Why places like Red Brick Market matter, even when they’re not perfect
I’ve been going to Red Brick Market in Liverpool for a few years now, back when it was still part of the old Cains Brewery building and since the move to its current home over the road. And honestly, it is one of those places that is very easy to like. The concept alone does […]
Blood, bullets, and buildcrafting: Talking Blood Reaver with Hell Byte Studios
Some games wear their influences lightly. Blood Reaver turns up with demon blood on its boots and makes no secret of what it loves. Created by Adelaide-based indie team Hell Byte Studios, the game is a dark-fantasy, round-based FPS built for solo play or up to four players in co-op, blending heavy weaponry, forbidden magic, […]
Helpful or harmful? Do Early Access and crowdfunding really work for indie developers?
Making an indie game has never exactly been the easy option. Even now, with better engines, better tools, and more ways to get your work in front of people, the basic problem is still the same. You need time. You need money. You need players to care. You need enough visibility to stop your game […]
TikTok made us do it: WALWIN just crashed onto our radar with Make Stacy Great Again
Some discoveries arrive gently. Others kick the door off its hinges. WALWIN was very much the second one. Like a lot of modern obsessions, this one started with a bit of doom scrolling. One minute it was mindless thumb movement, the next there was a teaser for Make Stacy Great Again and an opening line […]
Mewgenics review: Tactical cat chaos never felt so good
A good friend once introduced me to The Binding of Isaac. I started off watching him stream it on Twitch before eventually taking the plunge myself and disappearing into the horrors beneath Mum’s house. It was grotesque, chaotic, clever, and completely unlike anything else I had played at the time. So when I found out […]
No boring scores here: How Indie-cent Exposure reviews work
Let’s get one thing out of the way early about our reviews: we’re not doing scores out of 10. No 6.8s. No 7s that somehow read like 4s. No pretending there is a meaningful difference between a game that gets a 7 and one that gets a 7.5 because someone liked one boss fight a […]
Caught in the act: Welcome to Indie-cent Exposure
Well, here we are. Indie-cent Exposure is officially out in the open, and yes, we know exactly what we did with the name. This is a site shamelessly showing off all things indie. That mostly means games, because that is where a lot of our attention tends to wander, but we are not drawing a […]