Radiator Blog

JUNE 2, 2023

You're fighting not only the privatization of public health but also reckless climate engineering! Three safehouse skulls + main quest macguffin = boss fight. that a bigger US AAA or a non-US indie would've failed to capture. But not really. The player never quite experiences these ideas in the game itself.

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The Bottom Feeder

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

Wayyyy back in the 70s and 80s, science fiction/fantasy/superhero content hadn't completely taken over the culture yet. You can turn on the tap and choose from 73 different flavors of Medieval Fantasy Content. But there was no political obligation to like or hate Generic Fantasy Product made by a Trillion Dollar Global Conglomerate.

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The Bottom Feeder

DECEMBER 17, 2024

2nd Law: "Outside of 1 or 2 monster hits a year, no indie game will ever be heard of by more than 1% of gamers." Nothing is more likely to bait me into getting in a useless online slapfight than an indie developer crapping on video game fans. We are humble toymakers, and that is a powerful archetype. It happens. There are 6 levels.)

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The Bottom Feeder

OCTOBER 9, 2024

During those hours of walking and fighting (and, in Baldur's Gate 3, searching 20000 identical crates), players will forget a ton of story. Each chapter had exactly one very memorable, hateable villain to fight. Subscribe now Spiderweb Software creates turn-based, indie, old-school fantasy role-playing games.

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Rampant Games

JULY 13, 2022

It is an indie offering, so like most things VR, it is the indies who are blazing the trail. The game that should make you feel like a badass adventurer in a fantasy world ends up making you feel like a mute klutz wearing oversized mittens. Hopefully that’ll be fixed this week. That’s fine. The three Fs.

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

JUNE 29, 2021

Hello, dear friends and fantasy aficionados. This is the place where we bring you a monthly peek into the development process for 3D dark fantasy ARPG Kristala, an indie game developed using Unreal Engine 4 by women-lead Astral Clocktower Studios. Thanks for tuning in to another exciting issue of the Kristala dev blog!

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Radiator Blog

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

This fighting game health mechanic is too fussy and unreliable for a busy shooter. So to survive fights for the first half of the game, you have to trust the level designers to leave enough health consumables around, Doom / Quake style. Bot invaders often don't interrupt a boss fight. Limited regen (e.g.

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

AUGUST 31, 2021

You just left reality and fell into a portal to the fantasy world of Ailur, the fictional planet that serves as the setting for 3D Dark Fantasy ARPG Kristala—an indie game developed by women-owned independent game studio, Astral Clocktower Studios (hey, that's us!). Welcome, beautiful creatures!

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Radiator Blog

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

The final boss fight is a conversation, and the ultimate weapon is. Planescape Torment's final boss fight conversation works because the god stuff is a metaphor for the protagonist's personal arc -- the final boss isn't god! Final Fantasys end with god-killing because that's what changing your life requires! Take that, god!

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Moonmana

APRIL 7, 2023

Thanks to groundbreaking technology advancements, developers can now take advantage of cutting-edge software and game engines which enable them to create fantasy worlds in video games. Both Unity and Unreal are popular choices among giant game development studios as well as indie developers. What Are The Pros Of The Unity Game Engine?

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

MARCH 23, 2022

You're currently tuned in to the official Kristala Dev Blog, a monthly compilation of all the development done on our first game, Kristala: a Dark Fantasy ARPG created by women-owned indie game studio, Astral Clocktower Studios (hey, that's us!). The first official gameplay trailer for Dark Fantasy ARPG Kristala.

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The Bottom Feeder

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

Shoot the same enemy, fight the same fight. In a fantasy RPG (even one of mine), you are threatened by an enemy, THEREFORE you get your sword. Like you need to fight Archduke Bob. You have to fight Bob, therefore you enter the sewer. Now … Wait. What was this game about again?” You do the same thing.

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