Planet of Lana’s Hidden Back Story explained: what does it mean?

Planet of Lana is a beautiful and mysterious indie game from Wishfully Studios that I have been looking forward to for a few years now. It didn't disappoint!
Here's my little love letter to the game and the team behind it, and a bit of an exploration of its mysterious story. What do YOU think was going on? Let me know in the comments below!
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Find out more about Planet of Lana:
* planetoflana.com
* / planetoflana
* store.steampowered.com/app/16...
Thanks to the following for sound effects from Freesound.org:
* “AssistantRobot.wav” by aj_heels
* “Fly Fishing reeling reel” by Theflyfishingfilmmaker
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[@dileeshaabeysinghe7634]

Bro you need more views man. Out of bunch of videos i have watched yours was the only one actually explained the story even a little bit. Thank you😊

[@andygeers]

Thank you! Yes, I feel like this is a story crying out for some discussion, yet nobody seems to have engaged with this video at all really!

[@MatthewFearnley]

Looks a lot like a colourful version of "Limbo"...

[@andygeers]

Yes, for sure there is definitely some gameplay similarities

[@veschyoleg]

Limbo is deeply symbolic. Planet of Lana is more similar to Inside, but with a much, much more optimistic tone.

[@austenmueller2810]

Excellent explanation! My thought at the end was that the humans were living in peace, until the robots came along with their own definition of "world peace." Then Lana saves everyone by combining the two to achieve true harmony. Honestly forgot about the shrine pieces until watching your video 😅 Your tie-in with Scripture was also a pleasant surprise, great work and thank you!

[@andygeers]

Thank you for your thoughts!

[@Taijj]

Hey nice Video! I just finished a Letsplay (German) with a friend and I kept wondering about the backstory. I also thinks it was some sort of AI Apocalypse that drove the humans away, similar fears of what fears of AI are popping up in reality nowadays. Maybe the humans initially design an AI to protect themselves from natural desasters? But the AI got overprotective. Creatures like Mui definately seem to be some kind of tech-bio-hybrid.... Lots of thoughts...

[@andygeers]

I really hope they decide to work on a prequel at some point - feels like there's loads of potential to explore this back story.

[@Taijj]

Absolutely!@@andygeers

[@TMProjection]

great video buddy

[@andygeers]

Thank you! What’s your theory about what’s going on?