It all began with one artist and a single image. About five years ago, Swedish artist and developer Adam Stjärnljus opened Photoshop and began working on what would eventually become Planet of Lana’s key art. It depicted a solitary young girl dwarfed by a lush alien landscape, a small, canine-looking creature standing loyally by her side. For over a year, Stjärnljus kept working on that germ of an idea, about a girl on a quest to rescue her sister from invaders with Mui, her animal companion, helping her traverse the treacherous landscape.
From there, it would be another two years before Stjärnljus’ fledgling studio, Wishfully, could get the funding it needed to finally get the game into production. But throughout, that initial piece of artwork has remained the team’s “guiding star”…
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Wireframe (Digital) - 1 Issue, #69