Lanota - Music game with story - Story-driven music gameplay

Play the tunes and follow the rhythm, explore and revive the world. Unlock music of various genres, conquer specially designed boss-stages, and indulge in an artistic picture book!

AWARDS & ACHIEVEMENTS

2016 1st IMGA SEA “Excellence in Audio”

2017 Taipei Game Show Indie Game Award “Best Audio”

2017 13th IMGA Global Nominee

2017 Indie Prize Award in Casual Connect Asia “Best Mobile Game” Nominee

How to Play

Lanota's gameplay revolves around tapping, catching, flicking, and holding notes at the rim of a large wheel, known in-game as the Notalium Tuner. It is the player's job to clear these notes as accurately as they can to the beat of the background music, while keeping up with the Tuner's movements.

For a more interactive guide, see the in-game tutorial. It can be accessed from the menu.

Menus, Screens and Buttons

Selecting a Song

Lanota's song select screen is an overworld map after the title screen. Tap the crystals in spinning gears to select songs, or the various landmarks around them.

Pressing the Next arrow, or anywhere on the picture, will take the player to the next part of song selection.

Song Settings

Once the player presses the Next arrow on the bottom right, they will arrive at the song settings. There, the player can choose:

Their Speed Option, which is how fast they want the notes to fall. The slowest is 1 (1/3x) and the fastest is 9 (3x); by default, Lanota will set it to 3 (1x). The best/most comfortable speed will depend on individual players, but the recommended speed is from 3 (1x) to 7 (7/3x).

If the player can not find a speed they like within integers, they can check the Advanced checkbox to get more precise numbers, such as 4.8 (1.6x).

The Fast/Slow timing indicator, which tells the player whether they are hitting notes too early or late.

Their Song Mode (available after clearing Chronosis song) (Tune and Purify).

Show in-song early/late indicator, whether a note is tapped/flicked too early/late. Currently only available with the Platinum Subscription.

Once the player decides what song settings they want, all that is left is to hit the Start button.

Pause Menu

To pause a song in Lanota, the player must tap the pause button twice. There, they will get three options:

Resume lets them keep going.

Retry restarts the song and puts the player's score and combo back at 0 (not available for the free version on Android or select songs, such as Bloody Marquis).

Retire takes the player back to the overworld map.

Difficulties

Like most other rhythm games, each of Lanota's songs has multiple levels in multiple difficulties, each difficulty being rated by a level rating from 1 to 15 (however Stasis, SolarOrbit, Wolves Standing Towards Enemies and Astaroth Master charts are level 16). They look like this:

Whisper, which is the easiest available, is better for beginners (levels 1-6). (equivalent to Easy)

Acoustic, which is reasonably hard, is for all kinds of players (levels 3-10, but Stasis, Wolves Standing Towards Enemies and Astaroth which is level 13). (equivalent to Medium)

Ultra, which poses a bit of a challenge, is good for more experienced players (levels 6-14, except Stasis and SolarOrbit, Wolves Standing Towards Enemies and Astaroth (which are level 15). (equivalent to Hard)

Master, which is as hard as it possibly gets, is for those who have strong confidence in their playing skills (levels 9-16). (equivalent to Expert)

The first three difficulties are available the first time a player picks a song. Master is unlocked after beating Ultra with a A Rank or higher, or by using Starlight Score unlock Master immediately (requires 300 Notalium units in posession). On the Switch version, Master is unlocked by default.

Note Types

Notes are a crucial part of Lanota. They appear as curved bars in varying sizes and colors. The color of a note is determined by what type it is. Currently, there are four types:

Click Notes

These are white, and each must be tapped to be cleared.

Catch Notes

Similar to Click Notes, except they are blue with a bronze bar at the center. To clear these notes, the player does not have to tap each one. They can keep their finger held down at the rim of the Tuner and move it as necessary. It is possible to tap these notes, where they will always give a harmony rating when done so.

Flick Notes

These have arrows and come in two colors: red and green. Red notes are meant to be flicked toward the center of the Tuner, while green notes are meant to be flicked outward from the center.

Rail Notes

Similar to Catch Notes, but these have a rail (blue bar) that the player must keep their finger on for as long as it keeps falling. Every half beat a Rail note is held for adds to the combo and gives you a Harmony, and every half beat it is not held for counts as a Fail.

FEATURES

>> Innovative and Dynamic Rhythm Game

Not the rhythm game you used to know: we add unique animation to the plate you'll be playing on. Dozens of fantastic music tracks and amazing boss-stage features, different charts and challenges; gentle or intense, beginners, advanced players and experts can all have their game!

>> Artistic and Refreshing Picture Book

"I trust that you, the one blessed by the gods of melody, can surely revive the former world order."

"Tune" the chaotic energy back to harmony, and the world will gradually reveal. Explore places on the map, read a beautifully handcrafted picture book, and collect items on the way as a souvenir!

** To share the result screen, Lanota needs your permission to access Photos/Media/Files. We won't read your existing photos or files in the process.

>> Unlock Full Function and More Contents

The free-download version is a trial version.

Get the full version (available as an in-app purchase) to:

- Remove the progress limit to Main Story

- Skip the waiting time between tracks & go ad-free

- Unlock the "retry" function

- Enjoy a free trial for the first track in each in-app purchase chapter

The full version and in-app purchase chapters are all one-time purchase items. If any problems occur with your purchased items, please contact us.