This just in! Remember that time we thought Almost Human was announcing Legend of Grimrock 2? Shocking twist: it turns out that they were, in fact, announcing Legend of Grimrock 2. Up until now information and news about our new project have been quite scarce and we apologize for that. The reason for the silence […]

Grimoire: Heralds of the Winged Exemplar is an indie first-person dungeon crawler. It is also a punchline–according to its author, Cleveland Mark Blakemore, Grimoire has been in development for more than 17 years. Widely regarded as vaporware, Grimoire suddenly burst onto IndieGoGo in October 2012 with a $250,000 goal and a pitch video that I […]

This article by Lars Doucet contains good lessons for how to make a living distributing your games. It breaks down Defender’s Quest’s (significant) sales numbers by source, and is therefore of primary interest to indie game developers–but it contains valuable lessons for the player as well. Among other things, Mr. Doucet makes a compelling argument […]

Despite what you may think, Cryamore isn’t a game about an Italian guy yelling about love in his native tongue. No, sir! Cryamore is an upcoming aRPG patterned on The Secret of Mana, currently being developed by NostalgiCO. The premise: Cryamore is about a spunky bookworm who goes by the name of Esmyrelda Maximus! Cryamore […]

Back to Back returns once more! I did a little investigation to see what happened to some of the games listed in our last Back to Back. So far, good news: Fortis Rex, Data Hacker Initiation and Halfling Wars each ended their campaigns successfully, while the remaining games are Indiegogo titles that simply haven’t ended […]

Are you tired of hearing about new Zelda-alikes? I sure hope not! Radio the Universe is a strange, dark science fiction Zelda-alike by the enigmatic 6e6e6e. The premise: I blended classic Zelda and dark science fiction and drank the ensuing mixture. It was Radio the Universe. Players will feel aesthetic and gameplay influences from titles […]

Word has reached me that Team Imago put out a patch for their iOS Fire Emblem clone Partia: The Broken Lineage late last month. This brings the game to version 1.02. Among the improvements: bug fixes optional 1.5X play speed optional one-touch controls a new arena map, and some improvements to characterization. And hey, whaddaya […]

Wasteland 2, the game InXile successfully Kickstarter’d to the tune of nearly $3 million last year, just saw its first public video released over the weekend, and it’s quite a doozy. We’re talking 17 minutes of footage that…well, I won’t spoil it for you. Here’s the First Look–see for yourself:

Developer Lava Level has just released QuestLord, an iOS FPDC that reminds me quite a lot of Might and Magic 4-5, albeit with real-time combat and a single character in lieu of a party. Here’s the premise: In QuestLord you assume the role of a lone hero out to save the Shattered Realm from certain […]