LUNA The Shadow Dust is part of the AdventureX Sale from Nov. 2 - Nov. 8. We'll run multiple events and announce them here. Apologies if you see several announcements.


We introduce the team and talk about the inspiration and ideas behind LUNA The Shadow Dust.
We show concept art and some gameplay. A lot of behind the scenes content is waiting for you.


LUNA The Shadow Dust is a fully hand-animated Point&Click puzzle adventure, brought to life through wordless storytelling, beautiful cinematics and a breathtaking original soundtrack.

Watch the broadcast on the store page

Lantern Studio: LUNA The Shadow Dust
George Eastmead - Community Manager

Mojiken Studio: When The Past Was Around
Brigitta Rena - Illustrator and Developer



LUNA The Shadow Dust
LUNA The Shadow Dust is a hand-drawn point and click puzzle adventure game. Players control both characters to journey through a magical tower in search of the mysteries of old. Gameplay is joined together with a series of hand-animated wordless soundtracks in an emotional story with an original orchestral soundtrack.

When The Past Was Around
When the Past was Around tells the story of Eda, a girl who lost her way in the journey to achieve her dreams. Until she met The Owl. From this game, we could see how Eda found love and spark in her dream with Owl’s help, but after a brief time, Eda realized that Owl will not be there with her for long. It’s a bittersweet story about love, moving on, and letting go.
The game is a simple point-and-click puzzle game with beautiful hand-drawn art and classic music. A short silent narrative experience that can be finished in less than 2 hours.



LUNA The Shadow Dust
Classic adventure games such as The Neverhood and Machinarium inspired the gameplay of LUNA The Shadow Dust. Thematically, the magical worlds of Ursula LeGuin novels and rich animation style of Studio Ghibli all played a huge part in the formation of the game.

When The Past Was Around
When the Past was Around is a work of fiction. At first, I’m not sure what kind of story happened between Eda and Owl. All I know is I want to make a bitter-sweet story. So, we discussed it with everyone's life experience in the studio, and the result is what you can see in the game!
Even though it is a work of fiction, somehow we put little details like Eda & Owl's favorite drinks, date spots, etc. from our own romance experience. What we’ve done with our partner, and how it feels to lose someone so dear to you.
Other than that, I take inspiration from many things I like, from games like Florence and Rusty Lake, from illustrator works like Puuung, Maori Sakai, and Yuko Higuchi, and from comic books like The Ancient Magus Bride and The Girl From The Other Side.



LUNA The Shadow Dust
Lantern Studio is a four-person all-Chinese game dev team, with two of the group based in London and Toronto, respectively. Beidi Guo, the art director behind the game; met Fox, the project manager, back in high school and together formed the rest of the team bringing in Wang Qian, the composer and Wang Guan, the programmer who was previously working with Ubisoft at the time.

When The Past Was Around
It started in 2013 when a group of college friends from Indonesia decided to make their own game development studio. All of us majored in visual design so we had zero experience with game development, especially programming. So, we made our own internal game jam named Mojiken Camp to learn anything we needed to know from programming to marketing. This Mojiken Camp soon became something that we routinely do every two years.
Fast forward into 2019, we invited our audience to decide our next Mojiken Camp theme. The selected theme was “Future Memories”, and we formed small teams of 3-5 people to make small demos from this theme, one of the demos was “When the Past was Around”.



LUNA The Shadow Dust
The inspirations from Studio Ghibli animation are clearly apparent to most players of LUNA The Shadow Dust. Where many Asian productions present a balance between light and dark as a conflict between good and evil, LUNA looks to show this eternal struggle as a necessary conflict that helps form the intricacies of the world.

When The Past Was Around
We try our best to capture the modern culture and everyday life atmosphere in Indonesia nowadays. We made it kind of subtle, so players from wherever they live can still grasp the concept and relate to the story.
For some examples, we show the concept of a Kost, a long-term rented room that is usually found in Indonesia. We also showed some props and furniture that are familiar to Indonesian people like the shape of our post box, classic naco window, enamel mug, in both Eda and Owl fashion (my favorite was Eda’s white kebaya), and many other little details. This was inspired by how I love Japanese culture from furniture, tableware, to fashion. The aesthetic is in the little details so I want to show these details but in the Indonesian version.



