my thought is that when the ship crashed, the ship didn't actually crash right away, if it did, why is there so many dead humans on the ship? why were the robots on the ship seemingly still caring for children even after the eventual crash. And most importantly, why was there no other use of technology (aside from the old man) on the planet. instead, I think the ship didn't make it to the planet, either running out of fuel or hitting some sort of asteroid near the planet. The humans either had to stay on their ship. or use the escape pods to land on the planet. Eventually, the ship did crash however, the captain, is nowhere to be seen only leaving the controller. This leads me to believe that the robot captain somehow stayed in space. But why would he stay up there? perhaps he was planning something. He was in charge of caring for the humans, so, perhaps he used whatever wreckage was left of the ship to build a new ship and eventually find a way down to earth to protect the humans. thousands of years pass. I think that the giant mothership AI is actually the upgraded version of the Captain, still trying to fulfill his directive. That's why every robot on the planet can still be controlled by the controller, and why the captain, the one who was coded to be the one in charge of the controller. Takes so long to be overridden.
Finally just beat the game and WOW that was incredible. The atmosphearic music alone gave me chills. The watercolor graphics and the challenging enough game play to make you feel you and a computer (a video game) are actually battling it out. So many screencapture moments. Highly recommend. It's moving. Can't wait to play a sequel or a game by the same developers. And the idea of the backstory of this game is genius. The big reveal was brilliant.
Excellent explanation! My thought at the end was that the humans were living in peace, until the robots came along with their own definition of "world peace." Then Lana saves everyone by combining the two to achieve true harmony. Honestly forgot about the shrine pieces until watching your video 😅 Your tie-in with Scripture was also a pleasant surprise, great work and thank you!
Great video! I just finished the game last night and was looking for something like this that would expand more on the meaning of it all. I had a few more thoughts as well. I noticed that the ship had a sword-like shape and happens to also be the icon the game uses when it’s saving data. I’m not sure if anyone has been able to translate anything from the game’s text yet, but it made me wonder if the icon and the ship might mean something like “save” or “saving”, indicating that it might be a rescue vessel or evacuation vessel used to travel to safety. Not sure why it looks like a sword, but seems to reinforce the theme that what looks threatening might not always be. The ship also had robots caring for (skeleton) babies in a nursery-like room, it would seem, indicating a history of that behavior, perhaps. The ship also seemed to have evacuation pods, some of which were unlaunched from the ship. Later you find a small hut that had been created from the shell of a pod, indicating that the locals started to re-used these pods as shelter after arriving on the planet. Overall I thought your theories sound quite good and seem to mesh well with my vague impressions of what might have happened. And I too enjoy a story that resonates deeply with faith. Thanks for sharing!
Ah, awesome thoughts- thank you! Love that little connection with the idea of “saving”. If you haven’t already, check out my videos about the game I’m working on, The Serpent & The Seed
The main reason I played this was because I was a huge fan of inside less so limbo but still liked both so when I saw a game similar and it mixed war of the worlds in it too I knew I needed this
From my understanding ILO is big brothet, LANA is the little sister ... and the Ship is not malevolent they captured human and put them in small PODS with a BED is because the original race sent the ship to get the lost humans to there own Planet thats why the take care of the babies and take of the humans, Lana destoying the Mother Ship.... cut them from reuniting with the main group of ancient humans
Hey nice Video! I just finished a Letsplay (German) with a friend and I kept wondering about the backstory. I also thinks it was some sort of AI Apocalypse that drove the humans away, similar fears of what fears of AI are popping up in reality nowadays. Maybe the humans initially design an AI to protect themselves from natural desasters? But the AI got overprotective. Creatures like Mui definately seem to be some kind of tech-bio-hybrid.... Lots of thoughts...
i pirate games which is wrong but its my budget who cannot allow me to buy every game i like but games like planet of lana i bought the game on pc and ps4 both platform
I guess every possible ever example of sacrifice, and also of 'i wasnt really dead'/ i can come back to life, MUST be a christ reference and allegory of that one story (which by all accounts of ancient civilizations and cultures is not even close to the first time that such a pattern of a leader/special character ever was told). But sure. cute cat pet is jesus
At the risk of getting into a discussion that you’re clearly not interested in… but I’m not suggesting for a minute that it was intentional on the part of the developers. I’m just saying that I enjoyed it!
@andygeers I won't besmirch your choice to see anything you like that speaks to you. I enjoyed the game too. As you can see from my comment, not shitting on the idea that ppl see signs, parallels, inferences in all kinds of ways, but I'm merely posting that it seems to be verging on a trope level of repetition that for analysis, specifically done by those with religious type of faith based views, and specifically within that, christian based views, seem to throw christ analogy at anything that might stick. Keep your aslans and more, for sure. But I'd wonder what about in games story at all has any relevance to jesus. An assumed death and resurrection, alone, is pretty thin. I appreciate that you replied.
Looks a lot like a colourful version of "Limbo"...
Yes, for sure there is definitely some gameplay similarities
Limbo is deeply symbolic. Planet of Lana is more similar to Inside, but with a much, much more optimistic tone.
Bro you need more views man. Out of bunch of videos i have watched yours was the only one actually explained the story even a little bit. Thank you😊
Thank you! Yes, I feel like this is a story crying out for some discussion, yet nobody seems to have engaged with this video at all really!
my thought is that when the ship crashed, the ship didn't actually crash right away, if it did, why is there so many dead humans on the ship? why were the robots on the ship seemingly still caring for children even after the eventual crash. And most importantly, why was there no other use of technology (aside from the old man) on the planet. instead, I think the ship didn't make it to the planet, either running out of fuel or hitting some sort of asteroid near the planet. The humans either had to stay on their ship. or use the escape pods to land on the planet. Eventually, the ship did crash however, the captain, is nowhere to be seen only leaving the controller. This leads me to believe that the robot captain somehow stayed in space.
