“And if anyone was worried, yes, there will be white doves in the game.” That’s Anders Flodihn, co-founder of Vreski Games, referring to legendary Hong Kong action director John Woo’s avian calling card. If the recent trailer is anything to go by, The Hong Kong…
When it was first announced earlier this year in March 2017, The Occupation immediately had me intrigued. With its 1980’s spy thriller plot, player-driven narrative, and promise of a real-time ticking clock, how could you not be? Unfortunately, the game has flown drastically under everyone’s…
I’m here to say that The Voxel Agents’ The Gardens Between has flown under Cliqist’s radar for far too long. First announced years ago on the developer’s website, The Gardens Between was featured at Indie Megabooth at PAX East and at PAX Australia. A trailer…
Have you ever been so intrigued by the premise of a game alone that you had to play it? That’s the situation I found myself in with Historical Beef. Created by Elliot Page and Hugh O’Brien, it’s available for free on Itch.io. Even knowing it’s…
I’ll be the first to admit that I’m not the most content with death – in fact, I’m terrified. Mortified. When I was recommended A Mortician’s Tale, the description stated it was a “death positive” game, which immediately intrigued me. My first thought was that…
Aquaponics Life is an upcoming marine-life management sim in which you swim your way to the top of the urban fish and plant trade. It comes from Maulidan Games, creators of the soon to be released Lobster Empire, amongst others. Maulidan Games have stated a…
Studio Namaapa is a fledgling game developer from Indonesia. The team has been working on their current project, a raising sim called Ciel Fledge, for about a year and a half. After building the bulk of the game with their own money, they have launched…
Hell is a mini game developed by indie dev ahintoflime made for the 2017 ‘A Game by It’s Cover’ game jam. The short horror game is a point-and-click walking simulator that, of course, takes you through the path of hell itself. How It Feels To…
Today, to push an indie action adventure emphasizing pixel art and/or metroidvania inspired level design it must stand out in the crowd. Owlboy and Dead Cells are both on my to-do list for their incredibly detailed art and responsive gameplay styles respectively. So when I started…
The Japanese concept of Kawaii derives from the phrase kao hayushi, which roughly translates as ‘face aglow’. Blushing, rosy cheeks might not be something typically associated with animated spirits of the dead, but that hasn’t stopped Lost Alloy dreaming up a bizarre world caught somewhere between…
Since first releasing in early access two-and-a-half years ago, Darkest Dungeon has had a memorable journey. Development ran the gamut of reactions, from high praise to piercing criticism. Even after release Red Hook Studios regularly patches the game with alternations and additions. June marked the…
There really aren’t enough indie fantasy games that let you play as a total bastard. Ok, so there’s Antihero, where you play a morally bankrupt thief with no regard for human life, and Darkest Dungeon, where you play a morally bankrupt noble with no regard…
Games and mythology have long had a close relationship. Alive with betrayal, magic, gods and heroes as they are, there’s a lot to draw from. For everyone who ever decried society’s media as proof of its moral collapse, a quick browse through Homer’s Odyssey or…
Double Fine’s annual Day of the Dev event, designed to showcase the hottest and most underrated indie games, is set for 2017. Totally free of charge for everyone, the event will be hosted in San Francisco on November 11, 2017. Double Fine also recently announced…
If Roy Batty had watched those C-beams glitter by the Tannhäuser Gate through eyes hastily scrapped together from old Sega Genesis parts, his dying memories might have looked something like Massive Galaxy. Aspiring to chart the visual territory claimed by DOS adventure games like Maniac…
Salix Games is resurrecting Arthurian legends, knight Sir Lancelot Du Lac and sorceress Morgana Le Fey in their new narrative adventure. Du Lac & Fey: Dance of Death sees the two immortals teaming up in a Victorian era buddy cop mystery. With help from the…
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