Lanota is a rhythm game developed and published by Noxy Games. The iOS version and the Android version were released globally on the App Store and the Google Play Store respectively on July 13, 2016.[1][2][3] The game on iOS requires initial purchase, but the Android version allows free play up to Chapter 3, interspersed with ads. On April 13, 2018, it was announced that a Switch port of Lanota by Flyhigh Works was undergoing development. The port was released worldwide in June 2018.[4]

Lanota
Nintendo Switch icon artwork
Developer(s)Noxy Games
Publisher(s)Noxy Games
EngineUnity
Platform(s)iOS, Android, Nintendo Switch
ReleaseiOS, Android
  • WW: July 13, 2016
Switch
  • JP: June 14, 2018
  • NA: June 14, 2018
  • PAL: June 20, 2018
Genre(s)Rhythm
Mode(s)Single-player

Lanota includes a story told in a picture book style, map exploration, and item collecting along with the main rhythm game gameplay. Players must complete songs in order to advance the story and unlock more songs.

Gameplay

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Lanota's playing field is a circle with a gear in the middle, where notes originate. On the App Store, it is described as a "plate".[5] In game, it is referred to as the "Notalium Tuner". The player must tap(click), hold(catch), slide(rail), or flick the notes when they reach the outer ring of the circle in accordance to the beat. The plate changes sizes, spins, or moves around the screen in the middle of gameplay and the player must re-adjust themselves accordingly.[6] Items will be picked up and stored as the player experiences the story. The story and items can be looked at by accessing the menu, which also includes options to customize the game interface. The player has the option to turn off background effects, change timing offset, tuner transparency, and tap note volume.

Scoring

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The notes are categorized and scored differently depending on timing: Harmony, Tune, and Fail. For platinum (not basic paid) subscription only, fast/slow indicator can be toggled (for Tune or for (inaccurate) Harmony). Tunes will always give fast/slow (if fast/slow is turned on), and certain "inaccurate" Harmonies will give fast/slow (if fast/slow Harmony is turned on). Harmony gives full points, Tune gives half points, and Fail gives no points. The score is also combo-based, to the max combo attained also affects the final score. All songs have a maximum score of 1,000,000. Depending on the final score, the player is given a rank.

Rank Score
L 1,000,000 - 980,000
S 979,999 - 950,000
A 949,999 - 900,000
B 899,999 - 700,000
C 699,999 - 500,000
D 499,999 - 0

Additionally, A song is considered "Perfect Purified" if all notes in the songs were Harmonies, and "All Combo" if no notes in the songs were Fails. Unofficially "理論値 (maximum theoretical score)" is considered if on top of getting "Perfect Purified", there is no fast/slow indicator triggered even if fast/slow indicator for Harmonies has been turned on in Options.

Modes

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The player can choose to "Tune" or "Purify" songs.[7] In Purify mode, the player fails the song if too many notes are missed. Tune mode does not have this restriction. The game has four difficulty settings, from easiest to most difficult: "Whisper", "Acoustic", "Ultra", and "Master". The master difficulty of every song must be unlocked by receiving an "A" rank or above on Ultra difficulty.

Plot

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According to the official site,[1] the game takes place in a world similar to the real world until a calamitous disaster called "Al Niente" occurred long ago, rendering the majority of the earth devoid of sound and color. Areas are able to retain their color only by being near ordered "Notalium", an artificially created crystalline energy source left behind by ancient predecessors. The process of creating Notalium is currently forgotten; all Notalium is provided by the Notalium Administration.[8] The player is given the task of controlling the two main characters, Fisica and Ritmo, to "tune" the Notalium that has weakened and become "disordered" over time to return the world to its original state.[9]

Characters

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Several characters appear in the game's story sections.

  1. Ritmo: An energetic, self-proclaimed "Starlight Shooter" that spends his time writing music and playing his lute, despite lacking musical talent. He is the only one who can use the Notalium Tuner.[10]
  2. Fisica: A reserved, thoughtful genius who developed the Notalium Tuner.[9] She enjoys reading books and cooking ratatouille.[10]
  3. Nero: A member of the Silence Border Guard.
  4. Rossa: A member of the Silence Border Guard.

Songs

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As of March 2022, there are currently eight main chapters included. There are two side stories and eleven expansion packs, all containing five or six songs each, that can be purchased as DLC.

