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Caffeinated Games pitches 'FarmLands'
click to grow One glance outside the in-laws', er, office window and you'll see where Caffeinated Games founder Greg Chudecke has drawn the inspiration for his new studio's first game, FarmLands. But this is no ordinary harvest sim. A visit to the game's official website reveals a wealth of scattered game concepts: a virtual board; collectible cards; creature battles; slot machines; and a brother and sister living in a "strange" room, having the same "strange" dreams. We're not sure where Chudecke is headed with this one ... and neither is he, apparently. A disclaimer on the site reads: "Any of these features are subject to change or removal." Still, we can't knock FarmLands for flaunting its independent spirit. Keep doin' your thing, Chudecke.%Gallery-25572%
Lord of the Rings, SOCOM vet launches Caffeinated Games
Greg Chudecke, an industry vet who's left his fingerprints on such franchises and games as SOCOM and Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring has launched his own indie studio called Caffeinated Games. Besides giving players a rapid heartbeat and the jitters, Caffeinated Games aims to not only create games, but also act as a social network for developers and gamers in general to interact as well. Comments the former Zipper and Black Label Games dev, "Our approach...is to make the games we want to play and then pitch those games directly to the gamers." The first such pitch is expected next week, with a timer on the site currently ticking down towards next Wednesday.
