Planet of Lana is a cinematic puzzle adventure with hand painted graphics. It is the debut title of Wishfully, a Swedish indie studio founded in 2018.
The game was inspired by a single image created by the game’s director back in 2017: a girl gazing at a large robot creature, which ultimately became the game’s cover art. Drawing inspiration from other platformers like Limbo and Inside, and films from Studio Ghibli, the seed for the game was planted and development started in 2018.
Since then the game’s release has been delayed a few times, partly because of negative feedback from the publishers with regards to the game’s initial 2D art style, which lead them to change it to a more dynamic 2.5D style.
Let’s take a closer look at this game that started with a single picture.