Usually “dark adult fantasy settings” and player-controlled character customization are reserved for RPGs, but indie developer Guru Meditation plans to bring this combination to the adventure genre in , albeit with a little action element sprinkled in for good measure. While plot details are still sketchy at this point, spins the yarn of Albrecht, a […]
Albrecht is a reckless, ruthless young thief who finds himself blackmailed and disgraced. Without the protection of his former organization, Albrecht must first simply try to escape a stalking enemy, but his adventure soon becomes far more complex, taking him beyond the veil of normality, encroaching into new planes of existence and completely disrupting his […]
A promise of torment and sorrow may not sound like a good time, but context is everything, as evidenced by OhNoo Studio's upcoming point-and-click-adventure, , currently raising funds through Indiegogo. casts players as the unnamed hero who awakens to find himself trapped in a cage being dragged by a zeppelin-like flying machine. His lone memory […]
Calling a throwback might conjure up visions of low-res pixel art and a chiptune soundtrack, but the upcoming debut point-and-click adventure from indie developer Expression Studios goes much farther back than that. We're not talking 1990s retro here, or even 1980s; think 1920s, the heyday of black-and-white cinema and silent films, and of Charlie Chaplin […]
If you were stranded on alien planet with just one adventure game to play, which would you choose? You might want to pick Curve Studios’ , as the newly-released retro indie adventure might just help you survive. casts players in the role of an astronaut who awakens to find himself alone on the “sun-blasted wasteland […]
The world's worst-spelling hero is back to save the uniwerse… I mean, the once again, as Cateia Games and Steve Ince have announced a partnership to create . But the Kaptain will need a spaceship and some crowdfunding in order to get the sci-fi comic sequel off the ground. This time around, Ursula Unsula, the […]
You wake from cryostasis to find your ship lying crippled on an uncharted planet; shards of platinum-iridium alloy puncture the shimmering alien sand, the wind passes quietly over dead hydrocolliders. It isn’t known how long the ruined vessel has sat here, or even what caused the crash, but one thing is clear: Time is rapidly […]
If ever there was a real-world setting just begging for its own adventure game, it's Canada's Oak Island, home to the famed “Money Pit” and its centuries-old legend of hidden treasure protected by deadly traps. Filling that void (figuratively speaking) is Visionaire Studio's upcoming , currently seeking treasure of a more tangible kind on Kickstarter. […]
In 2011, Guy Galer released his first game on the Xbox 360. An “audacious experiment”, as he himself called it, the game went on to inspire an Xbox sequel and then a reboot on handheld devices. Now Galer is planning to bring the series to PC, Mac, and Linux in a single, definitive version of […]
