The Tale
A free cinematic adventure game
The Tale of Lin & Lang (or "Lin & Lang" for short) is a free cinematic adventure game about an orphaned girl named Lin. After a shipwreck, she ends up in the Iron City and becomes friends with a mysterious little robot named Lang.
Teng Hou, the largest robotics corporation in the Iron City, has been keeping a very dark secret from the general public. And for some reason, they want Lang very badly.
Lin must find out this secret, and protect her little friend from the Teng Hou corporation.
Join the Unregistered
And free the Iron City from the Teng Hou corporation
Avoid the Corporation
And outsmart their officials, machines and robots
Visit Da Village
And enjoy their traditional music, food and language
Get lost in the Foundry
And hear the tale of Bi Hu
About
A personal game project
The Tale of Lin & Lang is a personal game project by Pi, an amateur artist, and his brother, Min Hein Ko (Jack Ko).
It is planned as a free game for Windows, Mac and Android.
Meanwhile, you can explore what we have made so far here: the characters, the places, the music and some of our early tests.
- 15Characters
- 9Locations
- 12Creatures and robots
- 9Soundtracks
Characters
The people Lin meets on her journey
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Hero
Lin Carrington
An orphan girl from faraway Albionshire. After a shipwreck, she wakes up all alone on a strange eastern shore.
She only wants to go home, but first she has to keep her new friend safe.
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Hero
Lang
A mysterious cute robot with a big straw hat. It was waiting on the shore when Lin woke up.
Lang cannot talk, it can only beep. Teng Hou wants it very badly, but nobody knows why.
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Da Village
Lao
A kind old merchant who travels between the Iron City and Da Village. He gives Lin a ride on his cart.
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Da Village
Nu Da
Lao's nephew and the blacksmith of Da Village. The villagers call him Iron Hand.
He really does not like the Teng Hou corporation.
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Da Village
Nong
The chief of Da Village, who looks after the village's old songs, food and language.
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Da Village
Lah
A girl from Da Village, where Lin finds a new home.
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Iron City
Jin
The owner of the Red Maple Inn, a cosy tea house in the Iron City. She seems to have a few secrets of her own.
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Iron City
Ken
A retired inventor who lives above the Red Maple Inn. He teaches Lin how to build and fix steam machines.
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The Unregistered
Cen
A member of the Unregistered. He carries a big hand cannon called the Dropped Anchor.
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The Unregistered
Weng
A member of the Unregistered.
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The Unregistered
Gen
A member of the Unregistered.
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Teng Hou
Re Xiao
A bureaucrat from Teng Hou corporation. He comes to Da Village to take the villagers' rice.
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Teng Hou
Yu
The Chief Inventor of Teng Hou corporation, and the real power behind it.
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Teng Hou
Steam Guards
Private soldiers of Teng Hou corporation. They wear black lacquered straw hats and face veils.
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The Foundry
Bi Hu
A mysterious masked puppet maker who lives all alone in the Foundry.
Scenes
Some places and tests from the world of Lin & Lang
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The tea room
Morning sun through the round window. Jin serves tea at the Red Maple Inn.
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The ornithopter
A flying machine made of brass, canvas and copper pipes.
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Ken's workshop
Ken's workshop on the top floor, with his half-built robots.
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The back room
A secret meeting by lamplight behind the tea room.
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The hall of the First Inventor
Inside the Steam Temple, under the statue of the First Inventor.
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The scroll room
A long scroll unrolls on the table behind the statue.
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The machine shop
Gears, belts and lathes at dusk.
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The Foundry theatre
A water-puppet show in the flooded casting hall.
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The manufactory
The great hall where the robots are made.
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The steam metro
A carriage of the Lantern Line under the city.
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The heart of the island
A chamber of brass and violet light deep under the island.
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The pavilion hall
The elders' hall in Da Village, open to the lake.
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The Da Blades forge
Nu Da works the anvil at his family forge by the lake.
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The puppet barge
Puppet makers at work on a barge on Lake Da.
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The shrine of Chao Li
Late sun in the shrine hall, with the flood bell and the dragon.
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The festival kitchens
Steam and dumplings in the kitchens of the Golden Lotus.
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The lotus hall
The golden hall of the floating palace.
Locations
Some of the places Lin visits in the story
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Da Village
A peaceful village of stilt houses on a mountain lake in the West. The villagers have their own traditions, lovely music and delicious food.
