| Lucky Luna | |
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| Developer(s) | Nacho Barbas Snowman |
| Publisher(s) | Netflix |
| Producer(s) | Andrew Schimmel |
| Artist(s) | Anaïs Maamar |
| Composer(s) | Oda Tilset |
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| Release | September 8, 2022 |
| Genre(s) | Platformer |
| Mode(s) | Single-player |
Lucky Luna is a 2022 platformer video game developed by Snowman and published by Netflix through its Netflix Games subscription service. The game features the player character, a girl in a fox mask named Luna, traversing a series of underground levels connected by portals to an abandoned temple. The player moves the world left and right around Luna using the touchscreen while avoiding obstacles and hazards. Unlike in most platformers, Luna cannot jump, and the levels are primarily oriented vertically with Luna falling from the top. The game has six handmade levels with different themes in the story mode, and infinite procedurally generated versions of those levels in the endless mode.
The game began development in 2014 as Cerulean Moon, a project by Spanish programmer Nacho "Nachobeard" Barbas. It was originally planned for release in 2016, but was still in development in 2020 when Barbas joined Snowman. Barbas and the studio worked on the title for another two years, adding the endless mode and finishing the game. Snowman chose Netflix as the publisher so that the design would not be impacted by a need to monetize the game with advertisements or in-app purchases. Lucky Luna was released for Netflix subscribers on iOS and Android in September 2022. The game was positively received by critics, who praised its design, aesthetics, and innovation, but gave some criticism to the difficulty.