Rampant Games New Year’s Resolutions

Posted by Rampant Coyote on December 31, 2010

‘Tis the season to make New Year’s Resolutions, goals you plan achieve in the coming 12 months, which you will probably keep at least until January 3rd or so. Most of mine would probably bore you all – they go into the usual categories (Lose weight, educate myself, improve my health – though I have […]

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Hegemony: Philip of Macedon on Sale via Steam

Posted by Rampant Coyote on December 30, 2010

As a game developer, I have grave misgivings over the extreme-discount sales popularized by places like Steam that practically give away reasonably recent indie releases. But as a customer, I’ll take what I can get and get over my guilt later. Anyway, until about 11:00 AM my time (mountain), Hegemony: Philip of Macedon is on […]

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Frayed Knights: Smelly Feats

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I had an awesome plan: As I have a day job that finances this indie thing, I thought I’d take some big vacation time around Christmas and New Year’s to really get some incredible work done on Frayed Knights. I was gonna be a full-time indie for a week and a half (minus holiday festivities). […]

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Adventure Puzzles in the Age of Internet Walkthroughs

Posted by Rampant Coyote on December 29, 2010

Telltale Games is turning into a “big indie,” and I do not begrudge them their success. I’m really pleased with these guys for doing their part to keep the graphic adventure game genre alive, and doing a great job with their licenses. If you haven’t played any of their games yet, go try out a […]

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The Problem with Getting Too Many Games In One Month…

Posted by Rampant Coyote on December 28, 2010

What? I thought I was playing AaaAaaAaaaaAAAAaaA! A Reckless Disregard for Gravity! Oops.

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How to Revive a Legacy RPG. Or Not.

Posted by Rampant Coyote on December 27, 2010

The newest game in the Wizardry series is apparently entitled Wizardry: Town of the Imprisoned Spirits or something like that. According to what I could glean, it is something of an upgrade / sequel over a previous release subtitled Dungeon of the Imprisoned Souls. It’s a budget, downloadable release in Japan that has a chance […]

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Merry Christmas!

Posted by Rampant Coyote on December 25, 2010

Have a great one, ya’ll! And if you don’t observe the holiday – well, have a great day anyway. It’s like the only time I ever end up using the word “merry,” so … I hope it’s a merry day for you anyway. May it be full of joy, hope, peace, and general awesomeness.

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Twelve Games of Christmas #12 – The Fae’s Wyrd

Posted by Rampant Coyote on December 24, 2010

It is hard for me not to wear my developer hat prominently on this blog. I get fascinated by developer stories, and seeing the process by which games get created by different teams. That part – the story behind the game – is often more interesting to me than the game itself. I’m not sure […]

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Twelve Games of Christmas #11 – Puzzle Bots

Posted by Rampant Coyote on December 23, 2010

I talk here about old-school style cRPGs a lot. I do miss the heady days of massive mainstream releases that were so huge I couldn’t keep up, with titles like Ultima VII and Darklands and Wizardry 7 and Eye of the Beholder getting announced on a quarterly basis. Those days, it felt like it just […]

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A Very Zombie Holiday

Posted by Rampant Coyote on December 22, 2010

An instructional video for enjoying the holiday festivities during a zombie apocalypse…

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Twelve Games of Christmas #10 – Dawn’s Light Christmas Tales

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It seems only appropriate that among the “Games of Christmas” I wanted to point out this month that I include some actual Christmas-themed games. Today I’m going to sneak a pair of games in as a single entry. What’s better is that they are RPGs. What’s even better is that they are free. Last year, […]

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Twelve Games of Christmas #9 – The Witch and the Warrior

Posted by Rampant Coyote on December 21, 2010

I guess it’s okay to call indie RPG developer Eridani Games a “Scottish Developer.” Founder Jill Shiels is from Scotland, and according to her forum signature is still there. However, with many indie studios,  a game company may technically be a one-man or one-woman operation, but the games are made by the labor of many […]

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DarkLight Dungeon Interview

Posted by Rampant Coyote on December 20, 2010

Last week, Jesse Zoeller of ZoellerSoft took some time to answer some questions for me about his new game, DarkLight Dungeon. DarkLight Dungeon is an old-school style single-player dungeon crawler. The full version releases TODAY, so coolness should ensue for fans of this style of RPG. So here’s what he had to say about becoming […]

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Twelve Games of Christmas #8 – DarkLight Dungeon

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The full version of DarkLight Dungeon was released today. And for ambitious dungeon explorers, it comes with a potential real-life bonus: A $100 prize to the first player to solve an in-game challenge. So what is DarkLight Dungeon? It’s an indie first-person dungeon crawler of a definitely old-school western RPG persuasion. It features turn-based, menu-oriented […]

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Twelve Games of Christmas #7 – Lilly and Sasha: Nexus of Souls

Posted by Rampant Coyote on December 19, 2010

So for indie game #7, I thought I’d note indie RPG Lilly and Sasha: Nexus of Souls.  The second game of the series by John Wizard Games, this one literally picks up immediately where the last one ended in something of a cliffhanger. I would not be surprised if this second one ends much the […]

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Tron Legacy – Heir to the Throne?

Posted by Rampant Coyote on December 18, 2010

I saw Tron Legacy last night in IMAX 3D. I am definitely glad I did. It was one of those movies that really should be experienced in 3D on the big screen. I’ll save you the guesswork now and say I really enjoyed the movie overall, but I also definitely had mixed feelings about it. […]

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