Good day, XBOX group! We’re Really feel Free Video games, an impartial videogame growth crew primarily based within the Netherlands. We’d wish to introduce you to Luma Island, our debut title, launched on PC in 2024. Reception and optimistic overview scores from followers across the globe blew us away, up to now greater than 800,000 PC gamers have set foot on our shores and now, we’re thrilled to be bringing Luma Island to XBOX Collection X|S on December 2, full with full cross-platform multiplayer.
Our studio background isn’t typical for the video games trade. Many people constructed our careers in 3D software program, most lately in architectural visualization, however video games have all the time been our ardour. Having a sport studio of our personal is a lifelong dream come true. That background naturally formed our strategy to wealthy environmental element, tactile constructing programs, and lighting. However when it got here to designing the core gameplay loop of Luma Island, our guiding mild wasn’t simply trade conventions, it was the individuals in our lives.
Conventional simulation and survival gameplay mechanics typically embody limitations for informal gamers. When a listing fills up, or when a stamina meter drains after chopping three bushes, momentum grinds to a halt. We determined to strip these blockers away.
In Luma Island, there are not any stamina bars, no stock limits, and no ticking clocks forcing you into mattress. If somebody in your social gathering needs to spend the afternoon tending crops and adorning the homestead, they’ll accomplish that uninterrupted. If another person needs to plunge into deep cavern networks, dodge historical temple traps, and remedy environmental puzzles, they’ve full freedom to take action.
To verify everybody can play at their very own consolation degree, we constructed three tailor-made sport modes:
Cozy Mode: Utterly peaceable exploration the place fight solely occurs in case you actively select it.
Journey Mode: A balanced mix of discovery, mild peril, and rewarding puzzle-solving.
Hero Mode: Quicker, more durable enemies and demanding encounters designed particularly for seasoned players.
Whereas the comfy farmstead is your anchor, Luma Island rapidly opens right into a sprawling, mysterious wilderness throughout 4 biomes: Farm, Forest, Mountain, Jungle and Pirate Cove. Every biome options its personal temples.
As a substitute of heavy tutorials, the sport invitations you to comply with your curiosity by way of the mastering of distinct professions. Gamers can focus on jobs like Archaeologist, Blacksmith, Brewer, Cook dinner, Fisherman, Jeweler, Shipwright, or Treasure Hunter. Every career brings distinctive recipes, specialised instruments, and distinct objectives, which means each participant in your group can carve out a necessary function in your shared group.
And, in fact, there are the island’s namesakes: the Lumas. These magical companions are hatched from mysterious eggs discovered scattered throughout the wilderness. Past being undeniably cute, your bonded Luma accompanies you in your expeditions, combating close by enemies or alerting you to hidden artifacts buried beneath the soil.
Seeing mother and father, youngsters, and mates of solely totally different gaming backgrounds crew as much as play Luma Island has been probably the most rewarding a part of this journey. Bringing that have to Xbox felt just like the pure subsequent step.
We’ve got absolutely tailor-made Luma Island for the XBOX Collection X|S expertise, that includes responsive controller layouts, a full suite of Xbox Achievements to hunt, and, most significantly, seamless day-one cross-platform play. As much as 4 gamers can discover, construct, and enterprise into the depths collectively throughout all obtainable platforms.
Whether or not you’re organizing a four-player squad expedition or on the lookout for an inviting world to discover with somebody who has by no means touched a controller earlier than, Luma Island is able to welcome you when it launches on XBOX Collection X|S on December 2.
Retailer pages are reside now – add Luma Island to your XBOX wishlist now, and we’ll see you on the island!
Luma Island
Really feel Free Video games B.V.
THERE’S MORE TO FIND AROUND EVERY CORNER
Make Luma Island your private home as you construct your dream farm and lift magical Lumas, then enterprise past it to find all the things the island has to supply. Discover forests, mountains, jungles, temples and Pirate Cove. Outsmart traps, conquer pirate-themed minigames and uncover secrets and techniques alongside the best way.
With no stamina bars, no stock limits and no checks in your creativity, you are free to discover, construct and uncover at your personal tempo.
EXPLORE TOGETHER
Discover alone or play along with as much as 4 gamers in cross-platform multiplayer. Share sources, sort out challenges and construct side-by-side, whether or not your mates are on Xbox Collection X|S, PS5 or PC.
Construct, uncover or just spend time collectively; all the things’s higher with mates.
RAISE LUMAS AND BUILD YOUR DREAM FARM
The island is house to magical creatures known as Lumas. Observe down mysterious eggs, hatch them and achieve distinctive companions with particular skills that will help you discover and uncover treasure.
Flip your rundown farm right into a thriving homestead. Develop crops, increase animals and construct ornamental gadgets, from quaint cottages to sprawling estates.
EMBRACE ISLAND LIFE
Select your career and fish in crystal waters, mine for uncommon supplies, prepare dinner hearty meals and craft gear to promote on the town. Meet the island’s quirky locals, full their quests and uncover their tales.
Categorical your self with outfits and equipment you’ll be able to swap at any time through your wardrobe.
PLAY YOUR WAY
Select your tempo and playstyle:
• Cozy Mode: no fight until you select
• Journey Mode: a balanced mixture of problem and chill
• Hero Mode: crank up the problem with stronger enemies
You are all the time free to roam, guided by a full-screen map.
