Very slowly, some of the hit games that have been released for the iPhone are finding their way to Android phones. Recently, an iPhone game and video game industry darling, Game Dev Story, was made available in the Android App Market and I hungrily leapt to purchase it after long seeing it touted about through Twitter.
Continue readingI had just about completely forgotten about the indie adventure game The Dream Machine by Cockroach, Inc. Recently, I learned from The Dream Machine’s development blog feed that part two of the game was about to be released and that the entire series could be preordered.
Continue readingIt didn’t take much to convince me to pick up the recent PC release of the indie side-scrolling real time strategy game Swords and Soldiers by Ronimo Games. The game is is loud, brash, and funny.
Continue readingNot too long ago I started playing the indie developed adventure game Snakes of Avalon but initially didn’t get very far. The game was over for me when, after a few minutes in, the main character had a dialogue with a poster on the wall of a bar. Later, feeling guilty about my aborted session with Snakes of Avalon, I gave the game another shot and powered through the first bit of it, resigned to the fact that things were going to get weird and that perhaps I’d find meaning from it all later.
Continue readingI’ve just finished developing an adventure game. The whole project got me thinking, however, about common elements I’ve seen in adventure games. I’ve always kept an informal list of what I’ve liked and what I didn’t so that one day if I ever got around to designing my own game I’d know what to avoid and what to in include in its design. …
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Even though it’s quite flawed and borrows a lot from better video games, EVIL GENIUS remains one of my favorite base-building games. I review it here.
Continue readingBreaking away from my Minecraft addiction, I recently finished The Silver Lining: Part 2. …
Continue readingI’m a bit addicted to the hit indie PC game Minecraft. …
Continue readingI wish I could remember who on Twitter put up the link to the indie adventure game The Journey Down as I’d like to thank them. …
Continue readingJolly Rover is an indie adventure game by Australian developer Brawsome that I stumbled upon while looking for a new adventure game to play. Since the game was on sale at the time, I decided to pick it up. …
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