LUNA The Shadow Dust
Unlike many point and click games, LUNA avoids an inventory system and never forces you to backtrack from your location to solve a puzzle. The wordless narrative pushes the story forward and makes the game accessible to all cultures and languages.

When The Past Was Around
While there’s nothing unique in terms of theme and mechanics, When the Past was Around is something very precious and personal to us. The story of When the Past was Around was inspired by our story; Brigitta Rena the art director and Elwin the technical artist. Of course, with a tweak here and there. I think that this personal touch is what makes the game special and has a value of its own.
We also try our best to make this game without any dialogue. So the story is told with character gestures, environmental storytelling, and music. I hope that with this, people can interpret the story of When the Past was Around freely depending on their experience in relationship and life.


Play Tales from the East bundle
https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/18778/Tales_From_The_East_Bundle/

各位《月影之塔》的玩家大家好～


《月影之塔》上线至今已经快一年了! 今天我们想和大家分享下在这一年里我们新的收获与感受，经历的一些成功与失败。如果你也正打算自己做一款游戏，也许我们的经验会对你有所帮助!


也许大多数人可能了解到，在游戏发布后，我们马不停蹄地推出了高质量的周边商品（徽章、海报、明信片）。去年年底我们还进行了一次新的众筹，使得《月影之塔》英文版的原画设定集得以印刷贩售。我们非常感谢大家对这些周边产品的喜爱。这些实体化的周边仿佛让游戏中的人物与世界来了到我们身边！制作周边是很辛苦的工作，且对于小团队而言造价高昂。但我们之所以走上游戏开发的道路，也是因为在过去受到了许多其他经典游戏的设定集与专辑的启发，所以我们也决定将这些幕后开发的细节同样以书的形式反馈给玩家！

欢迎在淘宝搜索 椰岛游戏 / 月影之塔 来购买我们的周边！


首先让人备受鼓舞的是，在过去的一年里，我们的游戏赢得了玩家以及游戏业内不少机构的认可，并因此获得了许多奖项和提名。每一次提名和获奖都给我们带来了莫大的鼓励！

《月影之塔》最大的成功，对我们而言其实仍旧是游戏能够成功地发售。因为在残酷的现实中，太多的游戏，不仅是独立游戏，甚至一些大的IP，都会由于各种原因无法被完成。《月影之塔》能够与大家见面，本身就十分令人欣慰。也多亏了游戏是电子产品，席卷全球的疫情并没有直接影响我们的发行。然而，我们以及整个游戏行业，还是严重地受到了疫情的波及。整整一年来，所有游戏展与相关活动都被取消了，我们的宣发计划受到了很大的冲击。我们很怀念与人面对面的交流，也衷心希望生活能尽快恢复正常。

再说说这一年来，我们在游戏发行过程中所吸取的教训。

一直以来，我们的野心都是希望能通过《月影之塔》的全手绘无对白动画，以独特的方式来讲述故事。然而我们意识到，这样的艺术表达依然会让一部分玩家们难以理解情节，单个动画的时长也会让部分玩家难以在游戏过程中耐心地看完一个个过场。另外，人物缓慢得行走风格也会影响部分玩家的感受。同时，我们也收到了一些关于谜题设计的批评。有些人认为太难了，有些人则认为太简单或重复。

显然，这些问题没有一个放之四海而皆准的解决方案。但我们一致认为游戏体验是应该得到更好地提升的。因此团队决定重新优化其中几个最被人诟病的谜题，改善角色的行走速度（但不影响游戏的感觉），并减少解谜环节之间的重复路线。

