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Indie game development

Seattle game studio Threshold Games shuts down

Seattle’s Threshold Games, a remote-first independent game developer, has shut down due to “extenuating circumstances.” The announcement was made via… Read More

Fred Wood at PAX West 2021

How a scaled-down PAX West in Seattle was still a success for some indie developers

Although PAX West was dramatically scaled-back this year in Seattle due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, indie game developers that… Read More

Penny Arcade co-creator Jerry Holkins

Penny Arcade co-founder talks PAX; Acquisitions Incorporated; independent game developers

PAX, the gaming convention created by Seattle-based Mike Krahulik and Jerry Holkins as an offshoot of their gaming webcomic Penny… Read More

Game Review: ‘Wandersong’ is a refreshingly optimistic story about the end of the world

If there is, at some point in human history, an awards category called “most colorful apocalypse,” Greg Lobanov‘s Wandersong ought… Read More

Seattle indie games legend Jeff Vogel takes to Kickstarter for his newest project, ‘Queen’s Wish’

Back in March, we had a talk with Jeff Vogel, the Seattle-based developer who, working almost solo, has been putting… Read More

Game Review: Fight hot dogs and wink at the camera in Massive Monster’s ‘Adventure Pals’

I wasn’t expecting The Adventure Pals to be this easy. It’s an independently-made game that draws a lot of its… Read More

Seattle’s ‘thriving’ indie game community gets creative at the Global Game Jam

Seattle’s SoDo industrial district might not be the place you would expect to find a den of game developers. But just… Read More

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