But why would he stay up there? perhaps he was planning something. He was in charge of caring for the humans, so, perhaps he used whatever wreckage was left of the ship to build a new ship and eventually find a way down to earth to protect the humans. thousands of years pass. I think that the giant mothership AI is actually the upgraded version of the Captain, still trying to fulfill his directive. That's why every robot on the planet can still be controlled by the controller, and why the captain, the one who was coded to be the one in charge of the controller. Takes so long to be overridden.
I love it! Thank you SO much for sharing your theory- I find it fascinating hearing what people think!
yeah the moment i saw the babies bein taken care of by the robots i was like "oh this all one big misunderstanding" lol
@@realpunkfruit Ha, good way of putting it!
Finally just beat the game and WOW that was incredible. The atmosphearic music alone gave me chills. The watercolor graphics and the challenging enough game play to make you feel you and a computer (a video game) are actually battling it out. So many screencapture moments. Highly recommend. It's moving. Can't wait to play a sequel or a game by the same developers.
And the idea of the backstory of this game is genius. The big reveal was brilliant.
Couldn’t agree more! So glad you enjoyed it
Excellent explanation! My thought at the end was that the humans were living in peace, until the robots came along with their own definition of "world peace." Then Lana saves everyone by combining the two to achieve true harmony. Honestly forgot about the shrine pieces until watching your video 😅
Your tie-in with Scripture was also a pleasant surprise, great work and thank you!
Thank you for your thoughts!
Great video! I just finished the game last night and was looking for something like this that would expand more on the meaning of it all.
I had a few more thoughts as well. I noticed that the ship had a sword-like shape and happens to also be the icon the game uses when it’s saving data. I’m not sure if anyone has been able to translate anything from the game’s text yet, but it made me wonder if the icon and the ship might mean something like “save” or “saving”, indicating that it might be a rescue vessel or evacuation vessel used to travel to safety. Not sure why it looks like a sword, but seems to reinforce the theme that what looks threatening might not always be.
The ship also had robots caring for (skeleton) babies in a nursery-like room, it would seem, indicating a history of that behavior, perhaps.
The ship also seemed to have evacuation pods, some of which were unlaunched from the ship. Later you find a small hut that had been created from the shell of a pod, indicating that the locals started to re-used these pods as shelter after arriving on the planet.
Overall I thought your theories sound quite good and seem to mesh well with my vague impressions of what might have happened. And I too enjoy a story that resonates deeply with faith. Thanks for sharing!
Ah, awesome thoughts- thank you! Love that little connection with the idea of “saving”. If you haven’t already, check out my videos about the game I’m working on, The Serpent & The Seed
@ Just started to watch last night. Fascinating project! Hope you all the best success!
The main reason I played this was because I was a huge fan of inside less so limbo but still liked both so when I saw a game similar and it mixed war of the worlds in it too I knew I needed this
Yes, absolutely- the whole thing has such great vibes!
From my understanding ILO is big brothet, LANA is the little sister ... and the Ship is not malevolent they captured human and put them in small PODS with a BED is because the original race sent the ship to get the lost humans to there own Planet thats why the take care of the babies and take of the humans, Lana destoying the Mother Ship.... cut them from reuniting with the main group of ancient humans
That would be quite a straightforward explanation really, wouldn’t it? The “invaders” were trying to bring them home to Earth
Hey nice Video! I just finished a Letsplay (German) with a friend and I kept wondering about the backstory. I also thinks it was some sort of AI Apocalypse that drove the humans away, similar fears of what fears of AI are popping up in reality nowadays. Maybe the humans initially design an AI to protect themselves from natural desasters? But the AI got overprotective. Creatures like Mui definately seem to be some kind of tech-bio-hybrid....
Lots of thoughts...
I really hope they decide to work on a prequel at some point - feels like there's loads of potential to explore this back story.
Absolutely!@@andygeers
great video buddy
Thank you! What’s your theory about what’s going on?
Although it was a happy endings..i felt very strange mixed emotions 🫠
Likewise! It had all kinds of feels
i pirate games which is wrong but its my budget who cannot allow me to buy every game i like but games like planet of lana i bought the game on pc and ps4 both platform
Well that's a testament to how much you must have enjoyed it! Such a great game.
I guess every possible ever example of sacrifice, and also of 'i wasnt really dead'/ i can come back to life, MUST be a christ reference and allegory of that one story (which by all accounts of ancient civilizations and cultures is not even close to the first time that such a pattern of a leader/special character ever was told).
But sure. cute cat pet is jesus
At the risk of getting into a discussion that you’re clearly not interested in… but I’m not suggesting for a minute that it was intentional on the part of the developers. I’m just saying that I enjoyed it!
@andygeers I won't besmirch your choice to see anything you like that speaks to you. I enjoyed the game too. As you can see from my comment, not shitting on the idea that ppl see signs, parallels, inferences in all kinds of ways, but I'm merely posting that it seems to be verging on a trope level of repetition that for analysis, specifically done by those with religious type of faith based views, and specifically within that, christian based views, seem to throw christ analogy at anything that might stick.
Keep your aslans and more, for sure. But I'd wonder what about in games story at all has any relevance to jesus. An assumed death and resurrection, alone, is pretty thin.
I appreciate that you replied.