"游戏已经推出一年了，现在才应用这样的改动是不是有点太晚了？"也许有人会问。
首先，与BUG相关的部分早已在发行初期就都修复了，这里说的修改，是根据玩家反馈而进行的优化。独立游戏的曝光量少，所以需要时间来收集到一定量的优质玩家反馈，然后我们才能再决定从游戏设计的角度来看，它们是否真的值得修改。独立游戏题材很少会一夜爆红，但我们相信未来会有越来越多的人慢慢了解《月影之塔》，我们的社区也会不断壮大，《月影之塔》也许会持续销售很多年，考虑到这一点，我们决定还是应该尽可能地不断完善它。所以这些修改将会在下一次游戏更新中体现。


游戏媒体通常会在独立游戏发布后的3个月左右为其提供宣传曝光的机会，但在那之后，随着新作的出现，很多小游戏就从玩家的视野中消失了。

让更多玩家能接触到《月影之塔》是一个缓慢的过程，但这并不意味着我们只能干等玩家找上门来。游戏的开发工作虽然结束了，但更多的工作才刚开始。在过去的一年里，在两家发行商的帮助下，我们参加Steam的线上活动，并将游戏移植到各个平台，我们不断尝试着让更多人接触到这款游戏。我们的下一个目标是将《月影之塔》带到Android和iOS的移动平台上，可喜的是这部分工作也快完成了！

作为一个没有其他投资以及资金收入的团队，我们在《月影之塔》发布一年后仍然没能实现收支平衡，但我们正在慢慢地向这个目标前进。您的评分、对于周边商品的购买、所有推荐和评论（无论长短）都会极大地帮助我们实现目标。制作和发行独立游戏不是短跑，而是一场漫长的马拉松。我们希望《月影之塔》在未来能收获更多玩家的了解，帮助我们能够在未来有机会开发更多的好游戏。


谢谢你的支持！

再次感谢你们购买并支持《月影之塔》！ヾ(≧▽≦*)o
冉灯工作室

In LUNA The Shadow Dust our protagonist is assisted by an adorable cat-like creature. Switch between the two companions to solve puzzles.
Despite living in the 50th century, Henry (Mutropolis) is old-fashioned and prefers a good old trowel for his archaeological adventures. MAX, his cute robot sidekick, prefers a more modern approach. So, it comes in handy that players can control MAX every now and then to get the job done!

https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/18955/Cute_Sidekicks_Bundle/


MUTROPOLIS is a lovely sci-fi adventure set on the abandoned Planet Earth. Play as Henry Dijon (hero, nerd, detective) in search of a legendary lost city. Uncover weird ancient artifacts. And PLEASE don’t get obliterated by an ageless evil. You’ve been warned.

After five years of hard work by Bea and Pablo (Pirita Studio, Madrid) the new mystery point & click adventure Mutropolis finally has launched. Here are some reactions by the press the product has received:

• one of the best adventure games that have appeared in recent years - 100/100
  itc.ua, Yuri Melkov[itc.ua]
  
• An enjoyable adventure and a first class debut for Pirita Studio - 85/100
  ragequit.gr, George Dembegiotis[ragequit.gr]
  
• Exciting detective story with great characters and lots of love for archaeology. - 75/100
  4players.de, Maja Verfondern[www.4players.de]
  
• Mutropolis is an absolute recommendation for any point-and-click lover. - 8/10
  indieplanet.de, Christina Knauf[indieplanet.de]
  
• interesting puzzles, good humor and a good audio/visual setting 9/10
  forum.przygodomania.pl, Urszula Kuchmistrz[forum.przygodomania.pl]
  
• a good choice for all fans of point-and-click and logic games 92/100
  omegascopio.com.br, Julia Barcelos[www.omegascopio.com.br]

We're digitally exhibiting at the Big Adventure Event #theBEA from January 21st - January 25th. We'll run multiple streams and announce them here. Apologies if you see several announcements.


We introduce the team and talk about the inspiration and ideas behind LUNA The Shadow Dust.
We show concept art and some gameplay. A lot of behind the scenes content is waiting for you.


LUNA The Shadow Dust is a fully hand-animated Point&Click puzzle adventure, brought to life through wordless storytelling, beautiful cinematics and a breathtaking original soundtrack.

