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Our Kawangi nova ship has blown up its first target, and it's time to celebrate! Big thank you to everyone who has pledged their support and made completion of this project possible! As promised, we're now going to spill the beans on our mystery... (Read More)

Jagged Alliance: Flashback arrives in the Katchup this week. I’ve expected (and hoped for) a Jagged Alliance crowdfunding attempt for some time now. As soon as it became obvious that Kickstarter was a place where old franchises could revive themselves, every week that the mercenaries didn’t appear was slightly more unsettling than the last. Would I rather have a direct sequel without a crowdfunding campaign? Perhaps. (Read More)

There's a good chance we're going to hit our initial funding goal today! We're really excited about the progress we've made on the game itself as well, so check out the new art and video below: The new combat video below shows our new shield and... (Read More)

Hi guys, looks like we're well on our way to meeting our minimum goal but we'd really like some help in also reaching a stretch goal or three! I took some time to put together a quick video (see below) to show some new stuff that I've been working... (Read More)

Two $100,000 winners this week and a few other projects close to the finish line. While I was compiling the column this week, I realised I was keeping track of the number of projects that apparently ‘contained roguelike elements’. It’s about 90%, although to be fair I stopped keeping track almost as soon as I’d started so that figure is entirely made up. Perhaps my memory fails me, but I don’t recall the term being anything like as popular 12 months ago. Of course, some would argue that the meaning has been lost and that anything with procedural generation or a modicum of difficulty is now wearing the roguelike hat, but that in itself surely tells us something. Games want to be like rogue, which is far more agreeable than the days when every other one wanted to be like a soldier or a space marine. (Read More)

We are already 75% funded and not even halfway through the 30-day campaign. Good job, guys! To entice you further, we're announcing our first three Stretch Goals and showing some of the early art submissions today. We have several artists who have... (Read More)

Last weekend took on a life of its own, which is the sort of thing weekends should probably do more often, and I was stranded away from my trusty keyboard and therefore unable to type words about games that might exist at some point in the future. This was a sad thing. Fortunately, missing a week means that there are more winners than ever before and the bumper crop contains two games that I’ve played and enjoyed, at least three that I look forward to playing when they are released and a project that makes me realise how much I want to play with an Oculus Rift. (Read More)

Due to popular demand, we have decided to create a digital album of music composed for Sea of Stars and release it simultaneously with the game itself! There is some award-winning talent behind our audio, and now you'll be able to enjoy the best of... (Read More)

We're a third of the way there after just a day and a half. Big thank you to everyone who has offered their support! Of course we're not completely out of the woods yet, so keep those pledges coming. Just to show we haven't been sitting idle since... (Read More)