The IndieBeat: How Nyamakop’s founders survived making their first game
In their last year at Johannesburg’s University of Witwatersrand‘s game design program, Cukia “Sugar” Kimani and Ben Myres began working on their thesis project. Kimani...
Semblance review — this wobbly platformer sticks the landing
Semblance’s world wobbles and jiggles, but it’s a solid puzzle-platformer in a whimsical world that packs in tiny moments of triumph. It’s indie studio...
Semblance squishes onto PC and Switch on July 24
Nyamakop’s jiggly platformer Semblance has been bouncing around the festival circuit, picking up the Excellence in Game Design Award at BitSummit in Japan and...
The IndieBeat: Why South African game developers are starting their own industry event
The Game Developers Conference is one of the biggest industry events — and for some attendees, it's indispensable. For South African developers, it's a rare chance to get face time with publishers, platform owners, and other devs. It's a huge commitment that can be exorbitantly expensive just to attend.