Earthlock - Interview @ The Xbox Hub

The Xbox Hub interviews Game Director Bendik Stang of Snowcastle Games to talk about the developers recent Kickstarter RPG Earthlock: Festival of Magic.

So….sell it to us. Why should gamers back Earthlock: Festival of Magic on Kickstarter and then ultimately buy the game?

We’re scratching an itch we have ourselves for a colorful, vibrant, story-driven game. We also miss strict turn based combat in games, and it’s a really good fit for Earthlock. So if you’re into that as well, check us out! You can get the game for the Xbox One on the $20 tier, so you won’t need to buy it after supporting the kickstarter!

Where did the idea come from and were there any games which gave inspiration?

Earthlock came about after we had finished up our previous project, an interactive storybook/adventure game for kids called “Hogworld: Gnarts Adventure”.

We sat down and had a round table at the studio where we talked about what our dream project would be. We’re all big RPG fans at Snowcastle, and we all had stories of playing turn based RPGs when we were younger. So it felt like the only path we wanted to take. The initial idea for Earthlock came about shortly thereafter, I think in 2011, and we started prototyping that year.

The world, which is a post-catastrophe world with a strong sprinkling of steampunk, sort of grew organically out of what we as a group think is cool to work with. We draw from all sorts of influences. Between us we consume a wide variety of games, movies and books!