What is the story behind Monument Valley 2?

The story was a little harder to get in this one, however, I do have a few ideas.

Ro and her daughter's interactions with the spirit oracles is obviously very different than Ida's. They treated Ida with an almost cold scorn, angry at what she had done. However, they treat Ro with an almost familial sympathy and give her advice on how to process her daughter's journey. It seems that while Ida's journey was more one of atonement, Ro and her daughter's story are more about growth and change, developing into better versions of themselves.

Some people have suggested that Monument Valley 2 is a sequel to 1, but I disagree. I think it's a sequel in the proper sense, and takes place some time after 1. The Sacred geometry is returned, the crow people have atoned, and now Ro brings the spirits of her ancestors back into their rightful place. The restoration of the Monument Valley is complete.

I do believe that MV2 is a PREQUEL to MV1. In MV1, Ida is on a quest for forgiveness. She has stolen the Sacred Geometry, which killed all people. Once she returned it, there was still 'no one left to forgive' her and the Crows. I think MV2 takes place BEFORE MV1, when humans still lived. Ro and her daughter may be some of the people who CREATED the Monuments Ida destroyed. However, I think that MV2 doesn't have much to do with MV1: it's just another game to have fun with.

I personally think that it is a prequel. I’m not all the way finished with MV2, but from what I have gathered so far I think that a possibility is that the child is the oracle from MV1, as they have the same clothing and hat. I also have the idea that Ida either wound up killing either Ro or the child/oracle, and that was who she gave the flower to in level 9 of MV1.

I have I theory of the story too! Maybe Ro brought her daughter to monument valley to grow up there! At first she does the puzzles with her but then, after a while, she lets the child try it herself! Then Ro decides that the child is ready to go on her own as shown in level 6! She sends her on a boat ride and the child does some of her own puzzles! In the end the child is now a grownup and she eventually reunites with Ro! That’s my theory of the story!

I believe MV2 is a SEQUEL to MV2, after all it seems as though Ida was Ro’s old friend, as she says in a quote “Remember all the fun we use to have?” Ro sounds sad, and Ida is a ‘spirit’. This is why MV2 comes after MV1.