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Runes of Avalon
Posted by Nick Kojima on September 27th, 2007 in Reviews

Sometimes games come out of nowhere and bowl you over with their beauty, originality, and general coolness. And while this game has the beauty, originality, and coolness down, it certainly didn’t come out of nowhere for those of us involved in the indie game scene. We have been given weekly, nay, daily updates on the [...]


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Ancient Empires Lux
Posted by Nick Kojima on September 26th, 2007 in Reviews

Lux is one of those things that indie developers like to talk about. Sillysoft has built an entire company on this franchise (thought they have a few other fun games), and in doing so, they have avoided using the big portals, doing ingame advertising, making flash versions, using publishers, or doing just about everything else [...]


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Devilish Games Interview
Posted by Poh Tun Kai on May 23rd, 2007 in Features

It’s amazing how a game like Sonoro TV can be so devilishly fun. Sonoro TV is the latest creation of Spanish studio Devilish Games, and we took time to speak to David Ferriz, director and founder of the studio, to find out what makes his games tick, hop and bounce. Pictured below, from left to [...]


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Sonoro TV
Posted by Poh Tun Kai on May 23rd, 2007 in Reviews

Not every indie game is a unique snowflake of game design. Many developers choose to take the safe route and create casual games similar to what’s already on the market. Devilish Games is obviously not interested in following the crowd, and its new platform action game, Sonoro TV, really shows this independent attitude.


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Anawiki Interview
Posted by Charlotte Zheng on May 17th, 2007 in Features

Indie developers hail from all corners of the globe, and this particular team, Anawiki, comes from Poland. Fresh from working on Anawiki’s latest game, Runes of Avalon, developer Roman Budzowski took some time off his busy schedule to tell us about the ideas and the passions behind Anawiki’s games. Read on and learn about Anawiki’s [...]


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Enkord Interview
Posted by Charlotte Zheng on April 2nd, 2007 in Features

We are speaking to Yaroslav Yanovsky, the CEO of Enkord Ltd., the people behind some great games like Zodiac Tower, Clash N Slash, and most recently Clayside. He had some great things to say about being an independent developer and the industry in general.

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Positech Games Interview
Posted by Charlotte Zheng on January 30th, 2007 in Features

Positech Games is the working name for Cliff Harris, an independent game developer based in England. Positech (Cliff) is responsible for half a dozen great indie games, but is best known for the turn-based simulations Kudos and Democracy. He took some time to tell us what it is like building games for the “Hardcore Casual” [...]

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Paprikari Developer Interview
Posted by Cameron Sorden on December 19th, 2006 in Features

Dusan Kostic was kind enough to talk to us about life on a small development team, how Paprikari got started, and where exactly such a crazy name comes from. Curious? Keep reading.

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Amaranth Developer Interview
Posted by Cameron Sorden on December 10th, 2006 in Features

Amanda Fitch (aka Amanda Fae), the mastermind behind the Aveyond and Ahrimon’s Prophecy RPGs was kind enough to talk to us about adventure games in the casual market, developing an RPG, and her vivacious forum community. We also got a bit of info about the upcoming Grimm’s hatchery! Read on.

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Rusty Axe Developer Interview
Posted by Cameron Sorden on December 4th, 2006 in Features

If you haven’t heard of Rusty Axe Games, chances are good that you’re missing out on some high quality and high fun games! Battle Castles is a favorite around here (you can read our review of it) and they have another exciting title called Real E$state Empire right on the horizon. CEO Lennard Fedderson talks [...]

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