Vampire Therapist is a new narrative story game from Little Bat Games about a cowboy vampire learning the ways of Cognitive Development Theory as they practice their therapeutic skills on other…
June 14, 2024 | 09:00 EDT
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
In a year of loss and grief, Lost Words: Beyond the Page came at an eerily good time. Written by Rhianna Pratchett (Tomb Raider, Mirror's Edge), this unique little platformer was initially released…
April 9, 2021 | 12:00 EDT
Meet Jesse Attard, a 15+ year games industry veteran. Having programmed under the likes of Digital Extremes and 2K Marin, Attard's garnered tons of experience with licensed and proprietary engines.…
April 2, 2021 | 12:00 EDT
Not too long ago, I happened upon Void Arena, an upcoming game that aims to eschew traditional RPG design by doing away with levels and skill points entirely. That certainly intrigued me and I dove…
February 1, 2021 | 12:00 EST
Brazil leads the Latin American video game market and is the 11th top country overall for games revenue. This burgeoning games market has had breakthrough moments in the past decade and could become…
August 12, 2020 | 01:00 EDT
Dungeons & Dragons has opened the doors to several interesting stories in different ways—Critical Role, The Adventure Zone, Stranger Things, and many more. Now Wintermoor Tactics Club joins the…
May 23, 2020 | 01:00 EDT
Walking in dim light, you regret ever stepping foot here. The spider was bad enough, even if it never made an aggressive move. Horrifyingly, something worse enters your line of sight. But there’s…
May 16, 2020 | 01:00 EDT
The USC Game Expo 2020 was held through the magic of Zoom and Twitch recently, and we here at TechRaptor were enthusiastically in attendance. Seeing various student projects that range from the…
May 15, 2020 | 01:00 EDT
Dragons are amazing. A lot of creatures in fantasy and science fiction are incredible. Put them in a game and I often want to play as them, or interact with them, or just watch them and take numerous…
May 15, 2020 | 12:00 EDT
It's not often visual novels try to raise the bar and become something much more than just another interactive book. It's also even rarer that a game with politically charged roots tries to address…
May 13, 2020 | 11:00 EDT
Think of a project you have worked on for several years. Think of all the experiences—where you lived, what job you were working, what resources you had available—while working on that project. I…
March 9, 2020 | 12:00 EDT
We recently got the opportunity to preview the full-motion television management simulator, Not For Broadcast, at least that was what we thought we were diving into. The game proved to be much more…
February 11, 2020 | 11:00 EST
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
Back in August of this year, I attended Play NYC 2019 with several colleagues from TechRaptor. It was here that I discovered DB Attic Studios, an indie gaming company with an interesting twist: their…
December 22, 2019 | 01:00 EST
There were a lot of new tabletop games at Play NYC this year, but one of the most unique was a small title called Zer0 Inbox, the debut game by Macho Zero. The game, depending on your point of view,…
August 20, 2019 | 12:00 EDT
In August 2019, we now head into the lead up to Play NYC, a convention for developers, fans and gamers of all ages. Put on by New York City-based community organization Playcrafting, the con heads…
August 8, 2019 | 12:00 EDT
So far, we've learned that Haven is a game brimming with a powerful love story and that it's not going to be a walking simulator. It's nice to talk about the meatier aspects of the game, but I'm sure…
July 19, 2019 | 12:00 EDT
Haven is an upcoming title from The Game Bakers that is many things at once. It is, in part, all about the love of Yu and Kay, two lovers who have escaped to a deserted world so they can stay…
July 18, 2019 | 02:00 EDT
On a faraway, desolated planet, two lovers live completely by themselves and are in search of a new life. The Game Bakers' upcoming game Haven is all about Yu and Kay, an adorable couple that have…
July 17, 2019 | 12:00 EDT
Amongst the sea of games showcased at Play NYC, Razbury Games From Rust is perhaps the biggest tone shift from a previous work. Razbury Games is known for the unique RPG Vidar, a dark tale about…
August 13, 2018 | 05:21 EDT
When it comes to horror literature, I like to think my tastes are fairly varied. I love the gothic terrors of Poe, the home-grown horror of King, and the bloodsoaked bites of Barker. But if you put a…
April 10, 2017 | 09:00 EDT
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
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
When you think Japanese idols, you probably think of something like Love Live or The iDOLM@STER, a shiny world of fun, fame, and adoring fans. But that's just one side of the coin. Idol Manager is a…
July 25, 2016 | 11:00 EDT
