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Gold Lining

Gold Lining is a narrative platformer about a teenage girl who must find her way back home from a beautiful, fantastical realm. There, she relives her memories, revealing a touching story about understanding her mother and finding meaning in life’s imperfections.

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By Sondering Studio

Windows macOS Controller: full
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Overview

About this game

Gold Lining is a story-driven puzzle platformer about finding meaning in life’s imperfections. Play as Yunli, a young girl who must find her way back home from a beautiful, fantastical realm inspired by Chinese mythology. Explore gorgeous landscapes, chat with charming inhabitants, and relive her memories, which reveals a touching story about understanding her immigrant mother.

Find beauty in the broken. In the real world, Yunli is a ceramics artist who must learn to give up her perfectionist tendencies and embrace her flawed relationship with her family. In the fantastical world, Yunli must learn to mend broken pieces and breathe life back into the realm to reach a Chinese mother goddess.

Even in our darkest moments, there’s always a gold lining.

Features:
  • Hand-drawn painterly, vibrant art
  • Increasingly complex puzzles as you upgrade your abilities
  • Break rocks and reform them to new platforms
  • Complete small quests for charming inhabitants
  • Lively characters inspired by Chinese mythology
  • Relive joyful and heartbreaking memories
  • Experience a beautiful, personal story about growing up, rooted in an Asian-American perspective

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