Review Fix Exclusive: Inside ‘Lynn and the Spirits of Inao’

Review Fix chats with David Tollari Founder of Bloomylight Studio, Projet Manager / Creative Director about their new indie 2D adventure game, “Lynn and the Spirits of Inao.” Discussing the game’s origin and goals, lets us know why fans of anime and manga will absolutely fall in love with it.

Review Fix: What has the development process been like?

David Tollari: So far, the development process always went in a good atmosphere! To be honest, give birth to Lynn and the Spirits of Inao is way more complicated that it seems, and more than once we thought the game will never see the day. Being an indie dev means being autonomous, especially on the financial aspect. But we are motivated to realize a dream : offer the players a game inspired by Hayao Miyazaki’s animation movies (Spirited away, Princess Mononoke).

Review Fix: Lets talk about the game’s art style. How much time and effort has gone into create the look of the game?

Tollari: Lynn and the Spirits of Inao has it’s « hand-drawn » art’s style full of details because its objective is, as mentioned earlier, to get close to Studio Ghibli’s work and its « manga » style. The universe is imbued with japanese culture, as much in its scenario as in its graphic art.

Lynn and the Spirits of Inao’s artistic direction has been set to a high quality level for an independent project : the goal is to have this japanese manga aesthetic, reminding Hayao’s Miyazaki’s work.The project started was originally created more than 5 years ago, and many sacrifices have been done to reach this point. We all have an extra job that allows us to live and work on the project at the same time.

Review Fix: Who do you think will enjoy this game the most?

Tollari: Lynn and the Spirits of Inao is a game made for a large audience, from Retro gamers generation to manga enthusiasts. With an easy to learn and intuitive gameplay (zelda style), it is perfect for beginners and will satisfy hardcore gamers as well.

Review Fix: What games have inspired this one?

Tollari: Our main inspirations are Zelda : Ocarina of Time and Muramasa : The Demon Blade.

Review Fix: How do you want this game to be remembered?

Tollari: We want the players to remember Lynn and the Spirits of Inao as a game who made them travel and dream in an enchanting world inspired by Hayao Miyazaki’s work.

Review Fix: Bottom Line, why should someone play this?

Tollari: Lynn and the Spirits of Inao is unique, by proposing a quality visual rendering with a hand-drawn graphic style and an intuitive gameplay, with originals and effective mechanics. Moreover, on the moral aspect, the game is different because you don’t kill enemies, you free them from their torments. Thus, even when Lynn is fighting an enraged spirit, she is doing something good and doesn’t sow destruction.

Review Fix: What’s next?

Tollari: We already have a few ideas! If our dynamic duo (Lynn and Aku) is successful among the players, we might keep up the adventure with them. There are still so many possibilities and paths to explore.

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Patrick Hickey Jr. is a full-time Assistant Professor of Communication & Performing Arts and Director of the Journalism program at Kingsborough Community College and is the chairman of the City University of New York Journalism Council. He is the Founder and Editor-In-Chief of ReviewFix.com. He's also a former News Editor at NBC Local Integrated Media and National Video Games Writer at Examiner.com where his work was mentioned in National Ad campaigns by Disney, Nintendo and EA Sports. Hickey was also the Editor-In-Chief of two College Newspapers before he received his BA in Journalism from Brooklyn College. Hickey's work has been published in The New York Daily News, The New York Times, Complex, The Hockey Writers, Yahoo!, Broadway World, Examiner, NYSportScene Magazine, ProHockeyNews.com, GothamBaseball.com, The Syracuse Post-Standard, Scout.com and the official sites of the Brooklyn Aces and New York Islanders. His first book, The Minds Behind the Games: Interviews With Cult And Classic Video Game Developers was released in April 2018 and is chock full of interviews with legendary developers. His second book in the series, The Minds Behind Adventures Games, was released in December 2019. His third book, The Minds Behind Sports Games, was released in September 2020. His fourth book, The Minds Behind Shooter Games, was released in March 2021. The Minds Behind Sega Genesis Games and The Minds Behind PlayStation Games were released in 2022 and The Minds Behind PlayStation 2 was published in January 2023. Hickey is also a contracted comic book writer, currently penning his original series, "Condrey," as well as "The Job," "Brooklyn Bleeds" "Dem Gulls" and "KROOM" for Legacy Comix, where he serves as founder, owner and Editor-in-Chief. Hickey Jr. is also a voice actor, having starred in the 2018 indie hit and 2019 Switch, PS4 and Xbox One release, The Padre (also serving as English language Story Editor), from Shotgun With Glitters. The sequel, The Padre: One Shell Straight to Hell was released in February 2021- Hickey also served as a Story Editor and Lead Voiceover performer. He has also done narration and trailers for several other titles including The Kaiju Offensive, Relentless Rex and Roniu’s Tale. Hickey is also the lead voiceover performer on Mega Cat Studios’ upcoming title WrestleQuest, responsible for nearly 90 characters in the game, as well as Skybound's Renfield: Bring Your Own Blood, where he voices both Dracula and Renfield, as well as several other characters. He also stars in Ziggurat Interactive’s World Championship Boxing Manager 2, where he performs the VO of nearly every male character in the game. He also worked on the Atari VCS’s BPM Boy.

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