The Bottom Feeder

MAY 15, 2024

The myth, the legend, the 1978 Dungeons & Dragons murderfest Tomb of Horrors. The Tomb of Horrors was an early attempt to solve a very difficult problem: How to balance a turn-based RPG once characters get very powerful. Instead, Gygax filled his dungeon with obscure puzzles and instant deathtraps. And that's it!

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PreMortem.Games

DECEMBER 22, 2023

Solo dev Graham Reid: “Being part of a like-minded community is really important” Young Dutch indie developer Lente is something of a free spirit. Every man and his dog has made an indie game but no one has painted a game yet. A point of interest in the indie game sea.” Having a solid, realistic plan is everything.”

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Indie DB

JANUARY 20, 2023

Check out our DBolical review of this modder-made survival horror indie!

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Played with Fire

OCTOBER 28, 2021

Designing and weaving The Cosmic Horror into Stargaze. Specul-8’s design was so unique due to spicing up our philosophical fairytale with a fair share of horror influences. The main idea was to have a dark and alien planet that encased a beast inside, which is only briefly glimpsed at until solving all the puzzles.

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PreMortem.Games

OCTOBER 30, 2024

In the upcoming Sci-Fi Action-Puzzle FPS IHAS , from Ukrainian solo developer Vladyslav Pidiashenko , players wake up aboard a giant, desolate spaceship swarming with hostile robots. I have a lot of respect for solo indie developers, but I often struggle with the limitations and it is not what I want to be doing long-term.

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The Bottom Feeder

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

If you like weird, retro indie games or RPGs, it’s worth a look.) One is overcoming: Defeating puzzles, challenges, other people. Horror games give you the power to survive, no matter how horrible your surroundings are. If you want to be surprised by a really neat indie RPG in a year or so, it’s not too expensive.

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Game Daily

MAY 9, 2023

Once again, the event – organized annually by indie label Fellow Traveller – brought together panels and talks, as well as presentations and sales of games that focus on storytelling. It was a comedic graphical adventure set in a house-of-horrors. Narrative games festival LudoNarraCon 2023 concluded yesterday.

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