PLANET OF LANA has its own secret language and galaxy spanning story
8It might not look like it, but PLANET OF LANA is actually Wishfully's very first game after a long career in TV and animation. Lead game designer Adam Stjärnljus and script writer Klas Eriksson who both co-directed the game have been working together creatively since they were thirteen years old and have always wanted to make a game.
We dive into the process of telling a story in an invented language, how composer Takeshi Furukawa (THE LAST GUARDIAN, STAR WARS CLONE WARS) fell in love with the game at first concept art and how it feels to be at the finish line after five years of development.
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00:00 Start
01:35 What is Planet of Lana?
02:40 How do you tell a story about kidnapped family that isn't dreadful?
05:16 Designing the visual cinematic vision of the game
07:03 Why did they want to actually make a game?
09:22 How does game development compare to animation or filmmaking?
12:26 How did the team keep motivated over the five years?
15:37 What unique contributions did the team bring to the game?
18:30 Tackling player perceptions and challenge
20:54 Telling a story with a made up language
24:04 The developing relationship with Lana & Mui
27:38 Why did they make up a language for the game and can it be translated?
30:35 How did composer Takeshi Furukawa become involved?
33:37 How did the composition process work?
36:19 How does it feel just before the release of the game?
37:37 Outro and credits
SIFTER is produced by KYLE Pauletto, Fiona Bartholomaeus, Daniel Ang & Adam Christou. Mitch Loh is Senior Producer and Gianni Di Giovanni is our Executive Producer. Thanks to Omny Studio for their support of SIFTER.
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