'Mirror Land' Review - I'm Starting with the 'Mon in the Mirror

**WHAT IS THIS** *Mirror Land* is an original game that focuses on optical illusion puzzles. It is inspired by some Magic Mirror Concepts such as **FengYueBaoJian** in *Dream of the Red Chamber* and **The Mirror of Erised** in *Harry Potter*. It uses MAGIC MIRROR to GRAB and RELEASE characters and cooperate with moving the MAGIC MIRROR to complete incredible space puzzles. According to THE MIRROR CONCEPT, a series of gameplay and stories are created. Meanwhile, this game uses poetry-writing methods as a source of reference, which makes the game more interesting and creates a poetic atmosphere in it. **For closer eye movement and deeper puzzle layout, the puzzles of this game are specially developed for vertical screens. If the player’s display can be rotated to vertical, as long as the windows desktop is set to vertical. Then open the game, the game will be full screen. Or, if the display cannot be rotated or you don't want to bother, players can just use the normal horizontal screen mode. The game experience will not be different, and the areas on the left and right sides of the screen will be filled with black. ** **HOW TO PLAY** You can learn how to play from the demo video or read the tips below. 0.The MIRROR and The Feet of the character have an interactive relationship. 1.When you can see The Feet of the character in the MIRROR, press the MIRROR Button, thus the character is tied to the MIRROR surface and turns into 2D form. 2.When the MIRROR is moved, the terrain reflected in the MIRROR is changed. 3.When the 2D form character’s feet meet an empty foothold reflected by MIRROR, press the MIRROR Button again, thus the character is released to the corresponding terrain. **MECHANISM** **Pedal Trigger** can make the terrain or other things change. **THRUST DEVICE** When the character moves to the front of the THRUST DEVICE, this device will do a powerful thrust and push the character out for a certain distance. During this process, the character is not affected by gravity. **CLUSTER LIGHT** When the source of The CLUSTER LIGHT is turned on, there will be a beam of The CLUSTER LIGHT. It can be reflected by a MIRROR. You can make the LIGHT travel to different positions by adjusting the angle of light emission as well as the angle and position of the mirror. 1.The CLUSTER LIGHT can pass through transparent terrain. 2.When the CLUSTER LIGHT reaches a FLAT place whether it is transparent or not, a TELEPORT POINT of LIGHT can be etched at the irradiation point. 3.LUMEN STONE CAT can travel in CLUSTER LIGHT-TELEPORT POINT System **NPCs** **LUMEN STONE CAT** is a passenger of the CLUSTER LIGHT. It is a mysterious animal imprisoned in the LUMEN STONE. When it is not exposed to the CLUSTER LIGHT, it looks like a dull square stone that is almost as tall as the character. In this case, It can be dragged and moved on a flat place, helping characters reach different terrain. But when THE CAT is moved to a teleport point of the CLUSTER LIGHT, which connects with another teleport point by CLUSTER LIGHT, THE CAT will transform into a cat that can swim in the LIGHT. After it reaches the teleport point as far as it can, THE CAT will transform into stone-form again. **The SILENCE** is such a STABLE being that no character can push it away. When it blocks a character's way, the character can only walk away and wait for it to go to the next position, or catch it and put it in the MIRROR. **The STRENGTH** In most cases, the STRENGTH will push away every movable object that gets into its reach. How far it pushes an object depends on the size of STRENGTH. During the pushing process, the STRENGTH and the object are not affected by gravity. What The STRENGTH can push away: the character, the cubes, and smaller STRENGTHs What The STRENGTH can not push away: THE SILENCE, THE LIGHT FLOWING STONE CAT, and solid terrains. When the STRENGTH pushes the objects beyond its ability, it will be pushed away by the reaction force. The STRENGTH can also be caught and put in the MIRROR. **CHESSBOARD OF THE MIRROR MECHANISM** 1.When the character is caught and put on the CHESSBOARD OF THE MIRROR, he will become a chess piece that can move to the adjacent chessboard grid. 2.Each chessboard grid has a corresponding relationship with a certain foothold out of the MIRROR. When the MIRROR releases the character, the character will be placed in the corresponding position. **THE STORY OF MIRROR LAND** There is a continent in the darkness where the sun, the moon, and stars do not exist. The LIGHT is stored in a big mountain like gel. The mountain is called LUMEN. Living creatures near the LUMEN gradually evolve into humans. They learn the methods of mining and using the LIGHT. They pipe the LIGHT to high places, illuminating most places. Technology and civilization are developing. Kingdom has formed. Not far from the west of the LUMEN is the MIRROR PLAIN where the supply of MIRRORS is inexhaustible. Once the last piece of MIRROR PLAIN was exploited, an earth movement will come. A new MIRROR PLAIN will raise. These MIRRORS can catch living creatures and put them into the surface of MIRRORS. This is discovered by accident. One of the believable legends is about a hunter. Once upon a time, he was chasing the LUMEN BEAST. This BEAST escaped to a mirror. The hunter prayed subconsciously that someone could help him catch it. Unexpectedly, THE MIRROR responded to his prayer and caught the BEAST. Later, people found a way to make MAGIC MIRRORS between witchcraft and technology. THE STORY OF XIU(the character) XIU’s ancestors are INKMEN,XIU is a inkman as well. INKMEN is one of the results of human genetic modification. After humans learned to make MAGIC MIRRORS, some clever bad guys commit crimes with MAGIC MIRRORS they make, and leave no trace of themselves. The ruler of the kingdom decides to keep all the clever guys under supervision. Every movement of them has to leave a trace behind. So the clever ones become INKMEN. Ink always seep out through their skin, and their shoes cannot be waterproof. So the footprints they leave are all ink-like. XIU’s mother was a TRAFFIC MIRROR ENGINEER. In a TRAFFIC MIRROR test 7 years ago, when the MIRROR released her, she disappeared. This strange thing made people panic, but no reason was found. Now XIU is fifteen years old, inherited mother's relics.XIU found 7 SPECIAL STONES among them. One day, a mysterious voice came into XIU's ears, saying,” Take THESE STONES to the FURNACES I designate. Then forge them into a HAMMER according to the drawings I give you. Use the HAMMER to smash the one-thousand-year-old MIRROR hanging in the capital. And you can find your mother…” &quot;As long as there is a chance of finding my mother, I will try it…&quot;

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