Category: Indie

As we continue our journey past some of the exciting indie productions that are coming out in the next year, we stop at SOLAS by Amicable Animal, a 2D puzzle game with interconnected levels in which you (re)direct light beams to the rhythm of a synthwave soundtrack. We chatted with developer Tom Methven about the upcoming puzzler, of which you can already find a playable demo on Steam. If you’re interested in engaging with the development of the game, then definitely stop by the Discord as well. Continue reading “Indie Interviews: SOLAS (Gamescom)”

Big Blue Bubble’s upcoming 2D action-platformer Foregone was featured at Gamescom this past week as part of the Indie Arena Booth. Reminding us a bit of Castlevania and Dead Cells, we were eager to hear from the developers about what inspired them and how the game is progressing. After an earlier release on the Epic Games store in early access, it’s scheduled for a console launch next month. Continue reading “Indie Interviews: Foregone (Gamescom)”

We’re looking at another indie game that caught our eye during Gamescom, with a look at Leif’s Adventure: Netherworld Hero by OneManOnMars. We talked to Hamburg-based Roman Fuhrer, who after a career in AAA game development is now producing his Leif’s Adventure, an action adventure game that supports cooperative play in addition to its single player mode. Scheduled for 2021, you can already check out the Steam page and the demo that’s on there. Continue reading “Indie Interviews: Leif’s Adventure: Netherworld Hero (Gamescom)”

Gamescom may have wrapped up, but we still have a couple of interesting indie games to highlight for you. We’re continuing our series of Indie Interviews with a look at Absolute Territory: The Space Combat Simulator. Developed by solo developer Dan Woods at Digitum Software, it comes out on September 1st, so we were super happy to have the chance to talk to Dan about the game during crunch time. There is a demo available for the game as well. Continue reading “Indie Interviews: Absolute Territory (Gamescom)”

In recent years we’ve seen escape rooms pop up as a genre both in real life and in videogames. Mad Experiments: Escape Room is a new take from PlayTogether Studio that is now in Steam Early Access. It’s also part of this year’s digital edition of Gamescom and rather than offer the traditional single player experience it’s a game that’s being designed for one to up to six players at a time. We chatted with Canadian-based developer Clem about the upcoming game. Continue reading “Indie Interviews: Mad Experiments – Escape Room (Gamescom)”