KickTraq

Kickstarter is a popular crowdfunding site that allows people to get their ideas funded. Not all are successful on the first try. Why does this happen? (Read More)

The time has come to bid farewell. It’s been a memorable month, to say the least, and this final update will be a recap and analysis of a campaign that has many still wondering why in Azathoth’s name it wasn’t funded. As we’re going to see,... (Read More)

Dear backers, the end is near and the outlook is darker than the sky of Yuggoth, but don’t fret! Life is too short to be worried about a video game. Cheer up and love each other — we’ll try to make Charles Dexter Ward happen somehow. On the... (Read More)

Sorry, I had to use that pun. It’s no secret that our Charles, the main protagonist of this horrifying tale about occult arts, has a lot in common with H. P. Lovecraft himself. Indeed, he looks just like him. It’s commonly accepted that Lovecraft... (Read More)

Greetings from the harsh coldness of the Antarctic, where spectral echoes repeat incessantly the words “Tekeli-li! Tekeli-li!”. You seem to have enjoyed my previous update about the Necronomicon. That’s great, but today we have an eclectic... (Read More)

Greetings from the spiral nebulae in which the vaporous brains worship that which is known as the All-in-One, One-in-All, and Beyond-One! To be honest, I have no idea who they’re talking about, but I guess the execrable thing must be important. So,... (Read More)

Greetings from the strange dark orb of Yuggoth! It occurred to me it’s time to pause and think about the current status of this campaign, seeing as we’re already at the halfway point. It truly boggles my mind, since time literally seems to have... (Read More)

Hello, you shambling horrors! It’s Sunday, you are probably bored, there’s nothing worthwhile on TV, and it’s too scary outside with so many humans prowling the streets. Here, let me brighten up your day with this continuation of my Dream-Quest... (Read More)

Hello there, you lovable haunters of the dark! I’m happy to announce our king-sized, super-fun, mega-fancy adventure game trivia quiz, and this is going to be one for the ages! Over the next three weeks I’ll be running this contest along lines... (Read More)

Before I proceed with the second part of my Dream-Quest of True Lovecraft updates — in which I’ll be discussing how we’re structuring the game, and our approach to turning this wonderful story into adventure gaming goodness — let’s recap... (Read More)

Every week we take a brief look at all of the Kickstarter campaigns that launched in the previous week. This isn’t to say that all of these projects are worth your hard earned cash, but with any luck having all of them in one place will make it easier to educate yourself on the projects you’d like to back, and which ones to run from. You’ll find two types of campaigns listed, “featured” and “the rest“. Featured campaigns are those that contain a significant amount of game information, are from known developers, or are significant in some other way. The rest of the games are usually smaller campaigns that are lacking in information, are from unknowns, have unanswered questions, or have not yet stood out for one reason or another. (Read More)

I discovered Lovecraft when I was around 10, the first of his stories I read being The Colour Out of Space. Quite a stellar way to become familiar with the unique blend of alien atmosphere and supernatural horror that permeates his body of work. This... (Read More)

Son los primeros en obtener la autorización para hacer un juego basado en la novela El caso de Charles Dexter Ward (Read More)

Here we are, another Kickstarter, another stream of exciting updates. And we have some fantastic ones in store for you! First, I can’t thank you all enough for the inconceivably awesome support: our ambitious project has been unanimously well... (Read More)

Fans of point-and-click adventure games and the works of horror legend H. P. Lovecraft will want to pay attention to this news. For the first time ever, one of Lovecraft’s stories is receiving an official video game adaptation. Senscape, the development team behind the horror adventure games Scratches, Serena, and Asylum, have received the rights to make a video game based on The Case of Charles Dexter Ward. (Read More)

Scratches, Serena and Asylum creator Agustin Cordes has just launched a Kickstarter for the first officially licensed H.P. Lovecraft game, The Case Of Charles Dexter Ward. Based on Lovecraft’s only full novel, it tells the tale of a young man in 1918 on a search for a wizard ancestor in Providence and Salem, with not a whiff of Cthulhu to be found. This project is intended to be faithful in a way that no other Lovecraftian game has been, but what exactly does that mean? And why do these old stories still have such a draw? I asked. He answered. Nice when things work out. (Read More)

Argentinian developer Senscape has nabbed the Lovecraft license and is adapting the horror author's only novel. (Read More)

Argentinean indie game studio, Senscape, has developed quite the reputation for their point and click adventure games. Scratches and Serena received a cult following and praise from the indie horror game community; it was clear Senscape found their niche. (Read More)

Agustín Cordes creció leyendo a Lovecraft y Poe y viendo películas de la Hammer y giallo ochentero. Nada normal podía salir de ahí, claro. (Read More)

Finalmente vamos a poder disfrutar del primer juego oficial basado en la obra del famoso escritor H. P. Lovecraft, The Case of Charles Dexter Ward (El caso de Charles Dexter Ward). Prepárate para viajar al pueblo de Providence para conocer una de las historias más horríficas de la mano del estudio Senscape. (Read More)

If you're familiar with the mytho-apocalyptic horror fictions of H. P. Lovecraft you probably see them infiltrating every orifice of popular culture. Lovecraft's prose is rife with the ontologically unknown, grotesque abominations, and deranged characters. It was all once original and classic, but you may have a hard time convincing anyone as it's so frequently recycled into film adaptations, Cthulhu plushies, oil paintings, and yes, videogames. (Read More)

Many games have been influenced by H.P. Lovecraft, but only one game bears the official licensed seal of approval – or at least, it will if Senscape's The Case of Charles Dexter Ward is able to successfully raise enough funds through Kickstarter. (Read More)

H. P. Lovecraft’s The Case of Charles Dexter Ward is a 3rd person point & click adventure game where you travel back to vintage Providence and face horrors lurking underneath in the first official game based on the work of the famed writer. (Read More)