This week, Bedroth is joined by his two youngest daughters, Flare and Luna. The kids have been very excited to do their first podcast, and after a lot of back-and-forth, decided to talk about one of their favorite games to play together: Pikuniku.
The game, released in 2019 by Devolver Digital and developed by French-British indie collective Sectordub, stars a strange, red, ovoid creature named Piku (whose orange counterpart, Niku, is the avatar for player 2), as he takes on the megalomaniacal Mr. Sunshine, who wants to strip the land of all its resources, which he will use to hatch an even more nefarious plot. The single-player mode is a puzzle-platforming adventure, while the two-player mode includes both a cooperative adventure and competitive mini-games.
The clever, lighthearted soundtrack by Calum Boen (sometimes known simply as Bo En)perfectly complimentes the simple, childlike art style designed by Arnaud De Bock (also the game's creator) and the quirky, humorous story by Remi Forcadel.
You can find Calum at https://www.youtube.com/user/calumbowen and http://bo-en.info/, and you can check out (and purchase!) the Pikuniku soundtrack at https://calumbowen.bandcamp.com/album/pikuniku-original-soundtrack.
For more about the soundtrack, check out Kate Remington's interview with Calum on Music Respawn: http://www.respawnshow.com/home-1/2019/2/7/calum-bowens-funny-lighthearted-soundtrack-for-pikuniku
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Playlist:
The Mountain Village
Free Money!
El Bunko
King of the Dancefloor
Run!
Underground Friends
Mother's Lullaby
Don't Fall!
The Sun Is Shining
Everything's Gonna Be Okay
Bonus Track: Enter The Mine
Special thanks to our Patrons:
Alex Messenger, host of A VGM Journey
The Last Rican, host of VGM Fight Club and Senpai's Playlist
Skeletroy, creator of SNES Thrash Remixes on YouTube
Ryan Steel, composer of Catlandia: Crisis at Fort PawPrint
"Kung Fu" Carlito, host of Heroes Three: Adventures in Asian Cinema
Forrest Shamlian, creator of Castle Corp and Bomb Show on YouTube
SprintCade
The Mysterious Nathan
Artist Links:
Naomi Rubin - patreon.com/naomirubin | comics at moonsproutstation.com
Carlos Leon Roman - Instagram.com/kf_carlito
Ben "The Diad" Dishman - @TheDiad
Skeletroy - patreon.com/skeletroy
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