Lunar Station

About Lunar Station

Lunar Station was made by a team of three, a developer, an artist and a sound designer, and released free on itch.io in October 2019. It plays in the browser and saves your progress between levels.

Something odd and mysterious has happened in Lunar Station 0112B2, and you are caught in the middle of it. The station is drawn in stark black and white pixel art with flashes of red: a window onto the grey surface of the moon, corridors of crates and machines, red laser barriers and a small astronaut trying to get out.

The oddity has disrupted the station's mechanisms, so parts of it are consumed or blocked. Each room is a puzzle in the Sokoban tradition: push and remove the obstacles in your path and reach the exit as fast as you can, before the Darkness catches up. The sound reacts to you. The closer you are to the Darkness, the more intense it becomes, and the team recommends headphones for the electric shudder of the empty station and voices that seem to come from right behind you.

AlphaBetaGamer called it a very tense and atmospheric blend of sci-fi horror and Sokoban puzzling. It suits puzzle players who want a little dread with their box-pushing.

How to play Lunar Station

1. Open Lunar Station on itch.io and play it in the browser.
2. Move with the arrow keys; press two at once to move diagonally.
3. Hold Z to interact, and push or clear obstacles to open a path to the exit.
4. Press R to restart a room if you get stuck.
5. Reach the exit before the Darkness catches you; the game saves between levels.

Tips

• Wear headphones; the sound tells you how close the Darkness is.
• Plan your pushes before moving; a wrong push can block the way.
• Restart with R rather than waiting for the Darkness.

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