The Distance is Xian Lu's thesis project. In the time she has been away from her family and boyfriend since 2015, studying abroad in the U.S, she has learnt that nothing tests a relationship more than distance and decided to create a meaningful shared game experience for geographically separated players. Development started in 2017. With the help of other team members, the project is progressing smoothly. A demo of first three levels is expected to complete by May 2018 and the team might continue to work on it after Xian’s graduation.