2025's Most Colorful Cartoon Caper & Its TMNT, Tom & Jerry Roots - Nanuka: Secret of the Shattering Moon

is an upcoming fantasy platformer that mixes hand-to-hand combat and environmental puzzles. It's the second game from indie developer OutOfTheBit, which previously released the dystopian puzzler last year. Players assume the role of clumsy protagonist Nanuka, a teenage girl with a purple belt in martial arts, as she attempts to save the world from an impending disaster.

This new title is quite different from 2023's , introducing a brighter color palette, cartoon-style aesthetic, and a new combat system. The world itself is inspired by the Sicilian landscape, and there will be a myriad of different environments for players to traverse as they battle enemies and make new allies along their heroic quest. The first developer diary for the game can be found below as an exclusive premiere, highlighting the evolution and inspirations behind.

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interviewed Ali Motisi, Lead Developer and Director, and Pixel Artists and Animators Tom Cullen and Leo Halwart to discuss the inspirations behind, evolving from their time on, and what players can expect from the platformer.

Screen Rant: First I would love to hear just a little bit more about the game's main protagonist. I know she's a purple belt in karate, but what's her background look like besides that?

Leo Halwart: Ali and Rosalia [Trupiano] both have a lot of experience in karate, which is what kind of inspired us to make her go in that direction as well. They also know the moves so we can just ask them for reference, and they can tell us if what we animate looks right or not, which we think just makes it a lot more interesting and lifelike. Other than that, her origin is kind of inspired by Sicily.

Ali Motisi: We tried lots and lots of stuff at the beginning of the project. We knew we wanted to have a young teenager girl protagonist and then we tried different things. The initial