Following the well-established Metroidvania system of gated progression through tool, weapon or item acquisition, Iconoclasts presents a surprisingly complex map with a high number of secret or unattainable items early on.
As a brand-new board game maker, it can be extremely difficult for your project to get the reach and excitement it deserves. It can be even more difficult to get people on board (sorry) to try a whole new type of game altogether. Luckily,…
There are a ton of game jams happening online at any point during the year. Many of these jams follow a theme and a timeframe, giving developers the challenge of creating a game within a specific jam’s restrictions. I am able to record…
Space Grunts 2 still has the potential to be a great game, and hopefully, with more time and new development focused on expanding its already solid mechanics, it will become the game that it can be.
With hundreds of beautifully illustrated cards and a thought-provoking theme, Museum is a recently fulfilled Kickstarter that focuses — as the name might suggest — on complex set collection. In Museum, two to four players operate as the…
Wrath: Aeon of Ruin, a new FPS that pushes the Quake engine to its limits, throws hordes of enemies at you with one hand and offers you powerful weapons to slaughter them with the other — all while you run around gothic environments at a…
Over the last year, I have started really enjoying card-based games. Forward, a game from the 7DLR challenge feels inspired by Slay the Spire. It's an experience where you can slowly move forward, a card at a time, trying to defeat monsters…