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With LUNARK releasing on Steam and all major consoles on March 30th (with physical releases of the Switch, PS5, and PS4 versions from Limited Run Games available for pre-order) now is a great time to learn more about this deeply reflective work that appears to be a loving tribute to one of Vinet’s favorite genres. Surprisingly, the game was crafted by Vinet mostly alone over the course of more than four years with help from a few others with porting the game to consoles, localization, and testing. We were graciously given the opportunity to pick the brain of Canari Games founder Johan Vinet (who also contributed as a pixel artist and animator to several of our favorites such as Flinthook, Mercenary Kings Reloaded, Shovel Knight Showdown, and Rivals of Aether) about this exciting new entry in a timeless genre. Now that genre is being explored by the talented Johan Vinet - who recently created the development studio Canari Games- with WayForward providing publishing assistance in a title called LUNARK, a gorgeous science fiction adventure that features a lot of clever use of movement and space. Games like Another World and the early Prince of Persia titles defined the general framework of what this niche genre often leans on while later notables like Heart of Darkness, Tomb Raider, and Inside pushed things further.

There is something beautiful in the way a pixelated character moves in games that feature fluid movement as a core part of their design. Tucker likened the denser and thinner sections of debris to the smaller and larger sections of wake left behind a boat as it travels through water.Įarth seldom sees Halley’s comet itself but, due to a similar orbit, we often intercept its trails of debris.Discussing Design, Inspirations, and More about LUNARK, an Upcoming Cinematic Platformer “That means there will be a few more meteors and obviously more for people to see on the ground.” “Meteor showers and comets are notoriously hard to predict, like cats, but we do think that there’s a chance we are moving into a little bit of a denser area,” he said. Tucker said some scientists believe “we may be going through a denser part” of Halley’s comet debris, but he added that “it’s hard to say” exactly until the event itself happens.

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Credit: VectorMine /Getty Images/iStockphoto More meteors in dense patch of debris The eclipse will be less visible than a total eclipse because the moon will fall under the Earth’s penumbra, rather than its umbra.

It is also not just a single shade - it becomes darker on the edge closest to the umbra. The Earth’s dark, “thicker” inner shadow is known as the umbra, and when the moon falls under that section, a total or partial lunar eclipse is produced.Ī penumbra is lighter than the umbra, so it is more difficult to see as it moves across the moon’s surface. It is called a “penumbral” eclipse because the moon is covered by the outer edges of the Earth’s shadow - its penumbra. “This is what most people want to see because those are the ones that are easier to spot, both with the moon, and in the city,” he said. “Most of the debris that the Earth will hit will be quite small, so this is one (meteor shower) that is unlikely to produce really big fireballs, but what usually happens is that the meteors are moving pretty fast.”īecause the meteors are moving fast, Tucker said that a brighter-than-usual display is likely. “This meteor shower is from Halley’s comet, so this is bits of rock and debris and ice that has come off the comet as it goes around the sun.

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“One of the problems we experience when the full moon is out is it makes the sky much brighter, so you lose some of those fainter meteors,” Tucker said. “The lunar eclipse isn’t going to be that spectacular,” Tucker admitted, adding that is because a penumbral eclipse is less obvious than a total lunar eclipse.īut the eclipse will mean the full moon is dimmed, which is excellent news for meteor watchers as it will work to make the burning debris easier to spot.

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