They call themselves Tengjangekui Shia Bidong Ajuanjingong (children of the river).
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The Iron City
An industrial city which mostly runs on steam machines and robots. A robotics corporation called Teng Hou is the real authority here.
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The Foundry
An abandoned ghost town to the east of the Iron City. People say Teng Hou did a failed experiment there in the past.
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Western Shore
A long beach of black volcanic rock and pale sand on the west coast. The Da people call it the Quiet Shore, because almost nothing ever happens here.
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Straw Hat Field
A wide green field where hundreds of conical straw hats hang on long cords over the road. When the wind blows, the whole field of hats nods and knocks softly.
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Water Market
Once a week, the boats of Lake Da tie themselves together into a floating town. You can buy fruit, fish, noodles and silver, if you dare to walk across the planks.
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Red Maple Inn
A cosy tea house on a quiet lane off Downtown, shaded by red Japanese maples. There are flute players in the evenings, and Ken rents the top floor.
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Downtown
The busy heart of the Iron City, full of shops, tea houses, pawn shops and noodle stalls. Steam trams rattle down the middle of the street.
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Steam Temple
A temple on stone terraces in the east of the Iron City. Steam rises from bronze vents on every terrace, so the whole temple seems to breathe.
From the World
Food, machines and other things you will find in the world
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Pipe-steamed buns
The favourite food of the river lands. The street cooks steam them over hot brass pipes, and you can smell them from far away.
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Steam tram
A street tram with a little pavilion roof. It carries people through the busy streets of the Iron City.
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Iron Tortoise
A drilling machine of Teng Hou corporation, built like a turtle ship.
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Bao Shi
A fortune teller robot of Downtown with a porcelain opera mask. It sits in a little lacquer kiosk and shakes bamboo fortune sticks for you.
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Hin Tha
A brass mail-bird robot that runs along the steam cables over the city, carrying letters in a little red box.
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Pan Kaik
A big, heavy guard robot of Teng Hou corporation, with a red mask and tusks. You will often see one standing at the city gate.
Creatures
Pyit
A tiny forest ball, the size of an orange. When it falls over, it always rolls back upright.
Ploke
It hops through the ferns on one stick leg, and follows walkers for a little while.
Zee
A sleepy forest owl. It wakes up at golden hour and hoots softly at dusk.
Ung
The rain frog of the rice paddies. Before the rain, it swells its gold throat and sings all night.
Nyao
The teahouse cat. It sleeps on warm boiler lids and eats whatever the customers drop.
Xuazho
A glow moth. On warm nights, they fly together around the lanterns of the bay.
Robots
Cha Cha
A little clay tea-pet toad on Jin's tea tray. Pour hot tea on it, and it puffs steam.
La Che
A rickshaw robot in a big straw hat. It sings old street songs while it runs.
Mian Shou
A grumpy noodle chef with six arms. It makes the best noodles in the Iron City, and it will tell you so.
Hu Qin
A busker robot who plays sad songs on a two-string fiddle in a steam metro station.
Sao Sao
A street sweeper robot with a straw hat. It sweeps Downtown at dawn, and it loves the rain.
Deng Fu
A shy lamp-lighter robot on long bamboo legs. It lights the lanterns of the city at dusk.
Machines
Scroll slowly to bring them to lifeMachines of brass, canvas and steam
Engine start
The Ornithopter
A flying machine made of brass, canvas and copper pipes.
Takeoff
Wings of canvas
The big canvas wings beat the air, and the machine lifts off the ground.
In the air
Under the banner
It flies the red banner of Teng Hou.
Glide
On the warm air
When the wings rest, it glides.
Factions
The groups who fight over the Iron City
Teng Hou
The largest robotics corporation in the Iron City. They are the real authority there, and their officials and Steam Guards are everywhere.
The Unregistered
People without Teng Hou papers. They took the insult as their name, and they fight back against the corporation.
Red Crane
An order in white veils who believe that machines can suffer. They act against the robot workshops of Teng Hou.
Game Original Soundtracks
East Asian orchestral music, composed by Pi
Daughters of the Steam
The Song of Da
Harmony of Plum Blossoms
The Iron City
The Inventor's Guild
Lin's Lament
Red Maple Inn
Tale of the First Inventor
Ornithopter demo
Vocals on "Lin's Lament" by Lesperado.