Gamers have solved murder mysteries many times, but it's hard to find examples of playing as the prime suspect. Well, examples besides Bohemian Killing, a first person adventure game where you're…
June 22, 2016 | 01:00 EDT
When you think of an RTS, it's highly likely you'll think of armies—legions of trained soldiers fighting wars with the fate of nations in the balance. The Turf is a bit different. There are no tanks…
June 5, 2016 | 01:02 EDT
There have been plenty of horror themed video games, but very few of them are set on the day that we use to celebrate all things spooky. That's where Halloween Forever comes in, a 2D platformer…
May 20, 2016 | 09:00 EDT
Among the pantheon of obligatory FPS weapons, few are quite as under appreciated as grenades. Sure, they may not be as aesthetically pleasing or satisfying as a pistol or shotgun, but they're one of…
May 18, 2016 | 09:00 EDT
Wishes in horror stories never turn out well. Dead End Road is no exception. You made a wish you really shouldn't have, and as you drive down the titular Dead End Road, reality slips away and the…
May 7, 2016 | 01:00 EDT
Recently, I played through DEADBOLT, a stealth action title that captured my interest with a slick aesthetic, open-ended gameplay, and a brilliant concept. I was so engrossed that once the credits…
April 14, 2016 | 09:00 EDT
With all the eSports, randomly generated levels, and giant online experiences, sometimes it's easy to lose track of what made First Person Shooters popular in the first place—nonstop, balls to the…
April 7, 2016 | 09:00 EDT
We're just a little over two weeks into 2016 and I've already fallen in love with a game. It's unique, it's fun, and it's even frightening in an absurd way. The game in question is Pony Island, a…
January 18, 2016 | 09:00 EST
I met a lot of wonderful people at Playcrafting's Fall Expo. One of the first people I spoke with—the first person I saw through the door, in fact—was a lovely woman named Emma Larkins. Emma was…
December 17, 2015 | 09:00 EST
When I first started writing for TechRaptor at the beginning of 2015, I was keen on attending any interesting gaming events in my area. When I heard about a game developer expo that was going to have…
November 3, 2015 | 01:00 EST
Fran Bow is almost the polar opposite of the recently released Dropsy. Instead of being a whimsical adventure with lots of hugs and peeing dogs, Fran Bow is a point and click about a deeply disturbed…
September 17, 2015 | 01:00 EDT
One of the interesting things about being here at TechRaptor is the opportunities that can occasionally arise. As someone who loves pen and paper RPGs, when our tabletop editor mentioned that the CEO…
August 15, 2015 | 02:00 EDT
No Thank You, Evil! is the latest kickstarter project by Monte Cook Games, their fourth to be precise. They’ve had successes in the past with Numenera, The Strange, and the Numenera box set, but…
June 15, 2015 | 11:06 EDT
Technobabylon is the upcoming point and click adventure game that is going to be released tomorrow, May 21st, developed by Technocrat Games. It was originally started back in 2010 as a freeware…
May 20, 2015 | 09:00 EDT
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
Welcome back to our Interview with Adam Maxwell on Revival, the MMO currently in development by Illfonic Studios. Adam is one of the Lead designers on the game, and last time our interview talked…
February 19, 2015 | 09:00 EST
When we were tipped about the existence of Revival – an MMO game in development – by a fan of the game and Techraptor, I went and took a look. I wasn’t expecting a ton, a lot of MMO's are very…
February 18, 2015 | 09:00 EST
We're honored today here on TechRaptor to have well known indie developer Cliff Harris of Positech Games (And yes, I got it right this time, unlike in the interview below. My only excuse: I was…
February 17, 2015 | 01:00 EST
TechRaptor had a chance to talk with Brandon Goins of Windy Hill Studios, via email, on his game Orphan, which is currently on Kickstarter. Orphan is an action-stealth-2d platformer game set in a…
February 8, 2015 | 10:00 EST
This week at TechRaptor I had the chance to exchange some emails with Dean Razavi, the lead developer on Vidar. We recently covered him on To The Green and were talking on different subjects about…
February 7, 2015 | 09:00 EST
We recently reviewed the Indie Action-Puzzle Platformer Forward to the Sky and had a chance to email and talk with the head of Animu Games, Wei Chen, who led the development on the project. Wei's…
February 2, 2015 | 09:00 EST
In our continuing series of Indie Interviews, we were able to sit down with Bryce and Chris - the developers behind the Indie game Super Dino Hunter. They were willing to talk with us via email about…
January 31, 2015 | 12:00 EST
TechRaptor is pleased to bring you another Indie Interview - this time with Nauris Amatnieks, the developer of There Was a Caveman. We looked at There Was a Caveman earlier on To The Green and it's…
December 27, 2014 | 01:00 EST