- After an unknown super-weapon was set off an instance of a thing that can only be compared to a black hole appeared far too near to the western hemisphere. Reality itself was being pulled apart… This event is reffered to as „The Fragmenting“
- When all hope seemed lost, the White Fly Expresses appeared. Sets of trains capable of building their own railways through dimensions. Thousands of them started to appear and those who wished to stay alive boarded them.
You – the player is apart of one of the last batches of survivors as you and 7 others have boarded a small White Fly Express – The Lanternfly - The Comms in The Lanternfly/Lanternfly express give you and the other survivors instructions as you travel through unknown realms of reality untill you arrive at your stop: New Realm 8 – Your reality reborn after the Fragmenting.
- The Lanternfly Ark is meant to work as a Visual novel + walking simulator Adventure game
- Focus on Character-driven storytelling
- Consists of 7 levels = Realms
- Divided into 2 sections
–Train section – Interact with characters and move the story forward,
–Exploration section – The Lanternfly express stops at train stations, the player has to pick a companion to explore a small 3D level to find a key to the next realm before the story proceeds
