Lanun is a hack-and-slash adventure with RPG and puzzle elements aimed at players aged 10 and over. Its intuitive point-and-click control scheme and lively gameplay coupled with its impressive art direction and visual style will immerse the player in an outlandish, fantastical pirate adventure.
From a technical and visual standpoint, Lanun is the culmination of multiple technologies and talents into one cohesive product. Hand-drawn concept art is modeled in Maya, then textured and animated. Key frames of these animations are rendered with a standard camera from key angles, and exported to be sequenced later in Flash.
The game's engine uses an isometric viewing point to draw the player into a faux-3D environment while minimizing the resources required for traditional three-dimensional gaming. This visual style also puts maximum attention on the aesthetic detail put into each character and the interface; Lanun take cues from pirate legends and history, but with embellishments and elaborations that establish a unique, compelling world.
The game is being developed and compiled in Flash and will be available as an executable for Windows and Mac platforms, with the potential for Linux distribution currently being considered.