I've been asked for a while to turn one of my videos into an article for SFGHQ. I feel like a lot of folks in this community have likely seen it in some capacity already, but in case you like to read instead of hear my voice, here goes: If you frequent forums, Discords, and other areas of...

Software used: Adobe Photoshop Intermediate There's this big notion that goes around that cheating is always a bad thing. Let me start by telling you that, as long as you don't cheat others or yourself, it isn't. Cheating is, in a lot of ways, merely a way of getting quicker and sometimes...

Another great hit from this year's SAGE was the indie project Open Surge by brazilian developer @Alexandre Martins creator of the fan favorite project Neo Sonic Universe. Open Surge is, at the same time, a level editor similar to Mario Maker, a platformer game like Sonic and a powerful...

SAGE 2019's line up of indie games has been a welcome addition to the event. One such game making the rounds with a lot of fanfare is Pizza Tower, an aesthetically wild platformer carrying the spirit of the Wario Land games. The lead developer, known simply as Pizza Tower Guy, put together a...

The latest line up of games at this year's SAGE has seen an astonishing number of indie titles. Not least among them is a small demo called Vertebreaker, headed by Sonic Mania's own Stealth. Vertebreaker shares a team with the Sonic Chaos re-imagining which we saw at last year's SAGE, with...