In an interview with the Nintendo Life media, the creative director of Pone, as well as one of the founders of Twirlbound, Matthijs van de LaarHe has spoken to the development team about his inspirations when he created the game:
We look at many open world games out there. The initial inspirations were The Legend of Zelda series, but there was also the Fable trilogy due to its famous karma system in an action and adventure game. You'll also find things from The Witcher, Horizon: Zero Dawn and the most recent installments of Assassin's Creed, among others.
For the world itself, we wanted it to look in a way that reminded of nature and real life. Series like Planeth Earth gave us a lot of inspiration for animals and landscapes, since they also cover things like evolutionary theory, which is one of Pine's most important pillars!
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