# Lone Sands

Lone Sands is a single-player surfing and exploration game from Odyssos Studios.
Ride a board pulled by a wind-sail or kite, carve dunes, launch into the air and explore ruins at your own pace.
The full game extends from desert into ocean, snow, ice and other realms.

## Fact sheet

- Developer and publisher: Odyssos Studios, operated by Odyssos Studios LLC.
- Developer contact: Adam Bandel.
- Platform: Windows PC.
- Genres: exploration, adventure and sports.
- Players: single-player.
- Release: in development; public release date to be announced.
- Price: to be announced.
- Demo: in preparation; not publicly downloadable yet.
- Website: https://lonesands.com/
- Studio: https://odyssos.com/
- Press and creator contact: adam@odyssos.com.
- Player support: contact@odyssos.com.

## Short description

Ride a wind-sail or kite through dunes and ruins, link tricks and glide on air currents.
Explore a procedural world that opens into ocean, snow and ice, or stop to frame a scene in photo mode.

## About the game

Lone Sands is built around choosing a route through the landscape.
Carve across dunes, catch a swell or launch from a crest into the wind.
Combine grabs, spins, grinds and wall rides, then carry your speed into the next part of the run.
Step off the board to explore, record discoveries in the atlas, customize the rider and equipment, or use photo mode.
There is no quest chain directing the ride.

The planned demo is a bounded dune region with the normal riding mechanics, wardrobe, atlas and photo mode, without a time limit.
The wider ocean, frozen landscapes and other realms are full-game content.

## Media notes

The screenshots in this pack are actual in-engine captures.
Their captions identify normal riding views and photo-mode views.
The separately linked showcase is a cinematic trailer and includes full-game locations outside the planned demo.
It is not a performance benchmark or a continuous capture of demo gameplay.

Showcase download: https://lonesands.com/media/trailer.mp4
Press page: https://lonesands.com/press/

## Controls and availability

Controller and keyboard/mouse flows are implemented.
Device-specific compatibility and minimum-hardware testing are still in progress.
Steam Deck verification, Steam Cloud, achievements, multiplayer and additional platform releases are not announced features.

## AI disclosure

The soundtrack was created with AI music tools.
AI-generated character concept images were used during visual development, and AI assistance is used in development and copy drafting.
The game renders its world and characters in real time; it does not use generative AI while you play.

## Studio and coverage

Odyssos Studios is Adam Bandel's independent publishing studio.
Lone Sands and Horizon of Steel are separate projects under the studio.
Press assets are provided for articles, reviews, videos and other coverage of Lone Sands.
Please identify the game and credit Odyssos Studios when using them.
Contact Adam for review access, interviews or questions about asset use.
Coverage and positive reviews are not conditions of access.