[ad_1] Your Legacy continues#RogueLegacy2 pic.twitter.com/uUGeLE9TPm — CellarDoorGames (@CellarDoorGames) April 2, 2020 If you’re not familiar with Rogue Legacy, it was part of the first wave of modern indie roguelikes back in the early 2010s that included titles like Spelunky and FTL: Faster Than Light. They’re games that combine permadeath — once your character dies, that’s […]
Category: indie
Steam Game Festival lets you play indies that would’ve been at GDC
[ad_1] You’ll be able to check out demos of the games. We don’t know all the studios taking part just yet, but we’ll update this article with some of the featured games when the event starts later today at 1PM ET / 10AM PT. That said, we do know the event will run until March […]
Nintendo gets cute with its upcoming indie lineup
[ad_1] I Am Dead The excellently named I Am Dead comes courtesy of the creators of Hohokum and Annapurna Interactive, the publisher of beloved indie gems like Florence, Sayonara Wild Hearts and Kentucky Route Zero. Despite its bright and colorful art style, I Am Dead sees you exploring the afterlife. According to Annapurna, the game […]
Strict visa rules are still keeping game devs out of the US
[ad_1] Anam Sajid and Bisma Zia, two young female game developers from Pakistan, each secured scholarships from the IGDA Foundation this year. Sajid was selected in the Scholars program, while Zia was honored in the Velocity track, which is designed to propel people of marginalized genders in their game development careers. When they got the […]
This is the end of ‘Kentucky Route Zero’
[ad_1] I interviewed Jake Elliott at GDC 2013, in between the debut of acts one and two, and I asked him about the game’s release schedule, its themes and its ending. Seven years later and on the eve of the final episode’s launch, I read bits of this interview back to the Cardboard Computer team. […]
'Dishonored' and 'Prey' co-creators reveal 'Weird West'
[ad_1] Weird West doesn't look as strange as it does stylish. The game comes from WolfEye Studios, whose co-founders include Dishonored and Prey veterans Julien Roby and Raphael Colantonio, and it's being billed as an immersive sim set in a dark fantasy rei… [ad_2] Source link
‘Axiom Verge 2’ and more indie games will hit Switch in 2020
[ad_1] Developer Thomas Happ revealed Axiom Verge 2 at the end of the Nintendo Switch Indie World Showcase livestream with a first-look trailer. Axiom Verge 2 is due to hit the Switch in fall 2020, while Sports Story is scheduled for mid-2020 and Streets of Rage 4 will land in the first half of the […]
Morbidly charming puzzle game ‘Felix the Reaper’ lands October 17th
[ad_1] Felix the Reaper is a tragic, comedic love story that plays out in the bureaucratic cubicles of the underworld, and it’s coming to PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Switch and PC on October 17th. It stars Felix, a marshmallowy dancer on a mission to attract the attention of his crush, Betty The Maiden. The problem […]
Indie darling ‘To the Moon’ makes its console debut in January
[ad_1] If you’ve not played To the Moon, it’s a meditative experience that explores human mortality. The story follows two charming doctors as they attempt to rebuild the memories of a dying man in order to fulfill his final wishes. In the process, they witness a heartwarming love story. Kevin Gao, the game’s lead writer […]
‘El Hijo’ is a Spaghetti Western stealth game with heart
[ad_1] El Hijo is an isometric stealth game starring this 6-year-old as he traverses the desert, searching for his mother. She left him at a monastery, for his own protection, after their Wild West village was ransacked by outlaws. El Hijo — Spanish for “The Son” — decides to escape the monks, and the only […]