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How Uppercut Games Designs Chill Experiences

During the early 2010s, a time of tremendous indie growth within the console, mobile, and PC spaces, Uppercut Games was founded. Their humbler origins on mobile blossomed into something more with…

April 20, 2022 | 11:00 EDT

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Interview - Tweaking and Upgrading The Ascent

A few days ago, I sat down with developer Neon Giant and played the latest build of their upcoming action RPG, The Ascent. Better still, I managed to spend some time with the developers to discuss…

May 24, 2021 | 12:00 EDT

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Lab Rat: Coronavirus, Algorithms, and the State of The Indie Scene

When you work in the independent scene, you have to expect the unexpected. As Gwen Frey tells me, the way you go about making your game is never the same one year to the next. Gwen Frey, 33, got her…

September 17, 2020 | 12:00 EDT

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Dealing in Feels - Dogs and Dates in Best Friend Forever

Starcolt is a small New Zealand developer that's making a game about dogs and dating called Best Friend Forever. Since a cloud of uncertainty hangs over the world, now they’re also a developer making…

May 15, 2020 | 11:00 EDT

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Röki Champions Folklore in Storytelling

This weekend marks the second annual LudoNarraCon, a completely virtual gaming convention that anyone can join. Various developers from all walks of life joined together to celebrate gaming while…

April 25, 2020 | 11:00 EDT

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Decoy Games and the Final Push to Finish Swimsanity!

Those familiar with our coverage of Play NYC likely remember the multiplayer action title Swimsanity! The debut project by indie developer Decoy Games, Swimsanity! has enjoyed great success on the…

January 8, 2020 | 01:00 EST

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Sam (and Courtney) Speaks to Clifftop Games About Whispers of a Machine and Kathy Rain

It's always good to have an old fashioned adventure here and there. While it may not be a genre that has seen many recent major releases, it still gets a good amount of entries from studios both…

April 29, 2019 | 02:00 EDT

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Indie Interview: Ben Archer of Bishop Games on Light Fall

TechRaptor first had the chance to play Bishop Games' game Light Fall at PAX South 2018. Alex was so impressed by it that it even made it onto his top ten best games at PAX South list. This is when …

January 25, 2018 | 09:00 EST

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An Interview with Fatshark on Vermintide 2: Lore, Gameplay, and More!

In anticipation of the release of Vermintide 2, the latest entry in the Warhammer series developed by Fatshark, we sat down to ask the developers some questions about this much anticipated sequel.…

January 10, 2018 | 01:00 EST

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Indie Interview - DUSK

A while back, I looked at an early build for an upcoming FPS called DUSK and instantly fell in love. It had everything a guy like me could ever want from a throwback shooter in this day and age. Nice…

December 5, 2016 | 09:00 EST

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Indie Interview: Hypnospace Outlaw

Last year, I had the absolute pleasure of interviewing Jay Tholen about his delightful point and click adventure Dropsy, which managed to melt my cold, frosted heart. So when I heard he had started a…

September 28, 2016 | 11:00 EDT

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Interview with Colm Larkin, Developer of Guild of Dungeoneering

As part of our Guild of Dungeoneering preview, we sat down with developer and Gambrinous Games founder, Colm Larkin, for a nice little chat about his first big game. You can always check the latest…

June 14, 2015 | 01:00 EDT

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Indie Interview: Corey and Lori Cole on Hero-U

I had the opportunity yesterday to speak with Corey and Lori Cole of Transolar Games on their current project Hero-U: Rogue to Redemption, currently on Kickstarter, with just under half of its…

May 15, 2015 | 01:00 EDT

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Indy PopCon 2014 - We talked Ray's The Dead with Chris from Ragtag!

Indy PopCon was chock full of people for us to talk to, and Chris from Ragtag Studio was no exception! Ragtag is developing Ray's The Dead, a game that puts you in the shoes of newly resurrected…

August 13, 2014 | 09:00 EDT