Songs
Chapter Song name Composer WHISPER difficulty ACOUSTIC difficulty ULTRA difficulty MASTER difficulty
MAIN STORY
Chapter. 0
Dream Goes On Tiny Minim 1 5 8 10
MAIN STORY
Chapter. 0
Only the Place Where Truth Has Engraved KarasuyaSabou 2 6 9 11
MAIN STORY
Chapter. 0
Chronosis Song yanagi ft. Mika Kobayashi 4 7 9 12
MAIN STORY
Chapter. I
Vivid Color naoto 1 5 8 10
MAIN STORY
Chapter. I
Ne m'oubliez pas Triodust 3 7 10 12
MAIN STORY
Chapter. I
ciel nocturne emon(Tes.) 1 5 9 11
MAIN STORY
Chapter. I
Night Yacht Yukino 2 6 9 13
MAIN STORY
Chapter. I
DARSANA Massive New Krew 4 7 13 14
MAIN STORY
Chapter. I
Prism bermei.inazawa ft. Chata 3 7 11 12
MAIN STORY
Chapter. I
Trauma Hige DriVAN 5 8 11 14
MAIN STORY
Chapter. I
Frey's Philosophy Powerless 6 8 12 15
MAIN STORY
Chapter. II
Bokura no michi makou ft. Tomomi Kobayashi 1 5 9 13
MAIN STORY
Chapter. II
Eternal Love Tatsh feat. Odayuuu 2 6 9 11
MAIN STORY
Chapter. II
Matane Moose 3 7 10 12
MAIN STORY
Chapter. II
Reclaim DJ OKAWARI 4 8 12 12
MAIN STORY
Chapter. II
Journey ARForest 5 9 12 14
MAIN STORY
Chapter. II
cyanine jioyi 6 10 13 15
MAIN STORY
Chapter. III
Apocalypse Alice Schach and the Magic Orchestra 4 8 10 12
MAIN STORY
Chapter. III
Song of Sprites Sta 4 7 10 13
MAIN STORY
Chapter. III
Phoebus Yooh 3 7 11 13
MAIN STORY
Chapter. III
Duelo sweez / Meine Meinung 5 8 11 14
MAIN STORY
Chapter. III
Androgynos WAiKURO 5 8 12 14
MAIN STORY
Chapter. III
Androgynos WAiKURO 5 9 13 14
MAIN STORY
Chapter. III
You are the Miserable t+pazolite 6 9 13 15
MAIN STORY
Chapter. IV
Raise (Radio Edit) Junko Iwao 4 7 10 13
MAIN STORY
Chapter. IV
Geranium SIHanatsuka 5 8 11 13
MAIN STORY
Chapter. IV
edge of the world Shade 5 9 12 14
MAIN STORY
Chapter. IV
NIENTE NILADMIRARI (ft. Machigerita) 3 7 11 13
MAIN STORY
Chapter. IV
Protoflicker Silentroom 4 8 13 15
MAIN STORY
Chapter. IV
Stasis Maozon 6 13 15 16
SIDE STORY
Chapter. 1
Just a Fairy Tale DJ'TEKINA//SOMETHING 2 7 10 12
SIDE STORY
Chapter. 1
The Lonely Wolf 3R2 3 5 8 12
SIDE STORY
Chapter. 1
Vortex SIHanatsuka 4 6 11 13
SIDE STORY
Chapter. 1
Ryusa No Toba -Casino de Quicksand- Machigerita 4 7 11 14
SIDE STORY
Chapter. 1
Promised Heaven void (Mournfinale) ft. kalon. 3 6 8 12
SIDE STORY
Chapter. 2
The Journey to Eden Kitkit Lu 1 5 10 12
SIDE STORY
Chapter. 2
Colorful Note Hiroyuki Oshima ft. Haruka Shimotsuki 4 6 10 13
SIDE STORY
Chapter. 2
Umioto Junk feat. Yukacco 2 6 9 11
SIDE STORY
Chapter. 2
LSDJACK P.C.B. 3 9 13 15
SIDE STORY
Chapter. 2
Little Painter Siruka & ARForest 5 8 11 13
SIDE STORY
Chapter. 2
Nagi Yukino with Ayato Shinozaki 3 7 11 14
EXPANSION
Chapter. A
Broken Marionette QWertism 4 7 10 12
EXPANSION
Chapter. A
3rd Avenue Sound Souler 3 7 11 14
EXPANSION
Chapter. A
Hall of Mirrors Sta 5 9 12 14
EXPANSION
Chapter. A
Tokyo Snorkel (feat. nicamoq) Yunomi 2 6 10 13
EXPANSION
Chapter. A
Time To Rock Ayato Shinozaki feat. Mako Niina 4 9 12 15
EXPANSION
Chapter. A
Janus ~Ending to Begin~ sweez / Meine Meinung 3 9 11 13
EXPANSION
