As many have pointed out already, Lone Land looks very similar to Refunct and appears to have a very similar goal. I had hoped it would play like Refunct as well. Sadly, it doesn't. For me, Refunct was a very enjoyable experience, whereas Lone Land was just an exercise in frustration.

Pro:
+ Good visuals
+ Good music

Con:
- Very poor control
- You never know if a jump will actually get you where you want to go because you rarely jump high enough and you never know whether or not you will "grab" a ledge
- Sometimes passing near a crystal will pull you to it, pulling you off of a building, and other times it doesn't
- You are penalized (points subtracted at the end of the game) for each time you fall into the water, but many of the crystals require you to fall into the water because there is no building below them
- Most of the time, you need to jump onto a crystal from above very precisely; this is a problem because in order to get the crystals, you need to jump from very tall buildings, and when you miss the crystal (which you will, many times), you have to get to the top of that tall building again, which requires you to go hopping along many buildings each time (it feels like this was intended to waste time, to artificially pad the length of the game)
- There is at least one crystal which is nearly impossible to find (or impossible, depending on how long you want to spend looking for it)
- Sometimes, grabbing a crystal will stop your movement; other times, you will continue to move, frequently propelling you off of the building that materialized when you grabbed the crystal
- Sometimes landing on an overhang behaves normally (your movement stops when you release the movement keys); other times, it behaves as if your feet are greased and you slide right off of it

I'm sure there are other issues, but if you've made it this far into this review and you still aren't convinced that this game isn't worth it, then never will convince you.

To be fair, I read the negative reviews before buying this game, but I thought it looked good (visually) and it looked so similar to ♥♥♥♥♥♥,, so I figured it couldn't be that bad. I was wrong. It can be that bad, and in my opinion, it is that bad. The biggest issue is the control. If movement control and jumping/landing were improved and reliable, then this would be a positive recommendation. Unfortunately, movement control is poor and jumping/landing is not reliable, so I have to say the game is not recommended.

Jumping game concept.

This is a memorable game for me. At heart, it's a concept, and priced as such: you start out in a watery void with a railway line reminiscent of Spirited Away, and some glowing lights. If you reach one, it'll spring up a building or two, and more glowing lights (usually). You can jump quite high (moon gravity), so you can jump on the lower rooftops, from there onto the higher rooftops, etc., and you miss a jump, start again from the bottom. Which can be a long way down, eventually. After about an hour, I stopped when my jumping skills weren't up to it any more: the mid-air jumps are a bit frustrating on a 2D display with no depth perception, but they're very rewarding when you get them, sometimes a building pops up right under your feet. But I wasn't able to land some of the higher-up jumps onto buildings too often and got frustrated.

However, the atmosphere and the surreality of houses popping up made the time well spent. I think there's only the one level, but I didn't beat it, so I don't really know.

Recommended if you like making buildings pop up and jumping on them, peacefully!

P.S.: "Refunct" has been mentioned in some other reviews, and both games are similar in that you can make "platforms" pop up by collecting items, and don't have much gameplay beyond the collecting and jumping. Differences:
- Jumps are much higher and more floaty and longer in Lone Land than in Refunct.
- Lone Land pops up way more houses.
- Lone Land usually has several switches active.
- Lone Land creates a progression in how it pops up buildings, it shows you the way to reach the high places by the sequence.
- Lone Land creates a different atmosphere, imbued with more meaning
- Lone Land has actual architecture, not just blocks
- Refunct has more mechanics you need to master: elevators, tubes, wall jumping, ... Lone Land limits itself to jumps and trampolines (and hitting mid-air targets), it's more "pure" in that respect.
- Refunct has an indicator of where you have been.
- I enjoyed Lone Lands more, and think it may be slightly easier and more rewarding while you play it. Lone Lands does a better job of rewarding my progress and giving me a better sense of what comes next.
- That said, if you hated Refunct, you won't like Lone Lands! They're the same genre.

Really short game, maybe 30-40 minutes. Pleasant graphics and relaxing soundtrack. The controls are not precise and this is frustrating. 6/10

Lone Land is fun, but there are definitely quite some rough edges... And for me personally, these rough edges were too annoying to deal with. This game feels like a beta version of a very similar game called 'Refunct'.

Ledge grabbing is really inconsistent and clunky. The low gravity causes way too many cases of buttery feet and overshooting one's jumps. The shiny collectable crystals are quite hard to spot when the rest of the game has so much bloom and tall buildings in it. You also can't adjust a lot of settings (brightness and audio for example). Finally, like Refunct, the game just feels too short with its one level and near non-existant replayability.

I'll have to leave this review as negative due to its issues. But I got it for €0,47 in a sale, and for that price I can't really complain too much.

You are on a shallow water surface. You can run and jump. There are glowing crystals for you to collect. Each crystal spawns in one or more buildings for you to jump on as well as additional crystals. Some buildings have awnings that act as a trampoline. The goal is collect all crystals.

Aaaand that's about it, gameplay-wise. Graphics are pleasant but basic, music is some nice piano. I had no performance problems.

It ain't much, but then it doesn't cost much, and I had fun, so thumbs up I guess.

I'm a speedrunner on this game. It's really fun to run honestly. The high and long jumps are pretty satisfying, and it's not too long. I really like the artstyle, and the railway in the water, which reminds me of Spirited Away.

My only complaint, and this is as a speedrunner, is the fact that jumping from the water to the top of 1 floor buildings feels really random, and I tried button mashing, holding jump, crouching at the ledge and all kinds of stuff. I just can't figure out a way to do this consistently.

other than that it's a really good game, and I would definitely recommend it, for casual players looking for a short experience or for speedrunners.

Not terrible, although the fact that I feel like I'm on ice skaters throughout the game made it more stressful than fun. Getting all the crystals felt like a chore rather than a fun challenge. Which was the opposite to what I was expecting going into this game judging by the description.

It's alright for a $1 game. You basically just collect crystals, which spawns buildings that you can jump on and more crystals for you to collect. Those last few will be hard to track down though.

Movement is simple but functional, you just run and jump with a jump that carries you two stories high. There's also a slide you can do which gives you a burst of speed for a second or two.

Only really have two complaints. First, there's no way to control how high you jump and your jump is pretty floaty so jumping between buildings that are too close in both distance and height can be rather slow. Second, I wish there was a way to tell when you were close to a crystal because those last few really do feel like finding a needle in a haystack.

slightly Refunct or Ascendance like, but no crystal highlighting ala Refunct, with patch 1.1 you have a ingame counter, when you press "escape". after you gain the highest crystal in skyscraper city, the game spawn multible crystal all over the city :-(.

with patch 1.2, the game save your ingame progress.

well, relaxed game, is a little bit exploration (to find all crystals ~ 45 minuts) and jump around...so, its okay for the price.

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