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Fact Sheet
Developer: Orchid of Redemption Adelaide, Australia Publisher: Lamplight Forest Release: February 17th 2023 Platforms: Steam PC / Mac / Linux Website: http://lamplightforest.com/joon-shining.html Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1552600/Joon_Shining/ Soundtrack: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2161150/Joon_Shining_Soundtrack/ Press / Business Contact: al@lamplightforest.com Please get in touch if you need a Steam Key for the game or soundtrack |
Joon Shining is a golf-like platformer with a fantasy twist. Combining traditional golf & mini-golf with elements of puzzle platforming, it evolves the hit-and-wait formula of golf by adding magic – use telekinesis to make the ball brake or keep rolling mid-flight, and that's just for starters!
You play as Joon - a young sorcerer traveling across the multiverse. As you advance through 8 unique worlds, learn to master your arcane powers to solve weird & mind-bending challenges. Harness your abilities to manipulate physics. Solve puzzles. Discover collectibles. And learn the secret of the Mage Drops… Joon Shining is a challenging physics-based platformer, with a myriad of magical mechanics! Gameplay requires carefully honed skills and picking the right arcane approach is key.
Influence shots mid-flight with magical abilities: 🔥 Burn away obstacles with fire ✨ Use magic rings to gain the power of flight 🔮 Enchant airstreams and detonate ancient explosives to propel you across the level & More! Enchant environments to your advantage: 🌲 Grow plants into new platforms 🗻 Lure dangerous creatures away to clear a path forward Discover 8 unique worlds in the final game, including: a forest, an underwater oasis, machine world, and the cosmos!
Each environment has its own magical possibilities, secrets, and traps. Some can be used to your advantage, and some provide tricky hazards. Shots can cling to jelly walls, bounce off bubbles, be propelled by explosions, and float on clouds. Living bushes can block the shots. Some puzzles even hide secret collectibles & lore tied to the game’s true ending.
Explore and experiment to uncover the unique possibilities of each biome! Starry skies. Bright beautiful worlds. Lush forests. Underwater lagoons. Floating clouds. And relaxing music. Perfect for when you need a cosy chill-out game, with hidden depths and challenge.
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History
Out of a prolific prototyping phase a simple golf-platformer experiment rose to the top as the most compellingly simple, clear, and fun project to develop. Inspired by an ancient 2D golf-platformer we vaguely remember from TIG Source or something, the prototype grew organically to encompass elements of magic into the gameplay, unique unlockable worlds/biomes, and eventually even a rich story.
With Lamplight Forest focused on developing larger titles like our musical adventure game Pallas of Vines, we decided that the much simpler Joon Shining would be developed under a new label, Orchid of Redemption, and self-published. Early Access seemed a perfect vehicle to begin opening up to the community more, and given the game's simplicity and lightweight design, we're well equipped to easily, quickly, and playfully engage with community feedback.
Orchid of Redemption's central tenet is "minimum lovable product". We constantly look to the simplicity of games of the past, as well as the innovations of the present and future, to rejuvenate and adapt their concepts in a spirit of disruption, growth and evolution.
With Lamplight Forest focused on developing larger titles like our musical adventure game Pallas of Vines, we decided that the much simpler Joon Shining would be developed under a new label, Orchid of Redemption, and self-published. Early Access seemed a perfect vehicle to begin opening up to the community more, and given the game's simplicity and lightweight design, we're well equipped to easily, quickly, and playfully engage with community feedback.
Orchid of Redemption's central tenet is "minimum lovable product". We constantly look to the simplicity of games of the past, as well as the innovations of the present and future, to rejuvenate and adapt their concepts in a spirit of disruption, growth and evolution.
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Early Access Reviews
"It looks pretty majestic...It’s hard to imagine a golf game looking this beautiful but Joon Shining is going to challenge everything I thought was true"
–Kotaku
"I can’t recall seeing anything quite like this before…[it] left a huge smile on my face. It’s very clever and beautiful to look at"
–Get Indie Gaming
"A stunning looking platformer that puts a twist on the golf genre"
–As We Play
"A glorious entry into the puzzle and golfing genre"
–Beta Tested Game Reviewed
“It really shines through, the idea of taking a very simple mechanic and getting as much fun out of that mechanic as possible…It’s essentially like a golf game…then they add to that brilliant effects and magic…it’s easy to play, difficult to master”
–Raccoon Media Cafe
“If you're up for a challenging new spin on a classic game, Joon Shining is the physics-based 2D-platforming golf-like game for you!”
–NerdLovesGeek
“If you like puzzle games and golf I highly recommend wishlisting Joon Shining”
–Ready Set Indie Games
“You’re no longer just trying to make your ball land in the right spot to make your next shot easier, you’re now trying to navigate a weird magical obstacle course. Even the way you control the ball is different…because you’re a mage, you can stop or accelerate your ball mid-air, and you can magically control some of the obstacles, making the environment interactive. Joon Shining feels like a golf game, just not like any other golf game I’ve ever played”
–CSHPicone, Steam Curator
"Take one part golf, one part magic and another part puzzle platformer, and you get this unique concoction"
–Weird F'n Games
–Kotaku
"I can’t recall seeing anything quite like this before…[it] left a huge smile on my face. It’s very clever and beautiful to look at"
–Get Indie Gaming
"A stunning looking platformer that puts a twist on the golf genre"
–As We Play
"A glorious entry into the puzzle and golfing genre"
–Beta Tested Game Reviewed
“It really shines through, the idea of taking a very simple mechanic and getting as much fun out of that mechanic as possible…It’s essentially like a golf game…then they add to that brilliant effects and magic…it’s easy to play, difficult to master”
–Raccoon Media Cafe
“If you're up for a challenging new spin on a classic game, Joon Shining is the physics-based 2D-platforming golf-like game for you!”
–NerdLovesGeek
“If you like puzzle games and golf I highly recommend wishlisting Joon Shining”
–Ready Set Indie Games
“You’re no longer just trying to make your ball land in the right spot to make your next shot easier, you’re now trying to navigate a weird magical obstacle course. Even the way you control the ball is different…because you’re a mage, you can stop or accelerate your ball mid-air, and you can magically control some of the obstacles, making the environment interactive. Joon Shining feels like a golf game, just not like any other golf game I’ve ever played”
–CSHPicone, Steam Curator
"Take one part golf, one part magic and another part puzzle platformer, and you get this unique concoction"
–Weird F'n Games
About Orchid of Redemption
Orchid of Redemption is a micro-studio branched off from Lamplight Forest. Where Lamplight Forest is focused on developing larger scale indie games, Orchid of Redemption is focused on "minimum lovable product", stripping away all the excess to bring clear and flowing gameplay experiences that respect the player's time, and create an atmosphere of peacefulness, magic, and mystery.
Credits
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Contact
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Project Lead, Coding, Game Design, Level Design, Art Direction
Alexander Thumm Composer and Sound Designer Angus Barnacle Writers Angus Barnacle Camilla Greene Environment Art Daniel Agerman Character Modeling Dave Arscott Additional Character and Prop Modeling Dylan Young Character Concept Art Lina Maldeikyte Animation Fyco Foo Community Manager Tom Byers PR Alex Harding Michael Meyers QA Interns Brenton Pierce Robert Stone 
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Business Inquiries / Press
al@lamplightforest.com Linktree https://linktr.ee/orchidofredemption twitter.com/Oorgames Steam https://store.steampowered.com/app/1552600/Joon_Shining/ Soundtrack: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2161150/Joon_Shining_Soundtrack/ |