Fresh off the release of titles such as the Adventures of Shuggy and Gateway, Smudged Cat Games found themselves releasing two major titles for the indie studio in just a few short months. We decided to sit down with David Johnston and see how things have been going during this very busy time for them and learn more about these [...]

Let’s get the obvious comparison out of the way first: Gateways is a lot like Portal. Many things in Gateways are pretty close to Valve‘s classic puzzler, ranging from the similar names and focus on “science” to the use of portals created by a gun as a central mechanic. It’s the first thing everyone mentions about the game—even the developer calls it a homage—and [...]

Shuggy just inherited a castle. Great news, yeah? Obviously you haven’t played enough video games, because everyone knows that no self respecting video game character inherits a castle that isn’t haunted, and Shuggy’s pad is no exception. Luckily for us, this means we get a fun twitch platformer with a ton of variety and creativity to the mechanics. After somewhat disappointing [...]