Loulan: The Cursed Sand is an motion RPG set alongside the traditional Silk Highway within the Western Areas of China. You play because the Cursed Sand, a skeletal warrior wielding the facility of sand and units out to discover the misplaced kingdom of Loulan, battle mighty foes, and seek for his beloved princess.
Impressed by the archaeological discovery of the “Xiaohe Princess,” the story follows the Cursed Sand, a royal guard resurrected after dying, as he embarks on a tragic journey to search out the misplaced Princess of Loulan.
For the protagonist, we drew inspiration from the Loulan mummies and the long-lasting desert sand of the Western Areas, making a dual-form warrior:
In Sand Kind, golden sand wraps his physique — a balanced fighter who wields the facility of sand.
When he unleashes the sand and forges an enormous sand blade, he shifts into Bone Kind — a strong stance constructed for one-versus-many fight.
On his journey, he’ll face highly effective factions starting from the Loulan royal household, who embody the facility of the solar, to the frost-bound spiders of the Western Areas.
We’ve reimagined iconic landscapes of the western area via a fantastical lens, from huge deserts to flowing rivers of sand.
Loulan is supported by SIE as a part of the China Hero Mission. We’re a 16-member cross-regional workforce, aiming to ship a wealthy, historical Loulan world and a novel, immersive gameplay expertise.
Our core workforce is made up of veteran avid gamers born within the ’80s and ’90s. We grew up taking part in motion video games and have been deeply impressed by classics like the unique God of Struggle and arcade motion video games. Many people have labored on motion titles at studios within the U.S. and Japan, together with Santa Monica Studio, FromSoftware, and PlatinumGames. We’re really obsessed with this style and devoted to pushing its boundaries.
On the identical time, we’ve all the time been fascinated by fantasy worlds impressed by the traditional Silk Highway — particularly the mysterious and radiant kingdom of Loulan, as soon as a shining jewel alongside that route. With this mission, we goal to convey the wonder and enigma of historical Loulan to life via a retro top-down digicam perspective. Our objective is to mix basic arcade-style fight with fashionable gameplay improvements — such because the distinctive interplay between the protagonist and his sandblade. We really hope gamers will benefit from the expertise.
