Developer Rokaplay, the studio behind Spells and Secrets and Super Dungeon Maker, has revealed its rather colourful new project, Lou's Lagoon. This is a gorgeous-looking open-world game that combines the life sim genre with plane flying (yes, really) to bring us a huge, vibrant world. Better still, the game is being delivered to Switch in 2024.
In Lou's Lagoon, you're in charge of your uncle Lou's seaplane delivery service, which operates across a beautiful collection of islands. Your uncle has gone missing, so you're left to deliver the goods to the residents of these islands. But you're not just delivering mail to the animal inhabitants á la Disney's TaleSpin — you'll need to craft, make friends, and also live on the island. It's like Animal Crossing: New Horizon's Dodo Airlines has retired, and they no longer deliver the mail!
The developer cites both the Disney cartoon and My Time at Portia as inspirations for this beautiful paradise delivery game. We just kind of enjoy the idea of bringing people joy in the form of deliveries and presents, okay? Even if it's just mail.
Here's some more about the game, which is also coming to PC, from Rokaplay's press release:
About the game:
Launch from the sea and take to the skies! Lou’s Lagoon is a cosy open-world adventure where you make friends and uncover secrets across a gorgeous archipelago. Your uncle Lou left his seaplane delivery service in your hands, so now it’s up to you to keep the business afloat – and figure out what happened to Lou.
Collect, harvest, fish, craft and trade various goods, then deliver them safely to the individual islands in your trusty seaplane. Customise and strengthen your plane over time, overcoming storms, pirates, and magic in order to reach new islanders. Forge new connections and service your community. You might even fall in love…
Secrets lurk in the corners of every island. While completing deliveries, you’ll also unearth treasures and find clues about your wacky uncle Lou.
Game features:
1) Customise your character and style your seaside home!
2) Explore a lush archipelago brustling with secrets!
3) Make friends, enemies, and even meet a love interest among the islanders!
4) Upgrade your trusty seaplane to reach new locations!
5) Complete deliveries and bring the island back to life!
6) Customise the difficulty and play at your own pace!
7) Play with a controller or a mouse!
We've got a long time to wait until Lou's Lagoon lands on Switch, but good packages always take a bit of time, and we think this looks like it'll be worth the wait.
What do you think of Lou's Lagoon? Will you be keeping this on your flight radar? Let us know down below!
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Very interesting!
I can't help but feel that there's an unwritten rule when it come to life-sims with colorful and cartoony art styles that the inhabitants MUST be animals. Which I greatly prefer just cause they fit the genre so well.
At least sounds like a more worthwhile gameplay loop than animal crossing, but I’ll wait and see.
By 2024 we will likely have very concrete news on the next real Animal Crossing.
Remember Dauntless - the Monster Hunter copy but bad? Barely right? It easier to just wait on the real deal.
I feel like they could have changed the color scheme. If the PC had been a portly bear then from the back I would expect some Disney lawyer action. A light blue or red perhaps?
I mean, this feels more Go Vacation esque with the flying stuff, but... you know, I think I see what you mean with the art style n' all.
I'm so old I got that Talespin reference...
2024? So in mid 2024 it gets delayed until 2025 and in early 2025 it gets dropped from Switch to become a Switch 2 exclusive. 😂
@Sonos that's my guess too. Since they'd be done with Splatoon 3 then and they're probably going to use the same engine as ACNH so I can see a new Animal Crossing coming out in 4 years.
More interesting concept than animal crossing. I'll keep an eye on it...
I really like the idea and it looks fun. So it is possible to play with a mouse on the Switch. That is cool.
@Kermit1 i think it will be a near launch title. the franchise has been elevated to legend
This looks fun!
This looks like Animal crossing if it had interesting things to do in it And unfortunately I'm only kinda joking.
Sounds... Simply.. Amazing!
@Sonos Eh dauntless was also free and was easier to get people into than monster hunter.
@brunojenso Animal Crossing has thousands of items to find and customise, countless ways to make your island unique, dozens of fish, bugs and sea creatures to catch and tons of ways to earn money to pay off your house etc. That's more than a lot of games these days have to offer and I guarantee it's way more than this game will have. It's cool if it's not your jam but it sold 40 million copies for a reason and people play it for hundreds/thousands of hours for a reason.
@SpaceboyScreams Yeah, that's fair enough - and I'm 1 of those 40 million. However I bought it on the bases of much New Leaf enjoyment, which had more 'games' and 'activities' when you traveled to the holiday Islands and so on. It was less about collecting stuff and more about doing things I think. I had hoped on the Switch they would expand on those kinds of activities, but they went full-on with the collect-stuff for-your-house-and-town route, which disappointed me since I find that stuff hard to enjoy - since it's basically an extension of what we do normally in daily life. It was also very clothes and fashion orientated, which again, wasn't too heavy in New Leaf. I'm definitely not a clothes guy. So It just turn in the wrong direction for me personally. I did enjoy it for a while, but I just needed more Island-games like activities. Anyway I'm glad it's your cup of tea and that its been very, very successful. It's a charming game, and it's reassuring to know a game like that can appeal amongst the FIFAs and the Call of Duties. And I'll definitely go back to New Leaf sometime.
So there you go, New Horizon's is a special game no doubt, and may be 'perfect' in some peoples eyes, but imo it does deserve some of the not-all-complimentary occasional critiquing it receives.
It has bears, I'm sold already!
@Wordbonder It's on Disney+ for little kiddies to watch, you don't have to be old to know what TaleSpin is.
@Ursaking Yeah I guess, I just meant I doubt it's that hip now. It's just a joke, let's not overthink it. lol
@Wordbonder True. Guess I'm just tired of the whole "I remember X; man, I'm old" thing. Stuff like Disney especially, that stuff never goes away.
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