The Katana-Ra MMO
An MMO/CRPG hybrid experience.
Katana-Ra is an ambitious undertaking where we will bring you a AAA free-to-play massively multiplayer game with the story richness and gaming depth of a CRPG.
During the development process, we have enabled a subscription package that allows you to support us in this adventure and be part of the making of a historic gaming experience.
The Concept
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A vast living world, with personal journeys
The large world you expect from an MMO, with the ability to do quests and missions with small teams or solo with an AI-generated group.
Play the Game Your Way
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Player First
Play in the third person, first person, or top-down view cameras as appropriate for the situation you are in and your personal preference.
Best in Class Accessibility
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Cutting Edge AI and Game Engine
Built-in Unreal Engine 5 with a proprietary game AI engine powering it - everything from quests to world portions is procedurally generated and truly living.
A Real Living World in RTX
The Living World
A huge game world with central hubs that allow all players to commune and be part of. As you travel outside those hubs doing quests and exploring the game will instance the maps and locations you are in for the appropriate experience for you.
Solo Play
Quests and instanced locations like story points in the map or indoor locations can be run solo with an AI-populated party if you prefer to experience the game’s story or exploration by yourself with out the intrusion of others.
Small Team Play
All quests and story points can be experienced with a small team in an instanced format where other players cannot intrude. This is great for the small gaming group experiences without relinquishing the MMO feel.
Character Development
Character development in the game is done using the Katana-Ra tabletop game ruleset which is built around the concept of loot acquisition and augmentation. There are no levels, just power acquired through your own efforts and success in the game.
Crafting and Trading
Classes in Katana-Ra are professions. These professions set the tone of what you do in the world and how you interact with it. They also allow you to craft, create and monetise your skill set and your creations to support the world around you.
Professions and Life in the World
The living out of your Profession is a key concept in Katana-Ra. Your faction choice, your profession choice and how you choose to play the character become part of the world and provide the opportunity for you to forge your own unique destiny.
Built for the modding community from Day 1. We will allow you to create and monetize your content creations inside Katana-Ra.
The Commercial Model
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Free Forever
The base game will be free for everyone after the launch of version 1 of the game. We expect this to be around late 2025.
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Patreon Supported
You can support our ambitious plans through our Patreon subscription for added value, early access and benefits.
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Can't do Patreon?
No problem, we are offering our Katana-Ra citizenship subscriptions directly from our site here as well.
The Roadmap
For Citizens
Subscribers can access the development builds including key feature developments starting April 2024. The character customization system will be first. Then the main multiplayer hub later in 2024.
How to Access the Game
We will have our own Launcher that will run on Windows, Mac and Linux. CItizens of both the Patreon and the direct subscriptions will access the game through their login. A paid subscription is required to access the game during development.
Release
Late 2025 we expect version 1 of the game to be released to the public as a full free-to-play game. Citizens will have access to special content and advantages (no pay-to-win) and seasonal content for free.
The Katana-Ra MMO is brought to market under the publisher label Kos Games.