Chapter. B
Unshakable RiraN 5 9 12 14
EXPANSION
Chapter. B
Savage Hardcore M-Project feat. Jonjo 5 8 12 14
EXPANSION
Chapter. B
Reignite Lunatic Sounds 5 9 12 14
EXPANSION
Chapter. B
Funky Life Sound Souler 4 7 11 13
EXPANSION
Chapter. B
ZENITHALIZE (Alternative Guitar Solo ver.) void feat. Gt. Eba 6 9 12 15
EXPANSION
Chapter. C
Shining Girl, Shyness Love Yamajet feat. TEA 3 6 9 11
EXPANSION
Chapter. C
Returner Ayatsugu_Otowa 3 8 10 13
EXPANSION
Chapter. C
May and December DJ'TEKINA//SOMETHING (feat. LUSCHKA) 3 7 9 12
EXPANSION
Chapter. C
MilK Morimori Atsushi 4 6 11 12
EXPANSION
Chapter. C
Lonely departure Chroma 5 9 12 15
EXPANSION
Chapter. D
Sakura Saku Yunomi feat. nicamoq 3 7 11 14
EXPANSION
Chapter. D
Glamorous Girl Heart's Cry feat. Poppo 3 8 11 14
EXPANSION
Chapter. D
MINAZUKI DYK 4 7 10 13
EXPANSION
Chapter. D
Hayabusa Yamajet 5 8 12 15
EXPANSION
Chapter. D
Specta Junk 5 8 12 14
EXPANSION
Chapter. E
Ever Free Massive New Krew 5 8 10 13
EXPANSION
Chapter. E
Nayuta Massive New Krew 4 7 11 14
EXPANSION
Chapter. E
Sol e Mar Massive New Krew 4 8 11 14
EXPANSION
Chapter. E
Oblivion of pecado Massive New Krew & USAO 3 6 9 12
EXPANSION
Chapter. E
Memento Mori Massive New Krew 5 8 12 15
EXPANSION
Chapter. F
Get Ready GRILLED MEAT YOUNGMANS 3 6 9 11
EXPANSION
Chapter. F
Pusha Plucka!! GNMD 3 8 10 13
EXPANSION
Chapter. F
Anesthesia SIHanatsuka 3 7 9 12
EXPANSION
Chapter. F
Aihana (2017 Revived) Junk 4 6 11 12
EXPANSION
Chapter. F
Beast in the Dream Ayatsugu_Otowa 5 9 12 15
EXPANSION
Chapter. G
Remaining days Hige DriVAN 4 8 10 14
EXPANSION
Chapter. G
Kiss me Hige DriVAN 5 9 11 13
EXPANSION
Chapter. G
How is Life? Hige DriVAN 3 7 11 14
EXPANSION
Chapter. G
Internet neurose Hige DriVAN 3 8 10 14
EXPANSION
Chapter. G
We like girls Hige DriVAN 6 10 13 15
EXPANSION
Chapter. H
Romance Wars U-ske (feat. lueur) 6 9 12 14
EXPANSION
Chapter. H
Ignotus ak+q 5 8 12 14
EXPANSION
Chapter. H
Quon Feryquitous 6 10 13 15
EXPANSION
Chapter. H
Lethaeus Silentroom 5 10 12 14
EXPANSION
Chapter. H
Lumia sky_delta 4 7 11 13
EXPANSION
Chapter. I
Tobitate! DREAM PARTY YUME (CV. Nanami Takahashi) 4 8 11 13
EXPANSION
Chapter. I
Scarlet Lance MASAKI (ZUNTATA) 5 9 12 15
EXPANSION
Chapter. I
FUJIN Rumble COSIO (ZUNTATA) 6 10 13 15
EXPANSION
Chapter. I
Black MInD COSIO (ZUNTATA) 5 8 12 15
EXPANSION
Chapter. I
Got more raves? E.G.G. 6 9 13 15
EXPANSION
Chapter. J
Sign Mellow SID-Sound 4 7 10 12
EXPANSION
Chapter. J
Misty Farewell t+pazolite 4 8 11 14
EXPANSION
Chapter. J
Mints - Clubmix - 2017 Yamajet 4 7 11 13
EXPANSION
Chapter. J
The Promised Land RiraN ft. core mc 6 9 12 13
EXPANSION
Chapter. J
PYONTA DJ'TEKINA//SOMETHING 5 9 13 15
EXPANSION
Chapter. K
MariannE (Lanota Edit) Yooh 5 9 14 15
EXPANSION
Chapter. K
Fortuna Powerless 5 9 13 15
EXPANSION
Chapter. K
Science-kun Keisuke Hattori 4 8 12 14
EXPANSION
Chapter. K
Clock Atelier ARForest 5 8 12 13
EXPANSION
Chapter. K
Aishiteirunante kantanni iuyouna lovesong ga kiraidatta KarasuyaSabou 5 9 12 13

