What is Kusunoki Samurai About

Get an insight into the world of Kusunoki Samurai. This is where the gaming world meets the blockchain world. The journey as a samurai and the path to greatness begins here.

Kamakura Period Samurai Experience

Dive into 14th century Japan where the struggle for power is at stake between the emperor, the shogunate and rival clans. The shogunate’s militaristic rule foresees a period that establishes feudalism and the warrior caste, also known, as the samurai. A world dictated by duty, loyalty, and bravery and the infamous katana. It is a time where Japanese way of life, culture, politics, and society is universally transformed. Inspired by the period, Kusunoki Samurai aims to encapsulate the player’s true samurai spirit while in the Earthly Realm. To live, breath and visualize the final chaotic years of the Kamakura period.

Mythological Samurai Experience

Myths, legends, and samurai, take on the Otherworld, the Underworld and Heaven realms. Get to know the urban tales of some of the most legendary and feared samurai. It is here where the warriors of the past looked for guidance to understand life’s purpose or to strike fear into their foes. Experience the connection between the samurai and mythological world. Kusunoki Samurai ventures to the fabled universe, influenced by supernatural beings, gods, and mystical creatures of Japanese mythology. Prepare for the unknown and be ready for anything while in these realms.

A Decentralized Blockchain World

Blockchain technology is at the forefront of Kusunoki Samurai. The world incorporates a database that is decentralized and most importantly immutable, all secured by the Ethereum network. This means any data saved and stored on the network enables in-game currency and items to be stored as digitalized assets that are both tangible and of real value. These digitalized assets can never be deleted, destroyed, or duplicated. Additionally, unique ownership is retained by each player for every digitalized asset they possess, whether it is their in-game currency (Kusunoki Token) or in-game items (NFTs). This will be central to the ecosystem’s function in Kusunoki Samurai.

An Online Story-Driven Game

Kusunoki Samurai is foremost a story-based game that will function in an online world, proportionate to the metaverse. Players are encouraged to progress and advance through the story and immerse themselves into the journey to bind the interactions between player and story. Each realm will present a different story to play through and experience, completely online amongst other players.

Open World Exploration

In Kusunoki Samurai players will have the freedom to traverse the realms in an online environment. Players will be able to game and explore at their own pace while free roaming. Branching off into locations to socialize, repair in-game items and prepare for the battles ahead or to jump into side quests, activities, and hidden treasures that players can pursue to gain additional experience, skills, in-game items, and rewards. Both player vs. environment and player vs. player related. Ensuring players are powerful enough to take on foes in the realms and another way to earn additional rewards while freely exploring.

Role-Playing Game

From playing the story to exploring the realms. Kusunoki Samurai gives the player the choice to dictate how they tackle the immersive world. Players ultimately have the freedom to do as they please from a third-person perspective. Embodying their playstyle, through their own way of playing, their characters build and type of class they choose. There is a play style for all players to epitomize a true role-playing samurai experience.

Unreal Engine 5

Kusunoki Samurai will be brought to life using Unreal Engine 5. This is because of its state-of-the-art blockchain integration capabilities and support. Empowering the freedom of all in-game digitalized assets to be solely owned by the players. The engine also excels in its wide range of features and visual quality. Giving our developers the resources to create a hyper-intricate video game, due to the advanced 3D asset building technology, realistic facial models, and large-scale world building.

Boosted by the new Unreal Engine 5 technologies, Lumen, a dynamic global illumination, and reflections system to emulate real-world lighting and Nanite, a world-class rendering technology to render pixel scale detail and high object counts at precise 3D details never seen before. Combined with Unreal Engine's a state-of-the-art physics system, to simulate physical actors and achieve cinematic-quality visuals in real time. While Niagara, a visual effects system, enhances visual effects to life with its real-time particle systems and particle asset creation capabilities.