Planet Of Lana

In the game, the player assumes control of teenage girl Lana and her cat/monkey-like companion Mui, as they explore a fictional planet invaded by hostile alien machines. In the game, the player assumes control of Lana, a young girl, as she explores a planet which has been invaded by hostile alien machines in order to rescue her sister who has been abducted. Both of them must work together in order to transverse in the game's world and solve various puzzles. As players progress in the game, they will get the ability to temporarily tame creatures and hack into machines. The game's development originated from a picture that the game's director Adam Stjarnljus drew in 2017. Stjarnljus wanted to create a game that features a colorful sci-fi universe, as opposed to the dark and gloomy backdrops found in other games. Films produced by Studio Ghibli, such as Spirited Away and My Neighbor Totoro, and The Legend of Zelda video games such as Wind Waker and Breath of the Wild, influenced the game's visual style. While the team initially planned to have the world and characters in 2D only, it received "harsh" feedback from publishers, prompting the team to switch to a more 2.5D look. Writer and co-director Klas Martin Eriksson added that the team initially wanted the game to have no dialogue, with emotions communicated through body language alone. The team subsequently decided that the story needed more "emotional expression", and prompted the team to create a fictional language. Ericksson added that the game's music will play a "pretty integral part of the story" Wishfully and publisher Thunderful Publishing officially announced the game in June 2021 during the Summer Game Fest. She praised the game's story and enjoyed the variety of the puzzles featured in the game, though she remarked that the controls for Mui are unrefined at times.