Roguelite city builder Super Fantasy Kingdom has been a big success, and now its developer can afford a luxury he's always dreamed of: 'A real winter jacket'

Roguelite city builder Super Fantasy Kingdom has been a big success, and now its developer can afford a luxury he’s always dreamed of: ‘A real winter jacket’

Some developers react to success by going all rock star—like Cliff Bleszinski purchasing a flashy Lamborghini when he was living it up at Epic. Solo dev Feryas Beer is a little bit more grounded after the success of Super Fantasy Kingdom, the Hooded Horse-published roguelite city builder. No cars, no luxury pads, not even a…

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Keith Christensen Interview – by Todd Friedman

Keith Christensen grew up in Houston playing pinball and video games at local arcades like Good Time Charlie’s and Gold Mine. As a young adult, he enjoyed hosting house parties to share his extensive collection of games with friends. In 2002, he moved the party to Fitzgerald’s, a local music club, where the foundation was…

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Arc Raiders’ old machine designs sound so diabolical, it’s no wonder they were reworked or removed after poor playtest feedback: ‘At that time, they didn’t fit with the game very well’

I don’t think anyone had it on their bingo cards that Arc Raiders‘ machine design and AI would be so good that people would fervently demand a PvE mode in an extraction shooter. If you did, then good for you, I guess. But it wasn’t always that way, not least because the team was flip-flopping…

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