LUNARK

The game follows Leo who has unique abilities, the player attempts to uncover the origin about humanity. The game was mostly developed by the creator Johan Vinet. The Kickstarter funding for the game had raising over 81,655 Canadian dollars and the campaign ended in 2019. Lunark is a retro-style cinematic platformer with rotoscoping and stunning animation. Johan Vinet begin working on the game creation in 2016 when he making demakes just for fun. during his thinking about the game creation, he details his love of old platform then he thought that he could made it a real game. Vinet started his own company Canari Games and the Kickstarter campaign for the game was lauched in 2019. Jordan Mechner, the creator of Prince of Persia found the game and said that the game look like something Eric Chahi could made. Vinet was influenced by science fiction films, television series and books for the setting and plot of the game and drew inspiration from adventure films such as Indiana Jones and Back to the Future. The game plot summary was based on the story of Noah's Ark from the Book of Genesis. Vinet was set out to create a game that inspired by Prince of Persia and Flashback, while also create some elements, innovations, updated controls and unique features. Vinet want the game to be attracted by the colorful and dynamic theme instead of dystopian theme. Vinet also composed the game and the inspiration for the music were Blade Runner, Vangelis and more. Shaun Musgrave for TouchArcade considering the game as one of the all-timers of cinematic platforming. GoNintendo consider this game as one of the most player-friendly cinematic platformers and described as “worthy of standing alongside the titans of the genre”.