It’s official – Planet of Lana will likely be playable for the primary time at gamescom 2022! Myself and the group at Wishfully Studios have been tremendous busy getting ready this playable demo for the present. With that in thoughts, I needed to provide Xbox followers a bit of style of what’s to return and spotlight a few of the key parts and gameplay mechanics that we’ll be debuting subsequent week. Earlier than we get into that, we do have one other announcement to make: Planet of Lana will likely be launching in Spring 2023.
We initially deliberate for Planet of Lana to launch this yr, nevertheless as improvement has progressed all through 2022, we realized that with a purpose to meet our requirements, we’d like a bit of extra time to get Planet of Lana proper and guarantee it lives as much as the imaginative and prescient we have now introduced for it thus far. We additionally suppose that we owe this to you, the gamers, to not compromise this expertise simply to satisfy a date. We predict the additional few months wait will likely be value it and we thanks in your persistence and understanding. Delaying a recreation is rarely a straightforward name to make, however with all of the help we have now acquired so far, we hope to make everybody completely happy when it launches. On a brighter observe, we’re additionally extraordinarily excited to lastly announce that Planet of Lana may also be out there day one with Xbox Sport Go and PC Sport Go, so anybody subscribed to these providers or to Sport Go Final will be capable to play our off-earth odyssey as quickly as it’s prepared. To assist tide you over, we have now ready a model new trailer to have a good time our new launch timeframe and the Sport Go information – test it out!
Okay, with the housekeeping out of the best way, let’s speak concerning the recreation! Planet of Lana is about on the planet Novo. The story begins as a hostile robotic military descends onto this lush haven, and Lana, a younger lady native to the planet, is caught up within the invasion along with her sister. As they try to flee, Lana’s sister is caught by the attackers. With no different possibility, Lana heads for security. Alone and afraid, she finds herself on the mercy of the hostile Novo wilderness. Nevertheless, she quickly meets Mui, a cute cat-like creature who consoles her they usually rapidly befriend one another. Strengthened by this sudden present of companionship, Lana embarks on a journey throughout her world to seek out and save her sister and unravel the mysterious origin of the mechanical invaders, with Mui at her aspect.
The primary biome in Planet of Lana is full of lush forests, expansive fields of grass, rocky cliff sides and some cavernous areas dug deep into the stone. Throughout their time on this space, Lana and Mui will start to get to know each other. Our gameplay prospects increase as their relationship does, permitting Lana to direct Mui to sure areas, or to perform duties Lana can not. Not solely will the pair be traversing this panorama and determining environmental puzzles collectively, however they may also need to navigate some tense encounters with the robotic invaders. In these instances, hiding within the shadows or crouching in tall grass will maintain Lana and Mui hidden from the robotic sensors. Holding down the LT set off will get Lana to crouch, the place she is going to transfer slowly and quietly, whereas additionally mechanically hiding in tall grass.
So, how do you information Mui throughout the sport? She’s going to naturally observe you, however there are additionally instructions you can provide her. She could appear to be a cat, however you may consider Mui’s behaviour nearer to that of a canine. You’ll be able to ask her to remain in place, to observe you, and you may also direct her to explicit locations. The keep and observe instructions are each mapped to the B button in your Xbox controller. A faucet will make Mui keep in a single spot, whereas holding the button down will get her to observe you.
Mui is loads smaller than Lana, so there are locations she will crawl into that Lana can not. Mui can be actually nimble, so she will even leap throughout giant gaps or as much as excessive locations with ease. When directing Mui to a selected level, holding down the RT set off will carry up an on-screen UI that indicators the place you’re pointing to within the recreation world. You’ll be able to transfer it round freely with the analogue stick and it’ll additionally well snap to explicit factors of curiosity, too. After you have chosen a spot for Mui to get to, merely press the A button and she is going to sprint over there.
There are occasions the place Lana and Mui will likely be briefly separated whereas determining a specific puzzle. Chances are you’ll want to move onward with a purpose to transfer one thing blocking Mui’s path, or Mui could have to maintain a button held down someplace which opens a door or hatch containing one thing you want. You’ll typically have these mini environmental puzzles the place Lana and Mui are elsewhere, utilizing their skills with a purpose to progress to the subsequent a part of the sport. When this occurs an animated icon dynamically pops up, displaying you which ones path Mui is situated in and what her standing is. For instance, if she is sitting or transferring in the direction of you.
What’s one thing else canines and cats do? Chew, after all! There are occasions the place Lana will want Mui to make use of her tooth to chew by bits of rope or different supplies. When there’s a contextual motion that Mui can carry out, a immediate to press Y button will dynamically pop up. Mui could chew by some rope, push objects all the way down to you, or different related actions. On this instance from the demo, she will chew by the rope that’s holding up a drawbridge.
These examples are just some of the situations you can find throughout your journey by Novo with Lana and Mui. As your journey progresses and their relationship grows, new skills will likely be out there to each characters. Your odyssey may also take you throughout the various and exquisite panorama of this wondrous planet, from the luxurious inexperienced hills you’ve seen right here in the present day, to the deep blue expanse of the ocean, swamps, previous forgotten shipwrecks and at last into the golden sands of the desert lands. What surprises lie in retailer for our dynamic duo? We’ll be sharing just a few extra secrets and techniques subsequent week at gamescom, the place you may play the demo for your self. For many who can’t make it, catch us stay on the Xbox gamescom 2022 Stage on August twenty fifth for an prolonged take a look at the demo, the place we’ll share much more particulars about Planet of Lana.
Because of everybody who has been supporting us since we debuted our off-world odyssey at Summer time Sport Fest in 2020 and we will’t wait to share our first gameplay demo at gamescom subsequent week!
