Author Archives: JC Fletcher

Microsoft holds Kodu game design competition for kiddos

Microsoft released the full version of game creation utility Kodu Game Lab on PC today, and to celebrate the release of the free software suite, it’s hosting a game design competition. Slow down, David Crane — it’s for kids.

The Kodu Cup 2011 is a… Continue reading

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Deep Sea: The scariest game ever

I don’t even know if Wraughk Audio Design’s Deep Sea is intended to be scary, but it’s more effective at generating real fear than any game I’ve ever seen. And it does so with no graphics at all.

The Independent Propeller Award finalist is daunting… Continue reading

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GarageGames relaunches with $99 Torque engine offer

GarageGames is back, with its Torque game engine license reacquired from the defunct web games distributor InstantAction. Now funded by Graham Software Development, GarageGames is ready to start helping with the development of, well, garage games.

For… Continue reading

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