Tag: LudoNarraCon
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LudoNarraCon: The Narrative Games Festival Returns in May
The fifth edition of Fellow Traveller’s digital narrative games festival, LudoNarraCon, will take place from May 4 to 8. The festival will feature panels from both established and up-and-coming developers, and a total of 44 games will be exhibited. LudoNarraCon 2023 is an initiative by Fellow Traveller, a label known for creating engaging narrative games…
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Czech Full Motion Adventure, Svoboda 1945: Liberation, Arrives in August
Svoboda 1945: Liberation, the upcoming Czech full-motion adventure about war, dictatorship and family traumas, arrives this August. Svoboda 1945: Liberation is developed by Charles Games, a Prague-based studio focused on exploring the narrative possibilities of video games. This is also their second game, and the sequel to the critically acclaimed Apple Design Award nominee, Attentat…
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Mind Scanners Review: Wonderfully Weird – PC Review
As the oscillations of synth-wave washed over the glowing red-tinted crunchy pixels, I knew I was in for something good. Although its obtuse mechanics and strict deadlines can lead to moments of frustration, the unrelenting weirdness of Mind Scanners’ take on dystopian bureaucracy is a thrilling trip that anyone with a love for Orwellian nightmares…
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State of Play and Representation in Video Games – Crater Corner Podcast
This week on the Crater Corner podcast, the boys cover PlayStation’s April State of Play, Cyberpunk 2077’s new hotfix and developer interview, and minority groups in video games. How to Listen to the Crater Corner Podcast If you can’t see your favourite podcast app written above, then try searching us on the app. Otherwise, let…
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PS3 and PSVita Stores Aren’t Closing and LudoNarraCon 2021
This week, the boys cover Song of Horror coming to consoles, Spiritfarer hitting 500,000 sales, Ps3 and PsVita stores are staying open and LudoNarraCon 2021. How to Listen to the Crater Corner Podcast Anchor Spotify Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Pocket Casts If you can’t see your favourite podcast app written above, then try searching us…
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A Space For The Unbound: Hi-Bit Narrative Bliss – Demo Preview
When initially scrolling through the games in this year’s LudoNarraCon, it only took a single look at the screenshots to sell me on A Space For The Unbound. I hopped into the prologue and was immediately taken in by its hyper-detailed hi-bit rendition of Indonesia in the 1990s and drawn into the heartwarming magical realist narrative. In…
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Mind Scanners: Papers Please Meets 1984 – Demo Preview
While there have been some attempts to capture the brilliance of Lucas Pope’s Paper’s Please, none have innovated and scratched that pencil-pushing itch for me as much as the demo for the upcoming game Mind Scanners. In this dystopian future, you take control of a mind-altering cog in the machine, clamping down on anyone not…
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TUNIC: A Nostalgic Soulslike – Demo Preview
Featuring in this year’s Ludonaracon round-up of demos is TUNIC. It is a golden-hour lit hack and slash adventure game that combines the melancholic atmosphere and combat of Hyperlight Drifter with a warm blanket of comforting nostalgia. “Underneath the combat is a satisfying Metroidvania experience” From looking through initial screenshots and playing through the first…
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Do Not Buy This Game: Strange Yet Worth Buying – Demo Preview
Do Not Buy This Game features at the 2021 edition of LudoNarraCon, and it is easily one of the strangest games I have ever played. Do Not Buy This Game begins with no menu. You are quite literally thrown straight into the game with no help on how to play. The game forces you to…
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Lake: Simply Perfect – Demo Preview
I’ve been hotly anticipating Lake since it was announced a while back. There is something incredibly appealing about the mundane in video games. Whether it’s unpacking boxes or delivering post, I find myself drawn to them every day. It is therefore understandable that I’d be enormously enthused by Lake’s premise. This is a game in…
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Cyrano: A Wonderful Retelling Of An Emotional Play – PC Review
I’ll be honest. If you’d asked me what play I’d most like adapted into video game form, the 1897 magnum opus of French poet and playwright Edmond Rostand, Cyrano de Bergerac, would not have been my first choice. And yet, surprisingly, indie darlings Popcannibal have managed to transform a woefully depressing French play into an emotional…
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Beacon Pines: Hauntingly Charming – Demo Preview
At this year’s LudoNarraCon, I got to try out a demo for Beacon Pines. Fortunately, I am happy to announce that not only did I absolutely love it, but that I cannot wait for its full release. Beacon Pines is a delightfully charming title with a lot of wit, character and laughs to be had.…