Adelaide, Australia - 16 January, 2023 | Developer Orchid of Redemption and publisher Lamplight Forest are pleased to announce that their challenging golf-like fantasy platformer Joon Shining will be leaving Early Access and seeing a full Steam release on February 17, 2023.
Joon Shining launched on Steam in Early Access back on March 20, 2021, and has since received praise for its tight yet challenging platforming and physics-bending magic. With its golf-like mechanics, the magic of the young sorceress Joon allows the player to bend the ball in ways that’d be otherwise impossible. She’ll travel from one mythical world to the next, undertaking the challenge of saving a race of dodos from extinction.
Joon Shining launched on Steam in Early Access back on March 20, 2021, and has since received praise for its tight yet challenging platforming and physics-bending magic. With its golf-like mechanics, the magic of the young sorceress Joon allows the player to bend the ball in ways that’d be otherwise impossible. She’ll travel from one mythical world to the next, undertaking the challenge of saving a race of dodos from extinction.
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About Joon Shining
Joon Shining is a challenging golf-like platformer with a fantasy twist. Combining traditional golf & mini-golf with elements of puzzle platforming, it evolves the hit-and-wait formula of golf by adding magic – use telekinesis to make the ball brake or keep rolling mid-flight, and that's just for starters!
You play as Joon - a young sorcerer travelling across the multiverse. As you advance through 8 unique worlds, learn to master your arcane powers to solve weird & mind-bending challenges.
Harness your abilities to manipulate physics. Solve puzzles. Discover collectibles. And learn the secret of the Mage Drops...
Joon Shining is a challenging physics-based platformer, with a myriad of magical mechanics! Gameplay requires carefully honed skills and picking the right arcane approach is key.
Influence shots mid-flight with magical abilities:
🔥 Burn away obstacles with fire
✨ Use magic rings to gain the power of flight
🔮 Enchant airstreams and detonate ancient explosives to propel you across the level
& More!
You play as Joon - a young sorcerer travelling across the multiverse. As you advance through 8 unique worlds, learn to master your arcane powers to solve weird & mind-bending challenges.
Harness your abilities to manipulate physics. Solve puzzles. Discover collectibles. And learn the secret of the Mage Drops...
Joon Shining is a challenging physics-based platformer, with a myriad of magical mechanics! Gameplay requires carefully honed skills and picking the right arcane approach is key.
Influence shots mid-flight with magical abilities:
🔥 Burn away obstacles with fire
✨ Use magic rings to gain the power of flight
🔮 Enchant airstreams and detonate ancient explosives to propel you across the level
& More!
Enchant environments to your advantage:
🌲 Grow plants into new platforms
🗻 Lure dangerous creatures away to clear a path forward
Discover 8 unique worlds in the final game, including: a forest, an underwater oasis, machine world, and the cosmos!
Each environment has its own magical possibilities, secrets, and traps. Some can be used to your advantage, and some provide tricky hazards.
Shots can cling to jelly walls, bounce off bubbles, be propelled by explosions, and float on clouds. Giant flowers can suck shots in and spit them out. Living bushes can block the shots. Some puzzles even hide secret collectibles & lore tied to the game’s true ending.
Explore and experiment to uncover the unique possibilities of each biome!
Starry skies. Bright beautiful worlds. Lush forests. Underwater lagoons. Floating clouds. And relaxing music. Perfect for when you need a cosy chill-out game, with hidden depths and challenges.
🌲 Grow plants into new platforms
🗻 Lure dangerous creatures away to clear a path forward
Discover 8 unique worlds in the final game, including: a forest, an underwater oasis, machine world, and the cosmos!
Each environment has its own magical possibilities, secrets, and traps. Some can be used to your advantage, and some provide tricky hazards.
Shots can cling to jelly walls, bounce off bubbles, be propelled by explosions, and float on clouds. Giant flowers can suck shots in and spit them out. Living bushes can block the shots. Some puzzles even hide secret collectibles & lore tied to the game’s true ending.
Explore and experiment to uncover the unique possibilities of each biome!
Starry skies. Bright beautiful worlds. Lush forests. Underwater lagoons. Floating clouds. And relaxing music. Perfect for when you need a cosy chill-out game, with hidden depths and challenges.
Key Features
- 8 unique worlds
- Manipulate physics
- Magic elemental abilities
- Uncover secrets and the ingeniously elusive Mage Drops
- 15-20 hours of gameplay
PRESS KIT
Accolades
- “It really shines through, the idea of taking a very simple mechanic and getting as much fun out of that mechanic as possible...It’s essentially like a golf game...then they add to that brilliant effects and magic...it’s easy to play, difficult to master.”
- Raccoon Media Cafe - “If you're up for a challenging new spin on a classic game, Joon Shining is the physics-based 2D-platforming golf-like game for you!”
- Ready Set Indie Games - "Take one part golf, one part magic and another part puzzle platformer, and you get this unique concoction."
- Weird F’n Games - “A glorious entry into the puzzle and golfing genre.”
- Beta Tested Game Reviewed - “I can sit there for a while and take in the atmosphere and let the world take me away… Joon Shining offers a way to enjoy the game for all types of players.”
- Syndicate Y
About Orchid of Redemption
Orchid of Redemption is a small indie studio from Adelaide, Australia which focuses on creating humble games with heart.
About Lamplight Forest
Lamplight Forest is the parent company of Orchid of Redemption, also based in Adelaide, Australia. In addition to publishing Joon Shining, they’re also currently developing a new title The Lifetime.
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