Reception and awards

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Lanota has been awarded 1st place for "Excellence in Audio" in the IMGA SEA 2016[11] and "Best Audio" for the 2017 Taipei Game Show Indie Game Awards.[12] The game was also nominated in the 2017 13th IMGA[13] and for the 2017 Indie Prize Award for "best Mobile Game" in Casual Connect Asia[14]

Touch Arcade rates it a 4.5/5, saying that the gameplay "adds some refreshing dynamism to a genre that is notorious for static gameplay." but complains that the moving playfield "makes it too difficult to follow at the best of times."[15] On October 27, 2016, Noxy Games has claimed the app had been downloaded at least 100,000 times.[16]

References

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  1. ^ a b "手機音樂新作《Lanota》iOS 版上架 體驗前所未有的圓盤軌道玩法". 巴哈姆特電玩資訊站.
  2. ^ Rob Funnell (2016-07-12). "Beautiful Narrative-Driven Rhythm Game 'Lanota' Out Now on the App Store". Touch Arcade. Retrieved 2016-07-19.
  3. ^ Chihiro. "スマホアプリ「Lanota」がiOS向けに配信開始。音楽ゲームによる調律で,色と音を失った世界に生気を取り戻そう". 4gamer.net. Retrieved 2016-07-19.
  4. ^ Romano, Sal (2018-06-08). "Lanota for Switch launches June 14 in North America, June 20 in Europe". Gematsu. Retrieved 2019-03-04.
  5. ^ "在 App Store 上的「Lanota」". App Store (in Chinese (Taiwan)). Retrieved 2018-02-20.
  6. ^ "Lanota: save the world though the sound of music – Haogamers". Haogamers. 2016-11-01. Retrieved 2018-02-20.[permanent dead link]
  7. ^ "【Qoo TGDF2016】新形態音樂遊戲-《Lanota》". QooApp.
  8. ^ "Introduction of "Notalium" - a key item in the world of Lanota". Twitter. 2016-05-28. Retrieved 2018-02-20.
  9. ^ a b "Another important item in the world of Lanota: the notalium tuner made by Fisica!". Twitter. 2016-06-19. Retrieved 2018-02-20.
  10. ^ a b "Character profile of Fisica and Ritmo, the heroine and hero in [Lanota]". Twitter. 2016-05-15. Retrieved 2018-02-21.
  11. ^ "The Winners of IMGA SEA 2016 | Unpause Asia". www.unpause.asia. 11 November 2016. Retrieved 2018-02-20.
  12. ^ "2017 Taipei Game Show - Indie Game Award". taipeigameshow.biz. Archived from the original on 2018-02-22. Retrieved 2018-02-20.
  13. ^ "13th IMGA nominated and awarded games". International Mobile Gaming Awards. Archived from the original on 2017-05-06. Retrieved 2018-02-20.
  14. ^ "Indie Prize". Retrieved 2018-02-21.
  15. ^ "Lanota Review". TouchArcade. August 2, 2016. Retrieved 2018-02-20.
  16. ^ Lanota (2016-10-27). "Celebrating 100K+ downloads, a 50% OFF SALE campaign for ALL CONTENTS in Lanota on Oct. 28 to 30! Won't you share the joy? #LanotaGamepic.twitter.com/YM13xuR8cm". Twitter. Retrieved 2018-02-20.
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