The Sausage Factory

Puzzle platformers are two-a-penny across the indie game landscape but Mike Dies is far less frustrating than most as well as being very entertaining and […] The post The Sausage Factory: 176 – Mike Dies by Psydra Games appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Tactical RPGs have a long history and recently the likes of The Banner Saga have elevated the genre to new heights. Ash of Gods is […] The post The Sausage Factory: 175 – Ash of Gods by Aurum Dust appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

The design of narrative driven games has scaled unimaginable heights and A Case of Distrust is an excellent example of this. A game set in […] The post The Sausage Factory: 174 – A Case of Distrust by Ben Wander appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

What would a game look like if you took the limitations of a ZX Spectrum in terms of graphical output and shoved it into a […] The post The Sausage Factory: 173 – Rock Boshers DX by Tikipod appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

While co-op gaming has been a very long staple in the realm of video games, the act of ganging up on another player is less […] The post The Sausage Factory: 172 – Crawl by Powerhoof appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

There is a deleted scene in the Aliens film that has the marines fix a motion detector to a mini-gun that proceeds to lay waste […] The post The Sausage Factory: 171 – Let Them Come by Tuatara Games appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Shadowhand meshes a unique take on Solitaire and interesting story set in 17th Century England. It’s a deeply tactical game that demands a lot on […] The post The Sausage Factory: 170 – Shadowhand by Grey Alien Games appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

When VR first came into being one of the first types of games to appear were simulations of board games like chess and backgammon as […] The post The Sausage Factory: 169 – League of War VR Arena by Munkyfun appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

While at EGX 2017 show host Chris ORegan was accosted by a giant tomato demanding that he play a VR game called Shooty Fruity. Not […] The post The Sausage Factory: 168 – Shooty Fruity by Near Light appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Chris O’Regan, the host of The Sausage Factory is a little bit notorious for walking the planet travelling to conventions that celebrate the art of […] The post The Sausage Factory: 167 – Ersatz by Paris Stalker appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

There are a lot of games that take on the visual style of one genre yet turn out to be something quite different. Mantis Burn […] The post The Sausage Factory: 166 – Mantis Burn Racing by VooFoo Studios appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

With a mix of British dry humour and a brawler that relies on combos and fluid movement to get the most points, Deadbeat Heroes is […] The post The Sausage Factory: 165 – Deadbeat Heroes by Deadbeat Productions appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Action adventure titles have been a staple of video games since their inception. Tracing their roots back to the likes of Rogue, they have evolved […] The post The Sausage Factory: 164 – Morphite by Crescent Moon Games appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Sam Dyer is the founder of Bitmap Books, a book publisher that specialises in making tomes that celebrate pixel art found in video games. Each […] The post The Sausage Factory: 163 – Visual Compendiums by Bitmap Books appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Hypernova Escape from Hadea looks like an RTS to the uninitiated and in many ways it does play like one. However, it is clear that […] The post The Sausage Factory: 162 – Hypernova Escape from Hadea by Actalogic appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

In these days of multi-threaded story driven RPGs that span 100s of hours there are times when a pure arcade game is something to recognise […] The post The Sausage Factory: 161 – Astral Traveler by Dragon Slumber appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

When a game embraces physics to the same degree as Planetoid Pioneers you have to embrace it, for if you push against the weight of […] The post The Sausage Factory: 160 – Planetoid Pioneers by Data Realms appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

When first confronted with screenshots of Ironcast one can make the mistake of believing it to be a match three game that is similar to […] The post The Sausage Fcatory: 159 – Ironcast by Dreadbit appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

During one of our show host’s many travels, Chris ORegan happened upon Masquerada Songs and Shadows and was immediately drawn to it. An action adventure […] The post The Sausage Factory: 158 – Masquerada Songs and Shadows by Witching Hour Studios appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Almost a year ago show host Chris ORegan met with Asymmetric, the developers of West of Loathing during PAX West 2016. An adventure game with […] The post The Sausage Factory: 157 – West of Loathing by Asymmetric appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

In the early days of video games there was a genre that came into being very soon after such things came into being. That genre […] The post The Sausage Factory: 156 – Catacombs 1: Demon War by SimProse Games appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Controlling a cardboard box does not sound very appealing when you try to explain that is the core of what Unbox Newbies Adventure is about. […] The post The Sausage Factory: 155 – Unbox Newbies Adventure by Prospect Games appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

When mixing board games with video games there is a risk one format absorbs the other. In the case of Children of Zodiarcs by Cardboard […] The post The Sausage Factory: 154 – Children of Zodiarcs by Cardboard Utopia appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Captain Blood was a game released in 1988 and was a direct inspiration for The Long Journey Home, a game that has been developed and […] The post The Sausage Factory: 153 – The Long Journey Home by Daedalic Studio West appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Oppression is a topic often covered in video games, but rarely by those who have direct experience of it. Romanian developers Sand Sailor Studio decided […] The post The Sausage Factory: 152 – Black the Fall by Sand Sailor Studio appeared first on Cane and Rinse .