Hanno: A Magical Tale, the 3D action-adventure developed by One Way Eleven (WOWSystems) within the eGames Lab, finished second in GameStar’s Find Your Next Game indie award at gamescom 2026 – the first international recognition, in open competition, of a title born in the Agenda.

Hanno was part of the Indie Arena Booth, where around 180 games were showcased out of more than 400 applications. From there, it was one of eight titles picked for Find Your Next Game, winning its quarter-final and semi-final before reaching the final on 30 August.

The game’s reveal trailer premiered on 26 August, during gamescom, and was later picked up by IGN’s GameTrailers channel. Inspired by the white elephant offered to Pope Leo X in 1514, Hanno follows the boy Vimal and a baby white elephant through a world of magic in which the elephant is the source of every power.

Hanno was built with technology developed in PPS4 (AI for Interactive Storytelling): an intelligent narrative engine for Unreal Engine with lip-sync and AI engines for NPCs and combat. Animation, cinematics and motion capture were produced in cooperation with Fapptory, using the Rokoko and Live Link pipeline developed in PPS2. Hanno had previously been selected for the GDC Pitch.

The game is now being localised into several languages ahead of its launch, planned for 2027.