XING: The Land Beyond is an Atmospheric First-Person Puzzle Adventure game set in the Afterlife. Players are transported to the world of XING - an afterlife where they must uncover secrets as to why they were sent there and who they are. Gameplay is mainly exploration, solving environment-based puzzles and gaining/using powers such as Rain and Snow to progress through levels.

In the land of XING you are crossing the threshold between life and death.

You are on a journey to earn your freedom, while freeing other spirits trapped in the in-between. Each realm you visit was once home to a spirit, which will act as a guide in telling the story of his/her life through scattered poetry. Spirits will also help you in your quest to solve puzzles, in the hopes that you will set them free when you pass through the final gate into oblivion...

What if you had the power to go up to a gravestone, read the epitaph, and transport yourself into the past life of the deceased?

Our idea is to take players on a beautiful, fantastical and spiritual journey through the afterlife. It is non-combative and there are no time-restraints. We want players to feel intrigued by the story and puzzles presented, but also relaxed in the lush environments we create using the Unreal Engine 4.

The stories being told through the different lives of the deceased are meant to be very "human" and relate-able. This is so that the player can feel a connection to the other spirits trapped in the land of XING.

The puzzles we are creating are similar in difficulty to those of Portal 1, which are accessible for a wide audience. Ultimately we want children, teens, adults and seniors to be able to play our game and gain something from the experience.

Something we really take our time on is getting mechanics down right. We love our fire system (setting objects on fire), our snow and rain systems, and especially our time of day system. Players will unlock all of these and more to change their environments, and the way puzzles can be solved

What started out as a college Level Design 1 project turned 3 students into full time Indie developers. One game competition led to another, and after a successful Kickstarter in March of 2013, the 3 members (Koriel, John and James) decided they were going to make this game the best they possibly could. After Koriel and John graduated, the team spent the summer of 2013 planning out the road map for XING - as well as forming their own company: White Lotus Interactive LLC.

From there, they have been busy developing 40-70 hours per week - putting out promotional material whenever possible while trying not to lose momentum. As of now they each work remotely from their homes. Their philosophy has always been to "make something that we enjoy playing, and to continue to expand our skills and knowledge to further improve the quality of the game." John does tech-art, coding, sound design and music composition; James does modeling, coding, tech-art and environment design; and Koriel does story, sculpting, level/environment design, 2-D graphics and PR.

This type of job is not for everyone, but we at White Lotus love it.

"XING it a beautiful MYST-like game, it  has an interesting mix of puzzles and spiritualism. However what really jumps out is how beautiful the game looks...Simply Amazing"

"I've had a chance to tool around with a pre-alpha build of the game, and even in that early state I came away impressed"

"The atmospheric music and absolutely gorgeous graphics made my mouth drop"