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 ability of sand and units out to discover the misplaced kingdom of Loulan, struggle mighty foes, and seek for his cherished princess.
Impressed through the archaeological discovery of the “Xiaohe Princess,” the tale follows the Cursed Sand, a royal guard resurrected after loss of life, as he embarks on a sad adventure to search out the misplaced Princess of Loulan.
For the protagonist, we drew inspiration from the Loulan mummies and the enduring desolate tract sand of the Western Areas, making a dual-form warrior:
In Sand Shape, golden sand wraps his frame — a balanced fighter who wields the ability of sand.
When he unleashes the sand and forges an enormous sand blade, he shifts into Bone Shape — an impressive stance constructed for one-versus-many fight.
On his adventure, he’s going to face robust factions starting from the Loulan royal circle of relatives, who embrace the ability 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 through SIE as a part of the China Hero Venture. We’re a 16-member cross-regional workforce, aiming to ship a wealthy, historic Loulan global and a singular, immersive gameplay enjoy.
Our core workforce is made up of veteran avid gamers born within the ’80s and ’90s. We grew up enjoying motion video games and have been deeply impressed through classics like the unique God of Battle 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 enthusiastic about this style and devoted to pushing its obstacles.
On the similar time, we’ve at all times been desirous about myth worlds impressed through the traditional Silk Highway — particularly the mysterious and radiant kingdom of Loulan, as soon as a shining jewel alongside that direction. With this challenge, we purpose to carry the sweetness and enigma of historic Loulan to lifestyles via a unfashionable top-down digicam standpoint. Our objective is to mix vintage arcade-style fight with fashionable gameplay inventions — equivalent to the original interplay between the protagonist and his sandblade. We really hope avid gamers will benefit from the enjoy.
