In just a few short days, AI War II by Arcen Games has collected roughly $45,000 on Kickstarter. A sequel to 2009’s AI War: Fleet Command, AI War II is a grand strategy tower defense game set in SPACE! One of the big draws of the original…
Have you ever wanted to play a card game, collect action figures, or play a fun adventure RPG on your mobile device or tablet? Have you ever wanted to do all three? Well, your dreams might soon become a reality. With Lightseekers, a new game…
Mindless Box is yet another in a recent string of Kickstarter games that fits the mold of “just okay.” It gets the job done without too many flaws, but is otherwise dull and lifeless. Mindless Box is different though in that its “okay-ness” stems not…
There’s an unwritten rule when it comes to fan made games that too many ignore. “Never reveal your project until its done and already released.” There’s also an unwritten rule of Kickstarter that absolutely should be observed and, apparently, explicitly stated. “Have more than a couple of…
Let’s face it, most of us will probably never find ourselves shipwrecked on a tropical island in the middle of nowhere. If, by some chance, this did happen, it’s even less likely we’d end up being killed by zombies or cannibals. We’d be far more likely…
It’s the worst-case scenario for an indie game developer – potentially losing all your hard work with no backup. In the case of The Adventures of Sam & Hunni, malware prevented the online backups from completing and required a complete re-installation of Windows for the…
It’s always disheartening to see a project I back not make funding. However, it also makes me glad to see when they don’t give up. Some eventually return to crowdfunding while others end up finding other means of securing funds. In the case of Stardrop,…
Some truly inventive combinations have come from the mixing and matching of gaming genres. However, it can also create bizarre game hybrids that try to take on too much and falter in one or more areas. TVX Games’ newest endeavor, Cradle of Magic, unfortunately seems to…
Although online multiplayer has become the norm, many of us still prefer gaming on the couch with some buddies. After all, you can’t punch friends in the shoulder through the internet (yet!). Indie games like REPULSE: Galactic Rivals help keep that culture alive, and you…
Remember Choose Your Own Adventure books, where you’d read part of a story and then get to decide which path your character would follow? Interactive fiction has progressed quite a bit since the good old days, but that hasn’t stopped Tiny Bull Studios from trying…
We recently wrote about Kewpie-Jazzy’s plagiarized Kickstarter campaign. It was heavily molded after Yooka-Laylee’s Kickstarter page, which under normal circumstances would be okay. However, there were some near identical images and paragraphs. Even one of the FAQ responses was lifted straight from Yooka-Laylee. Developer DokyCamp…
The deceased presidential pet of a bygone administration is finally getting his SNES gaming debut. If you haven’t heard the saga of Socks the Cat Rocks the Hill you can get caught up with our earlier preview of the campaign which goes into all the…
We first wrote about Crash Wave’s Iron Tides back in May, and former Cliqist writer Conrad Crisman was excited for it. The Kickstarter campaign recently launched after going through the Square Enix Collective program. So we had a chat with one of the developers on the game, Carina…
When it comes to management games, I usually prefer ones which involve overseeing operations in smaller capacities. This might be because I’ve grown up playing city builders like Zeus: Master of Olympus and Caesar III, where I had to take care of citizens while constructing streets, canals and bustling neighborhoods filled with…
Broken Reality is a game that sells itself on weirdness. It’s not the, “America is letting a racist tangerine run for president” kind of weird. It’s more of the, “look at these brightly colored objects floating in nothingness” style of weird. Perhaps weird isn’t even accurate…
After listening to a three part special podcast from my friends at Back Seat Designers, I got to thinking about the early days of Kickstarter. Or at least the early days of the “Kickstarter bubble.” This was a time where anyone with an idea could…
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