Watch the broadcast on the store page

Hello, all the lovely LUNA The Shadow Dust supporters,



✨ 158 pages full-color Laminated hardcover print
📕 An extra 30 pages of content over the digital version
🖋️ Limited Signed copy and more goodies exclusive to Kickstarter backer

Our Early Bird Tier & Collector Tier has limited numbers and it's going fast!
Get it while still available!

👇
Since the completion of LUNA, we immediately decided to devote ourselves to the artbook’s creation. Although it was the first book-design project for us, we wanted to do it as professionally as possible. Just as we learned much during the game development, we wouldn’t be able to gain an understanding of bookmaking without taking on this task directly. Luckily, with all the generous help from friends and family, and after almost half a year, the team was proud of the final result.

LUNA The Shadow Dust - The Artbook is like being backstage of the game - or as we see it, a visual record of the journey from the beginning towards the end. As the game itself does not contain any dialogue, players are given the freedom to enjoy, fantasize, and wonder about the world of LUNA.
In presenting the hardcover copy of the artbook, we hope it will bring further delight and a deeper understanding for you when playing our game. Furthermore, we’d love to share the wonderful game making experience with many more out there. Last but not least, we would not be surprised if one day, the seed of an idea for another game or creative project from us emerges from this book, just like how LUNA The Shadow Dust was inspired and born.


If you enjoy the game, please support us to bring it to more people! Thank you!╰(*°▽°*)╯


Hoping to bring you all more news soon!

Take care and with love,
Lantern Studio Team

亲爱的守月人们，大家好！

有一阵子没发布消息了，今天我们有些消息要分享给你们！



《月影之塔》荣获 PC 组别的 2020 年德国TOMMI奖[www.kindersoftwarepreis.de] 最佳儿童游戏的提名！

“和其他众筹出身的游戏相比，这款作品在视觉风格上与众不同——人物和动画堪称真正的手工艺品。这也创造出了其中这份十分特别，绵密，并且近乎诗意的氛围。这款游戏的另一大特色就是里面一句对白都没有。而事实上，这款游戏里的解密并不简单，但谜题设计也非常不错——因为一旦你浸入了月影之塔的世界中，你就会流连忘返。” ——来自TOMMI奖专业游戏评委

在文艺从业者看来，《月影之塔》的艺术设计不仅影响了成年玩家，也备受未成年玩家的青睐。实际上，从游戏上线到现在，我们收到过很多来自父母的反馈，虽然这些父母来自世界各地，但他们拥有相同的游戏体验：在《月影之塔》里和孩子一起解谜，是一段不可多得的珍贵回忆。对我们开发者而言，我们做的游戏能够突破语言限制，在世界范围内获得肯定，这是对我们的最高赞赏。我们希望《月影之塔》能给更多人带来感动。

颁奖典礼将于德国时间10月17日下午5点，在德国儿童电视台 KiKa 播出。敬请期待！



《月影之塔》精美周边正在热销中！可爱主角组徽章、明信片套装和巨幅海报，等你带回家！
注意啦，徽章和明信片限量发售，机不可失！

【明信片】http://www.coconut.is/r?p=tb612723703796
【徽章】http://www.coconut.is/r?p=tb612722919800
【壁纸】http://www.coconut.is/r?p=tb612722115245



更多消息，敬请期待！

保重，爱你们！
冉灯工作室

各位支持《月影之塔》的玩家们：


无论你是新玩家还是已经体验过我们游戏的朋友，都可以在游戏新一轮体验后得到最新设计的集换式卡牌、徽章、表情与个人资料的背景！快来让这些可爱的图标，丰富大家在Steam社区的社交体验吧～


这段时间我们完成了游戏的手柄交互设计。要将原本是鼠标点击的游戏，转换到更适合动作平台的Switch上，并没有我们想象中的简单，我们和发行团队一起在这段时间内，进行了不少推敲和测试，终于找到了既能保持游戏原有风格，但也能让玩家更流畅的在角色之间切换，走动的方法。接下来还会有不少关于Switch机型本身的测试与debug，期待Switch版本的玩家们，请等待我们新的消息！


