The game was created by Steve Burgess, Chris Symonds, and James Chilcott. They had all previously worked at
Frontier Developments and released
LostWinds and its sequel,
Winter of the Melodias. The game was largely inspired by folk tales and story books, including those written by
Brian Froud. The game was developed primarily for
Apple's mobile devices, as the team programmed the game's control with
touch screens in mind. It was released for
Microsoft Windows via the
Epic Games Store,
PlayStation 4,
Nintendo Switch,
Xbox One and
iOS via
Apple Arcade on August 27, 2020. Hello Games released an update on April 9, 2021, introducing more puzzles and the ability to read the Wanderer's Diary and replay puzzles. ==Reception==