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After turning digital due to COVID-19, I was able to attend my first Mysterium last month. In my round-up about this annual gathering for fans for Myst fans, I mentioned … Continue Reading Kickstarter rewards: let’s get physical
Over the past couple of years, I’ve developed a real fondness for video games featuring detective protagonists. There’s just something about getting stuck into a murder or missing person case … Continue Reading <em>Gamedec</em> preview: digital worlds detective
Over the past few weeks, I’ve been pining for a good point-and-click. I think it’s something to do with the nostalgia element. I grew up with the adventure genre so … Continue Reading Finding <em>Whateverland</em> on Kickstarter
Is there a standard mechanic used in video games that you just can’t seem to gel with? Maybe it’s tricky timed jumps in platformers, pixel-hunting and in point-and-clicks or having … Continue Reading <em>Black Book</em>: facing your demons
As I’ve written before, I always feel under pressure to make the best decisions and obtain the good endings in video games. Many gamers may dislike linear storylines because they’re … Continue Reading <em>Beautiful Desolation</em>: big decisions, little choice
I’ve been a huge fan of anything to do with the 1980s for as long as I can remember. Give me a denim boiler suit, white heels and neon-pink lipstick, … Continue Reading <em>Commander ’85</em>: hacking back to the 80s
Earlier this week, I mentioned how crowdfunding campaigns are like buses. You wait ages for one that’s worth backing to come along and then multiple projects arrive at once. This … Continue Reading <em>Chinatown Detective Agency</em>: pixel PI
Crowdfunding campaigns can be like buses. You can wait ages for a good one to come along, then suddenly several appear at once. This is what happened to me at … Continue Reading <em>Gamedec</em>: digital worlds detective
2019 was the year of the escape room. After completing my first one over 12 months ago while visiting Tim and Jake from Timlah’s Texts & Unity 3D Tech in … Continue Reading <em>Key Enigma</em>: the great escape
There may still be a few more weeks to go before 2019 draws to a close, but it’s a pretty safe bet what my game-of-the-year will be. Unless something comes … Continue Reading <em>Book of Travels</em>: choose your own journey
Detective films and books? They don’t do anything for me. The pacing and typical private-investigator-with-personal-demons protagonist fail to keep me engrossed. But give me a video game with a detective … Continue Reading <em>Missing in Jericho</em>: the search begins
The developers of Theropods got in touch last month to let me know about their Kickstarter campaign. After playing through the demo on Twitch and seeing that their science-fiction world … Continue Reading <em>Kumo</em>: one boy’s <em>Journey</em>
It’s obvious to any Later Levels visitor just how much I adore point-and-click adventure games. Throw in some lovely-looking pixel-art, an independent and strong-willed female protagonist, and an intriguing storyline … Continue Reading <em>Theropods</em>: everybody do the dinosaur
After logging into Kickstarter one morning this month to see whether there were any new campaigns worth checking out, I received a notification letting me know that the platform was … Continue Reading Kickstarting to feel old
Every so often, a Kickstarter campaign comes along you regret not backing. Sick Chicken Studios’ launched their project for Guard Duty in February 2017 but the first time I heard … Continue Reading <em>Guard Duty</em>: standing to attention
When Bildundtonfabrik’s (btf) campaign for Trüberbrook appeared on Kickstarter in November 2017, there were two things that stood out about the project for me. First was that the developer advertised … Continue Reading Trouble in <em>Trüberbrook</em>
