by Carlos Moscoso | Oct 22, 2020 | Features, Indie Spotlight
I have long had an appreciation for indie titles and their developers for their ability to create experiences that buck the industry trend and do something entirely unique. Every once in a while however, there is one indie title that comes along that, while it doesn’t...
by Michael Matlock | Sep 15, 2020 | Features, Indie Spotlight
Don’t trust the talking heads behind the screen! Behind the Screen is a Taiwanese horror puzzle game set in the 1970s that centers around a boy’s life and his attempts to figure out whether his past is real or just in his head. It was developed by 18Light Games...
by Carlos Moscoso | Jul 27, 2020 | Features, Indie Spotlight
Disco Elysium is the first endeavor from studio ZA/UM. It’s an RPG set in a world known as Elysium decades after a war ravaged it. The world of Elysium is the brainchild of Estonian novelist, musician, and ZA/UM studio founder Robert Kurvitz, and it first appeared in...
by Carlos Moscoso | Jun 15, 2020 | Features, Indie Spotlight
Cloudpunk is the latest game by Berlin-based developer Ion Lands. It’s a game that’s essentially Blade Runner meets The Transporter, and this is by no means a bad thing. The player assumes control of Rania, a woman starting her first shift at the eponymous parcel...
by Josh Straub | May 25, 2020 | Features, Indie Spotlight
In my continued quest to stave off boredom in this time of quarantine, I have stumbled across yet another highly accessible and incredibly polished indie gem. Developed by 6 Eyes Studio, Fell Seal: Arbiter’s Mark is a spiritual successor to Final Fantasy Tactics that...
by Carlos Moscoso | May 20, 2020 | Features, Indie Spotlight
Gibbous: A Cthulu Adventure is a self-styled “comedy cosmic horror adventure” point-and-click game by Romanian studio Stuck In Attic. Funded entirely on Kickstarter and surpassing its initial budget of 39,000 Romanian Leu (approximately $8,794), the game features...
