Indie developers have the unenviable task of balancing what precious resources they have to create the experience they want to deliver to their audiences. This often means that, when compared…
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David Klemke
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Google seems to have honed in on my penchant for slightly off-the-beaten-track kinds of games, often recommending reviews and listicles of games that wouldn’t usually garner a large audience. There’s…
David Klemke
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When you’ve got a game you hold in such high regard it’s hard not to judge other, similar titles against it. Such is the challenge that ENDER LILIES: Quietus of…
David Klemke
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Thinking about my journey as a gamer it’s interesting to note how I’ve ebbed and flowed between being focused on single player experience and those enjoyed with others. To be…
David Klemke
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Once upon a time I found myself elbow deep in the world that was games on Kickstarter. It was the time when many old IPs found new life on the…
David Klemke
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There were a lot of games I wanted to check out after doing several tours of the indie area at PAX. Unfortunately most of them aren’t available yet, at least…
David Klemke
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I have a love/hate relationship with the new wave of hardcore platformers that have swept through the game scene recently due to the indie game developer revolution. Initially I find…
David Klemke
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Way back in the day, before I had a decent Internet connection and Steam, I was something of a handheld gaming fiend. I can remember my GameBoy fondly, it was…
David Klemke
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The simplicity of 2D platformer games must be really liberating for developers, especially small time independent ones. I say this because it seems that I’ve played a lot of games…
David Klemke
6 Min Read
The number of games that find success on one platform and then spread to others has trended upwards significantly over the past couple years. If I was to hazard a…