KickTraq

It's Halloween, and that means it's time for a scary story. Here;s five! Five terrifying tales of Kickstarter video games that will keep any backer up at night. (Read More)

We've gotten a lot of messages from people asking what happens if we don't meet the funding goal. The good news is, the game will still get finished! The bad news is, if funding fails, we plan on pitching the finished game to publishers, a process... (Read More)

You'll need an HTML5 capable browser to see this content. Play 00:00 00:00 Still think it's a scam? Troll harder. We've been having trouble bringing the alpha into playable shape in time for the end date of this Kickstarter. It was never our... (Read More)

The Internet is certainly a miraculous creation but there are times when we see truly horrific things that it’s enabled that make us wish we could burn the Internet down and salt over its ashes. Case in point: A new Kickstarter project called Dark Skyes that aims to be the world’s first brony dating simulation game. (Read More)

*Sigh*... we were really hoping that we wouldn't have to release any actual visuals until the game was up to our own high standards, but because of this trolling/scam campaign nonsense we have been forced to put something together to show you guys.... (Read More)

Last week we posted an announcement for a new game on Kickstarter called Dark Skyes, a dating sim that takes place in the world of My Little Pony (MLP from this point on). Referred to as a “Brony dating sim,” the game would let adult fans of the magical pony world date, seduce, and do who knows what else with a wide variety of beautifully drawn ponies. In the time since our announcement a number of serious allegations have been thrown at the makers of Dark Skyes, with various elements of the web calling the whole thing a joke or a scam. The 4Chan /mlp/ group in particular has been in overdrive gathering information and pointing fingers. Is it really a scam, or just a bunch of trolls picking on the Brony community? Maybe both? (Read More)

So, as many of you are probably aware, we are currently the target of a very advanced and sophisticated smear-job by patriarchs of the forum known as 4chan.org/pony/. They have photoshopped conversations, falsified information, harassed us to the... (Read More)

For the past few days, the community has been simply waist-deep in controversy and mystery surrounding the sudden appearance of "Dark Skyes", a pony-themed dating simulator, with supposed "Deep RPG elements" that popped up on Kickstarter last week. Something has smelled fishy ever since the post went up, and it's not because it's lent either. (Read More)

You'll need an HTML5 capable browser to see this content. Play 00:00 00:00 Please see the above video for a little word on the legitimacy of this project! And please continue supporting us! We definitely don't have time to play public relations and... (Read More)

Dear Dark Skyes supporters and fans: Our credibility and the future of our game itself are currently under attack by members of the forum known as Something Awful. I am still not even sure what is going on, but from what I can see they have been... (Read More)

Seems like there is a bit of confusion about this. The voiceovers used in the pitch video are webcam auditions, and the quality is really poor. But, not to worry! The final audio for the game was and is being recorded in a $5000 Studiobricks... (Read More)

One of the main reasons Cliqist was started was to help promote tolerance and acceptance in gaming. And while our particular focus is on crowdfunded games, and helping to inform readers about them in a positive manner, we’re also concerned with promoting acceptance of any groups that catch flak in the gaming world. (Read More)