Kickstarter
Kickstarter: Ama’s Lullaby Gives Cyberpunk Adventure a Makeover
Several years ago, I was tasked with trawling forums to find interesting projects to bring to light. One of those projects was Ama’s Lullaby, an adventure RPG with turn-based combat that was in the very early stages of development. Not long after, developer Marc Chevallereau of Mercy Ground Creations decided to take the game in a different direction, but you can view the previous version her...[Read More]
Torment: Tides of Numenera Release Date Revealed
Developer inXile Entertainment and Techland Publishing have announced that their crowdfunded RPG, Torment of Numenera will release on February 28, 2017 for PC, Playstation 4, and Xbox One. When the Kickstarter originally started, they had pledged a goal of $900,000. As of now, the campaign has reached over $4 Million, with over 70,000 backers supporting this dream project.
Yooka-Laylee Release Date and Wii U Cancellation
On December 13th, developer Playtonic Games released their trailer for the new open-world platformer Yooka-Laylee. In this trailer, we get a glimpse at the Capital Cashino world and some of the gameplay elements that will be in this new release. At the end of the trailer it was then revealed that Yooka-Laylee will be launched on April 11th, 2017. The game will be available for PC, Xbox One and Pla...[Read More]
Marooners’ Rock Interviews Will Dubé, Head of Thunder Lotus Games
I don’t think I’ve met someone who dislikes Jotun. While visiting Montreal, I had the opportunity to sit down and speak with William Dubé, the president and CEO of Thunder Lotus Games about being an indie developer, Kickstarter, and the way the gaming world has changed as a result of crowdfunding. The man has an infectious enthusiasm, especially about making powerful games that resonat...[Read More]
Star Citizen Backer Gets Refund
Star Citizen is a game that looks to be a holy union between Call of Duty, Mass Effect, and even bits of No Man’s Sky. One with incredible expectations as it smashed its Kickstarter goal with over 2 million donated to the cause of development. That Kickstarter campaign was several years ago with the game just now getting into its earliest of alpha stages, with no definite release date in sig...[Read More]
The Gamers Continues with a New Series
Beloved indie film series The Gamers is getting a new series which will culminate in a new film. It begins where the first one left off, following a Kickstarter happening throughout July. Before we go into the details of the new series, lets explore the history of The Gamers. So far there are three major films, with several spin-offs, all created by Dead Gentlemen Productions and Zombie Orpheus En...[Read More]
Kinetik: A Tactical RPG Shooter Hits Kickstarter
Multiplayer is an important aspect of game design. Since the days of the Egyptians playing Senet, people have been playing against each other and with each other. Kinetik is being marketed as a tactical RPG shooter from the talents of the folks that brought Everquest and H1Z1 to life. Hero Machine Studios is a new independent company built from these developers who are looking to bring their newes...[Read More]
Undead Darlings Comes Back to Life on Kickstarter
We all remember our first time. NO, I’m not talking about that. Well. Sort of. I’m talking about our first romantic visual novel. I can more than likely tell you what you don’t remember. That’s that the visual novel was also a dungeon crawling RPG. I may be willing to put money down on that, to be honest. Enter Undead Darlings ~no cure for love~. Last year it started its trek on Kickstarter, but u...[Read More]
Hologrid: Monster Battle Gets Kickstarter Campaign to Crush the AR Card Game Community
Many of you may know Phil Tippett. He is responsible for some of the most famous CG and Stop motion creatures that we all know, such as the fish for Piranha, the AT-AT Walkers and Tauntauns for The Empire Strikes Back and he was even the Dinosaur Supervisor for Jurassic Park and Dinosaur Consultant for Jurassic World. (Damn it Phil, you had one job. Yet you didn’t supervise the dinosaurs. This is ...[Read More]
Masquerada Hits Kickstarter
Tactical RPGs have many flavors depending on the nature of the title. Fire Emblem took the turn based, challenging approach with armies of knights clashing with other armies. Final Fantasy Tactics took a more personal take on combat with smaller spaces and smaller teams with an emphasis on building up each unit. Masquerada: Songs and Shadows is inspired by Dragon Age with its pause-for-tactics gam...[Read More]
Kickstarter Announced for Super Techno Kitten Adventure
My good friend @ICanHasTechno, known for the games Techno Kitten Adventure and Nyan Cat Adventure (which you can either find on Xbox Live or on mobile devices), has something awesome to announce. 21st Street Games has announced, and started, a Kickstarter for Super Techno Kitten Adventure! Yes, the absolutely awesome indie game Techno Kitten Adventure is getting a sequel, and I have no doubt it wi...[Read More]
Marooners’ Talk: Episode 017 – “Scandal and Success on the Internet (The Tribute)”
This one’s a couple of days late, but I blame technology, the harsh, cruel mistress that deals us all a slap on the face at one point or another. Due to unavoidable circumstances, we were unable to record on Sunday for a Monday release. We did record Monday evening, but technology (the aforementioned harsh, cruel mistress) decided to lose our recording file. Today, we attempted to recreate o...[Read More]