- Positech Games
Positech Games is an
indie game developer from the UK. Owned by ex-Lionhead Studios programmer Cliff Harris, the company was formed in 1997, and has released a number of games for The PC. One of the most notable Positech releases is the turn-based political strategy game 'Democracy'. Positech has become known for making complex simulation games, as opposed to the arcade or puzzle games that are made by the vast majority of small 'casual' game developers.Founder Cliff Harris has been (and remains) an outspoken critic of the working practices of the mainstream 'triple A' games industry, particularly for their long-hours culture and lack of contact between developers and gamers. In August 2008, Cliff wrote a [http://positech.co.uk/talkingtopirates.html blog post] addressed to games pirates asking them why they pirated his games. The response was overwhelming, resulting in thousands of posts on sites such as digg, slashdot and reddit. In response to them, Cliff vowed to lower game prices, not use any DRM (which was stripped out of older positech games) and address pirates concerns over demo lengths and quality.Games Released
*Democracy 2
*Asteroid Miner (also known as Star Miner)
*Democracy
*Kombat Kars
*Kudos
*Minefield
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*Rocky Racers
*Saucer Attack
*Space Battle 3001
*Starship tycoonExternal links
* [http://www.positech.co.uk/ Developer's homepage]
* [http://www.gameproducer.net/2006/07/10/interview-with-positech-games-owner-cliff-harris-kudos-game-production/ GameProducer.net interview]
* [http://www.casualgamedesign.com/?p=37/ CasualGameDesign.com Interview]
* [http://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/news_index.php?story=11350 GamaSutra Interview]
* [http://gibbage.co.uk/Interviews/ Gibbage Interview]
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