Lance and Clint of Duck Block Games

Episode 76: the satisfying seventy=sixth episode of the PokeProblemsPodcast! This week we have two very special guests! Lance and Clint Trahan of Duck Block Games! Their game Forsaken Castle had an incredibly successful KickStarter, and will be coming out later this year on Steam (it's been GreenLit), Windows, Mac, Linux, PS4, and Switch! They tell us about all how they got their start in making games, where the idea for Forsaken Castle came from, the Steam and Kickstarter process. They give props to their awesome composer Zack Parrish (who did the music for Valdis Story: Abyssal City), the Baton Rouge IGDA chapter Follow @IGDABatonRouge, the awesome Level Up Lab, hanging out with Pixel Dash Studios (creators of Road Redemption), and of course, their favorite pokemon.

Follow them on Facebook, Follow @DuckBlockGames on Twitter and on Instagram! You should also Follow @LanceTrahan on Twitter. And of course, TRY THE DEMO FOR FORSAKEN CASTLE! And pre-order your copy on BackerKit!

And of course we talk news:

• Nintendo had a Pokemon Direct which had a lot of announcements! September 22nd will see two Pokemon items, release of Pokemon Gold and Silver for the virtual console, and the release of Pokken Tournament DX for the Switch! November 17th will be the debut of the new Alolan 3DS games, Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon.
• Pokemon GO is getting a big update June 13th, including and event with increased appearance of fire and ice pokemon, extra XP for ball throwing skills, discounts on lucky eggs, and an unknown update to gyms that will see them out of commission!
• The biggest excitement is the first ever ticketed Pokemon Go live event on July 22, in Chicago's Grant Park! Tickets will go on sale June 19th at 1 pm EST. Details are scant at the moment, but I am sure it's going to be popular! In addition, from the press release, "European Trainers can look forward to Pokémon GO celebrations hosted across the continent from June through September in partnership with Unibail-Rodamco shopping centers. We'll be posting a complete schedule for these events very soon. Also, The Pokémon Company is organizing “Pikachu Outbreak”, a Pokémon event in Yokohama, Japan, in August where they’re exploring a unique Pokémon GO experience."
• Reminder: PAX West is September 1-4. Tickets went on sale last week, and are sold out, but if you want to look for trades now is the time.
• June 12th is the last day of the Overwatch Anniversary Event!
• The Playstation E3 Experience is June 12th.
• A new Bubsy game for PS4 and Steam was just announced!

This week's Twitter poll asks about Kickstarting games:

In honor of @DuckBlockGames upcoming title Forsaken Castle https://t.co/5mlg6hGHjy … , have you ever funded a game on @kickstarter ?

— PokeProblems (@pokemoncast) June 10, 2017

Thanks for listening! If you have any questions or comments, we want to hear from you. Did you pre-order Forsaken Castle? Do you love Metroidvania games? Would your pixel portrait haunt our dreams? Tweet, email, or comment on the blog or Facebook to let us know!



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