Today our
Pink Cloud (kickstarter link) is spotlighted in the ENWorld podcast! Here's
a link to the show. The
Pink Cloud segment is from 52min20sec to 55min56sec. The podcast takes the form of a gameshow, where the participants try to guess what the featured games are about, from only hearing the title!
Here's transcript:
(About the podcast participants: Russ Morrissey is the founder of the British gaming news and publishing company ENWorld, Peter Coffey is co-host, and Shane Stacks, the founder of ShanePlays.com, is the guest. Thanks to Morrus, Peter, and Shane for the fun podcast!)
RUSS MORRISSEY: So, we are now back to: Mr. Shane Stacks, the Crab. [Shane's superhero character.]
SHANE STACKS: The Crab, who scuttles for justice.
RUSS: So, Shane, what is…
Pink Cloud?
SHANE: Okay, I have to…I'm going to pass this one to Peter, if that's okay. Because I got an email about this one from either the creator or a marketing person.
RUSS: Oh okay. You want to take this one Peter? And then Shane can do the next one. Okay.
Pink. Cloud.
PETER COFFEY: I…I am sort of hoping it is a…erm…an off-brand knock-off of the "Monkey Magic" tv show…er…where you got a Monkey, Sandy, Pigsy, Tripitaka, and all the rest, like, just chilling around, in sort of a bad 70s or 80s tv show. And the
Pink Cloud is what Monkey uses to go…scootin' around on.
[Explanatory wikipedia articles!]:
"Monkey Magic" tv series:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monkey_(TV_series)
Monkey:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monkey_King
Sandy:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sha_Wujing
Pigsy:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zhu_Bajie
Tripitaka:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tang_Sanzang
RUSS: Okay. No.
SHANE: Yeah, this one's hard. Because it's…
RUSS: Yeah, I'd be amazed if you got this because it's…
PETER: Yeah, I'd be pretty lucky.
RUSS: This is a gameable version of the Twelve Step Program.
PETER: As in…Alcoholics Anonymous?
RUSS: Yeah, that's not the only 12-Step program; but yeah, that is an example of what…yeah. So, it's set in a fantasy world. You're part of the Fellowship of the
Pink Cloud. Yeah…I'm reading this as I'm trying to understand this as I do it:
"You're invited to grab a Recovery buddy and step into the New Land, a new world of fascinating adventure!"
(Huh!)
SHANE: Yeah, it's a…like the email I got on it is from Travis Henry, from Twelve…fold Works Publishing. And the subject was: "
Pink Cloud: The World's First 12-Step Recovery Roleplaying Game."
(Hmm!)
SHANE: And it's…it's pretty interesting because in the email it lists ENWorld's Spotlight.
(Hmm!)
SHANE: And ENWorld said: "This game promises an experience which I think will be unique for many: an RPG based around a gameable version of the 12-Step program."
SHANE: So, I think this is actually pretty smart. Because I keep hearing how therapy and different types of programs are using tabletop roleplaying.
(Huh!)
SHANE: So, to actually put an experience around a
proven program…the 12-Step Recovery program has helped a
lot of people.
(Hmm.)
SHANE: To put a roleplaying experience around it, I think is pretty smart. So, very interesting.
RUSS: Hmm! Okay!
SHANE: If you guys would be interested in…I don't know if you're…I could put you in touch with the creator if y'all wanted to talk to him. But I don't know if y'all would even have time, before the Kickstarter ended.
RUSS: Yeah, we're usually booked up for like a month in advance. It's too late for that now.
(Yeah.)
RUSS: So, that leaves one to go, and this is for Shane then. So this one is called…are you ready?
SHANE: Yeah, what was Peter's score on that one?
RUSS: Oh sorry. Peter's score on that one…well I can't remember what he said now! What'd he say? (laughter) He definitely didn’t say that though! (laughter)
SHANE: He said NOT what the game was!
RUSS: He didn't say that. So I don't think he scored anythin'. (laughter)
PETER: Hey, hey look. I…I got the spirit of it. Because if you look at Journey to the West, it's all someone who has a real "oppositional defiance disorder."
Journey to the West - Wikipedia
(Yeah.)
PETER: And how they're constantly acting out. And how they're helped with…to…Recovery, with the aid of someone else. So, it may work. Spiritually, I was bang on.
RUSS: Yeeeaaaah.
(laughter)
SHANE: hmm…er…hmm…
RUSS: Wow. That was some blagging there. I don't think so.
https://harrypotter.fandom.com/wiki/Blagging
PETER: This is why I can't play narrative games. (laughter) This reflexive blagging…it just…just…yeah. (laughter)