LunarLux Interview: CosmicNobab Talks Beginnings, Anime Influences, and Unique RPG Features
LunarLux is a turn-based RPG currently hosting its first playtest on Steam with a release scheduled for late 2023. The game follows Lunex Warrior Bella and her sidekick Tetra as they explore the moon to protect it from a comet that could cause devastating extinction. The game aims to be a welcoming, but challenging turn-based RPG for players of all ages.
Game Rant talked to CosmicNobab, the head developer of the upcoming indie game on Steam, about its inspirations and the direction this title took throughout its development. Interview has been edited for clarity and brevity.
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Q: How long have you guys been working on LunarLux?
A: Well, there's a whole history to this. Okay, so. The concept of a game that takes place on the moon with a colorful cast of anime-like characters has always been with me since I was a kid. But it really formed in my mind when I was in college five years ago. I would just doodle all of my characters on my notes. This made me think, you know, I've always wanted to create a game and a story and get it out there in the world, so I decided to take up programming.
So I initially started working on LunarLux off of the RPG Maker engine. That was back in I think 2019. Two years after that thought came into my head. We used RPG Maker to do a lot of experimenting; creating the proof of concept, the story, and the characters. And here we are now in 2022. I was able to find an amazing opportunity with Freedom Games to bring LunarLux as a full game into reality.
Q: So it was a solo project at first?
A: Yeah, definitely. It was a solo project. Just to give you a little background about myself, I've been making ROM hacks since middle school. I
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