Kickstarter of Note: The Wild Eight

Indie developer 8 points describe The Wild Eight as "a co-op survival game with a mysterious storyline featuring a procedurally-generated world." Co-op survival games of course being a genre that is sorely under-represented in the current gaming climate. Just for a change though, this one doesn't have zombies in it! The Yakutsk based creator are hoping to raise $50,000 to realise their ambitions for the game, which can also be played as a solo game for those who just don't want to be social. There's no shame in it, we all feel that way sometimes. 

The Wild Eight follows eight individuals who survive a terrible plane crash and now find themselves stranded in the snowy wastes of an Alaskan forest. After waking up in a pile of debris, you must immediately find food and build a makeshift shelter before hypothermia sets in. Surviving this harsh, unfair world is not for the faint of heart. While it might be better to have companions, there’s a traitor in your midst ... someone who has been driven mad by bloodlust. Will you search for other survivors or try to make it on your own?