游戏的开发虽然完成了，但是关于游戏制作背后的故事还有很多可以和大家分享的。
在这里先给大家分享一个，我们的团员王茜分享关于音乐制作的小短片。
我们已经且会陆续把更多的幕后花絮，以迷你采访的形式发布在我们的youtube频道上，欢迎大家订阅收看。

另外你也可以在Bilibili找到我们的频道。
https://space.bilibili.com/23664513


关于更多未来游戏的更新，我们会不断在各大平台更新，请继续留意哦！

祝大家身体健康！
爱你们的 冉灯工作室

各位支持《月影之塔》的玩家们：


《月影之塔》已经上线两个月了，和大家一样，在席卷全球的疫情里，我们都一同感受着隔离的痛苦以及身为小型独立工作室所不得不面临的压力。因此在这里我们非常感谢所有支持购买我们游戏的朋友，感谢大家的支持让我们能振作精神地继续着进行《月影之塔》接下来的开发工作！这次跟新我们也为大家带来了一些关于游戏与周边新消息！

伴随着春天降临，之前预售的《月影之塔》周边已经正式开售啦！
目前淘宝店内还有库存，欢迎进店选购~
点击进入淘宝店：https://www.coconut.is/r?p=tbc163181753_1509014520

【月影之塔】精美明信片
暖春回味价：38元
明信片卡面还原了游戏内每一段冒险故事，绝妙的色彩搭配及构图，带你再度回味这场爱与勇气的冒险故事。

【月影之塔】纪念徽章
暖春回味价：58元
玩过《月影之塔》的小伙伴一定不会忘记尤里与雷雅在冒险旅途上的默契配合，彼此之间深深的羁绊已经烙印进内心深处！
看到雷雅圆滚滚的小屁股，难道不心动嘛！！！

【月影之塔】精美海报
暖春回味价：25元
精美且独特的美术风格是《月影之塔》的口碑所在。这张海报出自主美Betty之手，表现出原汁原味的游戏风格，喜欢的小伙伴不如挂在卧室，好好珍藏吧~


想起2015年游戏正式开发时，都尚未有任天堂 Swich的存在，而如今Switch已经成为了游戏开发者趋之若鹜地发售平台。世界的变化真的好快！很多玩家都问我们是否会有《月影之塔》的Switch 版本，回答当然是肯定的！从上个月开始，我们已经全面启动了游戏 Switch 版本的移植工作。要把一个以鼠标点击为核心操作的游戏转换为手柄操作，虽不罕见但在优化中也面临着种种挑战，我们在学习新技能的同时，也不断地尝试着新的解决方法。关于Switch版本的情况，我们会陆续在之后的公告里更新～

《月影之塔》在各个平台上，每天都会收到玩家的评价与反馈。无论长短，表示喜欢我们游戏的，或者对我们提出了严格批评的，几乎所有玩家的留言我们都非常认真地阅读了。

作为冉灯工作室的第一款游戏，我们深知它潜在的不足，在游戏开发上，玩家的反馈总能更好地帮助我们成长！因此在这里再次感谢大家的反馈。一些频繁被提到的问题，例如让部分玩家感到冗长繁复的操作体验，角色移动的速度等等，我们也会陆续未来的的更新里进行微调与修改。
能看到全世界各地的玩家，用着不同的语言讨论着《月影之塔》的情节与故事，给我们发来令人惊喜的Fan art，告诉我们他们为游戏的哪些情节感动……这些快乐与惊喜都是我们在没有成为游戏开发者之前，所无法体会到的。也在此希望玩家们能够更多地给我们评分、留言，诉说你的感受～这将会是我们作为独立游戏开发者所能获得的最宝贵的体验。谢谢大家！

关于更多未来游戏的更新，其他平台登录的信息，我们会不断在各大平台更新，请继续留意哦！

祝大家身体健康！
爱你们的 冉灯工作室