Dungeon crawlers hack away the RPG formula to its harshest edges. There are no eclectic quest-givers confidently slouching in the corner of the tavern. No lively chats with party members before setting out into the wilderness. No, all that is left is skulking isolation and…
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Before leaving to join Arcade Distillery, Conrad Zimmerman worked at Cliqist behind the scenes as an editor. It was my idea, as Executive Editor (whatever that means) to bring him aboard, and Cliqist’s founder and Editor-in-Chief Greg Micek agreed. For those three months, Zimmerman helped…
The term “permadeath” is a bit of a red flag for me. Nothing makes me run faster from an otherwise intriguing game, other than maybe zombies or overly simplistic pixel art, than seeing that term tagged on a game in Steam. Or simulators, those usually…
There are few experience more painful than to spend years working on a project only to have it poorly received. When publisher, aeiowu released their deceptively deep, dual-stick roguelike, TumbleSeed last month it’s lackluster reception was difficult to accept. After two months of reflection, developer…
Veteran crowdfunding developer, Chris Parsons has returned to Kickstarter with a follow up to his relationship-focused space game, Sol Trader. In Ealdorlight, players engage in step-based roguelike combat set against a procedural storytelling backdrop. It’s a chance for Parsons’ new studio Revelation Games, to build…
Arcade Distillery may have just set a world record. Plague Road, Kickstarted in December 2016 with $55,734, has launched on Steam. What sets this launch apart from others is that not only is the release date roughly the same as what was promised during the…
It’s been a few weeks now since Red Hook Studios unveiled Steam Workshop support for their Kickstarted, gothic roguelike, Darkest Dungeon. While the crowdfunding campaign was hugely successful it fell just shy of the $350,000 mod support stretch goal. Thanks to the success of early…
Who in the world is Lobster Sundew? Lobster, otherwise known as Ian Kragh, is one of the most prolific miners of Kickstarter video game data around. Read almost any Kickstarter thread in a video game forum and you’ll most likely seem him chime in with…
I’ll admit that I’m not particularly fond of roguelike arcade shooters, but that doesn’t mean I won’t play them. If they have an interesting hook, I’ll definitely check them out at least. BeardedBear is certainly one that I love the idea behind. The style of play…
Most RPGs attempt to account for player agency. Allowing the player to make little decisions along the way as the story unfolds. Great RPGs even reward players with logical consequences for their choices. Sometimes, a player’s choices are even the driving force of the story….
The gorgeous pixel art of roguelike RPG UnDungeon may be what initially attracts the attention, but it’s the high-concept craziness behind it that seems to be drawing backers in. Seven parallel worlds have catastrophically been merged together, creating unique landscapes to explore. In fact the…
After months of intense early access recon, Hive Jump is ready for release. Developer, Graphite Lab has announced that their roguelike run-and-gun will launch on Steam on January 18th, 2017. Players will finally be able to take the fight directly to the Ordovician army and…
In the old days, many RPGs featured pixel-art, creating a unique look and feel to them. For many, this style has its charm, and Tilfinning (just Till for short) hopes to bring that charm to the modern day with Shrine of Orm, now on Kickstarter….
News that Plague Road is coming to PS Vita already had backers overjoyed. Arcade Distillery’s twisted turn-based tactical rogue-like is about halfway to its $30,000 funding goal on Kickstarter. Hoping to get that little extra push, the team has decided to offer a limited print…
ChaosForge’s new turn-based sci-fi roguelike, Jupiter Hell, has been doing pretty well for itself over on Kickstarter. Maybe, even a little too well as it has drawn the attention of ZeniMax Media. The company has slapped developer Kornel Kisielewicz with an order to remove all…
It’s been an interesting couple of months for the developers at Arcade Distillery. They made their Kickstarter debut in October with Sideshow’s Court of the Dead: Underworld Rising. The massively ambitious project ultimately failed to reach its $250,000 funding goal. After taking a month to let the…