Tag: Indie
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Button City: Charming Arcade Offers Wholesome Fun – PC Review
I’m not going to waste your time. Button City is amazing. More than amazing even. It’s wholesome, it’s tear-jerkingly beautiful, it’s funny, clever and witty all at the same time, and its gameplay is tremendous. You can keep reading, and I’ll explain all of that and more in full. But frankly, I recommend everyone get…
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2D Platform Adventure, Bat Boy, Announced for PC & Console
Developers X PLUS and Sonzai Games have announced their latest game at this year’s BitSummit Indie Game Showcase, Bat Boy. Bat Boy is being co-developed by X PLUS and Sonzai Games. It comes after X PLUS’ two recently released titles, Smelter and Super Sami Roll. Both of their previous efforts have garnered favourable reviews on…
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Dodgeball Academia: A Marvellous Masterpiece – PC Review
The endeavour one must go through in order to encapsulate the captivating appeal of a Saturday morning cartoon is likely arduous. Successfully balancing the overtly cliché tropes of an overly enthusiastic children’s show with the heartfelt and grounding genuineness of a brilliantly charming drama has rarely been achieved. There are so few shows that spring…
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Action-Horror Game, Bittersweet Birthday, Launches IndieGoGo Campaign
Indie publisher Pineapple Works and developer World Eater Games have announced the launch of their IndieGoGo crowdfunding campaign for their upcoming title, Bittersweet Birthday. Bittersweet Birthday, the action-adventure game with a horror twist, has launched its very own IndieGoGo campaign to help raise funds. With 31 days left to go, the campaign has rustled up…
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Eldest Souls: Die and Die Again – PS4 Review
By the end of my 15 hours with Eldest Souls, I was staring at the number 321. I had died 321 times across my entire playthrough. Suffice to say, it’s a tough game. A browse through user and other critics reviews tells a different story. Some are even calling it easy with one player claiming they beat it…
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Paint The Town Red: Mayhem At Its Finest – PC Review
Ingenuity is a trait I actively seek out when searching for games. I love exploring new territory, be it an innovative crafting system or a novel take on combat. For me, gaming is a lot about familiarising myself with the unknown. While I have a penchant for the experimental side of gaming, I recognise that…
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The Best Indie Gaming Twitter Accounts You Should Follow
It seems like these days everyone and their dog is a video game developer, journalist or YouTuber. Back in my day – bear in mind I’m only 23 – being a video game developer seemed like a pipe dream reserved for those lucky few who managed to work the system. I’m sure that it only…
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Console Exclusive Demo For Greak: Memories Of Azur Arrives On Switch
Team17 and Navegante Entertainment launched a console-exclusive demo today for their upcoming adventure platformer, Greak: Memories of Azur. Players are introduced to a trio of siblings as they escape from the malevolent invading force of Urlags. This single-player hand-drawn adventure launches on the 17th of August. Fortunately, players don’t have to wait long and can…
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Death’s Door: A Thought-Provoking Experience – PC Review
Death is not an easy business for a harbinger of souls. As reapers, crows slave away collecting souls needed to power magical doors. When a door opens, a reaper must acquire the assigned soul to close that door. One look at the office and it is easy to see the monotony of the job has…
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Interview with Marina Sciberras (Sarawak, We’ll always have Paris)
This week on the Crater Corner podcast, the boys catch up with Marina Sciberras, the developer behind Sarawak and the upcoming We’ll always have Paris. Marina talks to us about her exciting life before video games and her ambitions for the future. We ran into a few audio issues with Marina’s audio, so we would…
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Interview With Olivia Dunlap (To The Rescue)
This week on the Crater Corner podcast, the boys catch up with Olivia Dunlap, an indie developer working on the hit dog rescue game, To The Rescue. Olivia has previously worked on plenty of game jams, before starting her own video game studio, Little Rock Games. To The Rescue is a dog shelter simulation game…
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Interview with Michael Pearce (Misc. A Tiny Tale, Jurassic Explorer)
This week on the Crater Corner podcast, the boys catch up with Michael Pearce, a Western Australian indie developer working on Misc. A Tiny Tale. Michael previously worked on the Jurassic World passion project, Jurassic Explorer, before starting his own video game studio, Tinyware Games. Michael has also competed in a game jam and really…