Lightyear Frontier is About Achieving Harmony With Nature, Not Exploiting It
The developers stressed in the IGN interview that this is a game about being at peace with nature, not bulldozing it down and exploiting it
Hedström [Frame Break CEO] says that he wanted to cultivate a sense of wonder in exploration but wanted to avoid playing into some of the harmful narratives that tend to come with that. For example, the choices you make in how you interact with your planet’s environment might have adverse effects, but the game wants you to experience that in an effort to achieve balance. Lightyear Frontier isn’t a game about strip-mining a planet — it’s about living in harmony with it.
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While some Stardew Valley fans quickly turn their farms into Truffle Oil and Starfruit Wine factories, many fans just enjoy the chill, low-stress gameplay that it provides. It seems like, based on what the Lightyear Frontier devs are saying and showing so far, that they are going for a similar vibe.
It doesn’t appear like the game is going to be about how much profit you can squeeze out but rather how you can create a cozy home base that’s sustainable for your goals and not at odds with the foreign world around you.
