The Lion's Song is a point and click game developed and published by Austrian independent studio Mi'Pu'Mi Games that was initially released in July of 2016 on Steam. The game has received multiple awards praising its narrative, as well as winning the Developer Award in Germany for Best Indie Game in 2016, and futurezone Award as 2016's Game of the Year.
The Vienna based studio was founded in 2009 and have also worked on AAA titles like
Hitman, by assisting in the areas of tools, engine, online and gameplay programmin, as well porting the
Hitman: HD Trilogy to the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. Their first big project is
The Lion's Song, which is a game that focuses on narrative, delivering a rich story that has players following a story of personal struggle for creativity, human connections and inspiration.
The Lion's Song is set in the early 20th century Austria and will include all four episodes, each following a different character. These characters are a composer that suffers from writer's block before her big concert, a painter on the raise growing through his challenges, a brilliant mathematician not taken seriously by her male counterparts, and the final episode appropriately called Closure—which will connect all three previous stories.
Set against the backdrop of early 20th century Austria, every episode follows a different character, each blessed with an exceptional creative mind. The game pulls players into a story of personal struggle for creativity, human connections and inspiration.
The Lion's Song is currently available on the Nintendo Switch eShop.