Wintertide is a team-oriented survival game by new game developer Contagious Crow, which takes place in the frigid, wintry heart of the Rocky Mountains. Aesthetically reminiscent of some of the horrors in Jack London’s works pertaining to survival, Wintertide challenges the player to team up with…
Indie games website, and friend of the Cliqist family, IndieRuckus.com has launched something that’s put me into a spiral of self-doubt and anxiety. The IndieTron is a tool that’s been long overdue for fans of indie games. At its simplest The IndieTron tracks upcoming videogame release…
Have you ever heard the story of pu’erh tea? No? Well it goes something a little like this: A long, long time ago, tea was transported from the Pu’erh region of China where it was grown to the capital via caravans. The route took the…
You may have noticed that we’ve been talking about Flying Mollusk’s psychological horror game Nevermind quite a bit this month. Given that it’s our Crowdfunded Game of the Month for October it makes sense. However, in addition to such an illustrious honor Nevermind is worth…
I still have fond memories of spending free time in my school’s computer lab playing Oregon Trail on an Apple IIe, killing off my settlers because I sucked just that badly at getting them through the frontier. Which is why I looked fondly towards playing…
Visual novels come in all shapes and sizes. Both in regards to the overall story and the types of romances, if any, you can pursue. However, sometimes the game just takes a major turn for the weird. Enter Angels with Scaly Wings, a visual novel…
I’m not a huge fan of action platformers. I prefer to have my games on the more cerebral or strategic side of things. However, I’m always willing to take a second glance at a title that looks to have deep story elements in it. Which…
Ever since I cracked open my first pack of Magic: The Gathering cards I’ve been addicted to collectible card games. The depth and strategy of mixing and matching spells, creatures, and other abilities to create a cohesive deck to trounce your opponent has been a…
Sekai Project is the name in the English-speaking visual novel scene in the moment. Not only have they negotiated publishing plans for some well-loved Japanese titles but they have also provided a space for up and coming indie teams to get their games out there….
The common people will stand up and depose the tyrant emperor of Austro-Hungary and replace him with a benevolent boar. Or at least that’s what Viktor, our titular hero, thinks after he quickly finds himself without a job. And thus begins the demo provided for…
Every week we take a brief look at all of the Kickstarter video game campaigns that launched in the previous week. This isn’t to say that all of these projects are worth your hard earned cash, but with any luck having all of them in…
Today marks the launch of the Narcissu 10th Anniversary Anthology Project arriving on Kickstarter with a goal of $75,000. This is a huge moment for fans of Narcissu as this collection is no doubt going to be a must-have for them. Not only that, but…
Tangiers, the artistically-driven stealth project employing a 20th-century avant-garde aesthetic, is in trouble. In a recent update posted to the game’s Kickstarter page, developer Alex Harvey is perfectly transparent as he details the financial difficulties facing the project. Apparently, the additional funding necessitated by the…
Infinity: Battlescape sure has a lot of ambition for a first-time Kickstarter project, as well as a high goal – $300,000, to be precise. Pitched as a seamless, procedurally generated space sim with absolutely no loading screens, the fact that the game has earned a…
Ever since I first put the disc for Giants: Citizen Kabuto into my computer and started to play it I instantly fell in love with its quirky humor and colorful characters. Which is why when I noticed that the people behind that game launched a…
A few months ago survival horror adventure game Song of Horror ran on Kickstarter and didn’t even get close to funding by the time the clock ticked to zero. Right after it ended they announced that they would regroup and relaunch sometime in the near…
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