Ex Assassin’s Creed Dev Joins Musical Indie ‘Lost Harmony’

<p>It&&num;8217&semi;s tough being a teenager&period; It&&num;8217&semi;s even tougher being one on a skateboard meant for one&period; That&&num;8217&semi;s the gist of <em>Lost in Harmony&comma; <&sol;em>but its developers promise it&&num;8217&semi;s got a whole lot more to say&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Characterized by rhythmic and choreographic gameplay in the package of an endless runner&comma; the game takes place through the perspective of Kaito&comma; a troubled teen who must contend with the &&num;8220&semi;fears of life and death&&num;8221&semi; with his skateboarding companion&comma; a young girl named Aya&comma; as they traverse their world in search of meaning&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote class&equals;"twitter-tweet" data-width&equals;"500" data-dnt&equals;"true">&NewLine;<p lang&equals;"en" dir&equals;"ltr"><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;twitter&period;com&sol;YFanise&quest;ref&lowbar;src&equals;twsrc&percnt;5Etfw">&commat;YFanise<&sol;a> partners with star singer <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;twitter&period;com&sol;wyclef&quest;ref&lowbar;src&equals;twsrc&percnt;5Etfw">&commat;Wyclef<&sol;a> to reveal <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;twitter&period;com&sol;hashtag&sol;LostinHarmony&quest;src&equals;hash&amp&semi;ref&lowbar;src&equals;twsrc&percnt;5Etfw">&num;LostinHarmony<&sol;a>&colon; the renewal of musical gaming&excl; <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;t&period;co&sol;D6zpyCQyM4">pic&period;twitter&period;com&sol;D6zpyCQyM4<&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&mdash&semi; Lost in Harmony &lpar;&commat;LiHgame&rpar; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;twitter&period;com&sol;LiHgame&sol;status&sol;644297803162865664&quest;ref&lowbar;src&equals;twsrc&percnt;5Etfw">September 16&comma; 2015<&sol;a><&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p><script async src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;platform&period;twitter&period;com&sol;widgets&period;js" charset&equals;"utf-8"><&sol;script><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Inspired by the films of Hayao Miyazaki and Akira Kurosawa&comma; <em>Lost in Harmony<&sol;em> is an indie game from former Ubisoft designer and <em>Assassin&&num;8217&semi;s Creed <&sol;em>veteran Yoan Fanise in collaboration with award-winning music producer and singer Wyclef Jean of Dixiart Entertainment as it was announced on Twitter today&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;To bring music to Kaito’s fantasy world was thrilling&comma;&&num;8221&semi; Jean said in an official release&period; &&num;8220&semi;I wanted to write music that captured a moment in his journey that was both mystical and brave&comma; and that could emotionally inspire the multi-national world that is video gaming and that Kaito lives in&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The trailer&comma; which you can view below&comma; highlights some of the game&&num;8217&semi;s surreal visuals and evocative score&comma; both of which will reportedly share a close marriage in shaping players&&num;8217&semi; in-game experience&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-youtube layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"500" height&equals;"281" data-videoid&equals;"zDqee-O4nMs" title&equals;"Lost in Harmony - Official Reveal Trailer &lbrack;US&rsqb;"><a placeholder href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;youtube&period;com&sol;watch&quest;v&equals;zDqee-O4nMs"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;i&period;ytimg&period;com&sol;vi&sol;zDqee-O4nMs&sol;hqdefault&period;jpg" layout&equals;"fill" object-fit&equals;"cover" alt&equals;"Lost in Harmony - Official Reveal Trailer &lbrack;US&rsqb;"><&sol;a><&sol;amp-youtube><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The game&&num;8217&semi;s soundtrack comes courtesy of composer Mark Griskey and Chinese composer Roc Chen whose mutual work spans a number of games and film&comma; including <em>Gladius&comma; Knights of the Old Republic 2&colon; The Sith Lords<&sol;em>&comma; and the Jackie Chan produced film <em>Legendary Amazons<&sol;em>&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>You can further view a variety of newly released screenshots of the game below&period; For more information on <em>Lost in Harmony<&sol;em>&comma; you can also visit <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;lostinharmony&period;com&sol;en&sol;lost-in-harmony-en&sol;">the game&&num;8217&semi;s website<&sol;a>&period; The game<span style&equals;"line-height&colon; 1&period;5&semi;"> is due in 2016&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<div data-amp-carousel&equals;"true" id&equals;'gallery-1' class&equals;'gallery galleryid-91833 gallery-columns-5 gallery-size-large'><figure class&equals;'gallery-item'>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;'gallery-icon portrait'>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<a href&equals;'https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;mad-max-is-a-damn-good-game&sol;lostinharmony&lowbar;escape&sol;'><img width&equals;"1" height&equals;"1024" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2015&sol;09&sol;04173728&sol;LostinHarmony&lowbar;Escape&period;bmp" class&equals;"attachment-large size-large" alt&equals;"" data-hero-candidate&equals;"" &sol;><&sol;a>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>We had a chance to speak to Yoan Fanise himself <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;o-valiant-hearts-art-war-ubisofts-yoan-fanise-qa-2&sol;">a year ago this month<&sol;a> about last year&&num;8217&semi;s award-winning <em>Valiant Hearts<&sol;em>&comma; his work on the UbiArt Framework&comma; and making a story resonate with a player&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>Via<&sol;strong> <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;youtube&period;com&sol;channel&sol;UCgeCOoPKhOcnrX-BE-GmJKA">Digixart<&sol;a> on YouTube &amp&semi; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;twitter&period;com&sol;LiHgame">&commat;LiHgame<&sol;a> on Twitter<&sol;p>&NewLine;