After close to one year, crowdfunded RPG Earthlock: Festival of Magic is now officially headed to multiple platforms – including the Wii U eShop. With less than two days remaining, developer Snowcastle Games managed to meet and surpass its goal of $150,000.
It has taken longer than expected, with a few setbacks and delays – including a name change — but Earthlock promises to deliver a colourful, non-linear "no-nonsense" turn-based RPG experience incorprating elements of harvesting and more, such as growing vital resources which act as ammunition during battle.
With quality team-based battle mechanics, thoughtful environment puzzles, and a lot of stunning artwork, this title has been on the radar of the RPG community for quite some time now.
If you’re keen on Earthlock: Festival of Magic, the only bad news is it'll be a while before it graces the Wii U eShop. Currently, it's slated for a Q2 2015 release. Ouch! Here's a video to make that wait even more unbearable.
Thanks to Jaxon for the tip.
[source nintendoeverything.com, via kickstarter.com]
Comments (19)
Glad this made it. I backed it but looked like it would fall short last time I checked
@smikey I was watching this very close as i had a bet on it, at the last minute they got two very generous pledges of 8k and one for 2.5k. In any case i'm glad another game is making its way to Wii U.
I also hope Hex Heroes gets it funding, i'm not to bothered about Cult Country as it will be coming with or without kickstarter.
Looks nice, glad to see giant crabs are still a staple of RPGs for some reason!
I was watching this very closely! Glad to see it confirmed!
Awesome news! They've been sending me email updates about this game and it certainly seems like it's going to have fantastic lore, mechanisms and characters.
Well looks like I have another game besides Monster Hunter next year.
Yes. This reminds me, I should go ahead and back this game since I'm definitely picking it up on WiiU.
I'm SO HAPPY for this!
Now let's reach some stretch goals as well.
I'm glad to be one of the backers. This is the exact kind of game I miss on the Wii U right now.
Nice that this game got funded. Megaboss 2 pls.
Pairing system sounds like a watered down version of Suikoden 3. Probably will get this when it comes out though.
The "oomf" of this game has improved dramatically over the past year. Glad to see they made their Kickstarter goal.
YAAAY!!!!!
I was really hoping this game would make it's goal and come to Wii U. We need more RPGs on the U, and I love the Torchlight-like art and design.
As a backer I am proud to be a part iof the Earthlocke community. They are all nice people.
I emailed the team at Snowcastle just giving them my support and re-assuring them I'd double my pledge if need be, and they actually emailed me back with a decent response. Awesome devs, and I'm so glad this game was funded- way to push at the tape people!
Nice! I liked the way this game looked from the beginning! I will definitely be keeping my eye on it up until release.
I love turned based combat. It fits Nintendo systems extremely well.
I don't really play a lot of turn based combat games but like others have stated, we need a diverse selection of games on the eShop and this game will be welcome news for those who want to play games like Earthlock.
I so want to play ~
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