Kri is a story generator in the spirit of RimWorld, Dwarf Fortress, Norland, Mind Over Magic, and similar games.
The SPS-Digital team has been developing Kri since late 2023 — though we’ve had to pause commercial projects. I started the studio in 2019. We've made many game prototypes, and one of them was commercially successful. In this first article, I’m not going to dive into our history or past projects — but if you're interested, vote and I’ll share more.

Want to discover the future game's story or help choose its art style?
At the end of the article, there's a link to a voting form. Choose what you want to learn more about and which mechanics you prefer.
We want the game to match our audience's wishes as closely as possible and base our decisions on that.

Currently, all the graphics have been generated with AI, since I've been funding the entire project myself and only covering development and my own game design work.
When we have a budget for artists, you’ll decide: should  we redo everything by hand, keep AI art for events only, or go with another option?

Unique features of Kri
These ideas are not mutually exclusive:

1. Deep combat system
   For single-player, we're building a combat system as rich as RimWorld with combat mods — plus our own additions, like a laser that deals increasing damage over time, a mini-bot swarm, a bubble cannon, and cryo-weapons.

2. PVP
   We’re focusing on deep combat because it would be awesome to create a colony sim with PVP. We have experience in midcore multiplayer games and know how hard it is to pull off — that's why single-player has to shine first.

3. AI-generated stories
   The AI will create a unique experience for each player.
   Depending on the strength of your colony, we determine the strength of the next raid (this part already works).
   ChatGPT will come up with unique reasons why raiders or animals attack your base. Based on the story, it will decide the number of raiders, their gear, conditions, and behavior. Midjourney will generate matching art.
   Imagine a game that writes its own content and stories no one else has ever played.

4. Alternative game mode
   A new mode called Adaptable. It will offer different challenges and rewards for you to choose from, and the selected options will appear more often in your current run.

If I tried to describe every USP in one article, it would either be overwhelming or too shallow — so I’ll share the rest in future posts.

We also couldn’t find any good story generators on mobile, so our first release will be on mobile devices, followed by Steam, and then other platforms.

Here’s the link to vote on which unique feature you'd like to see, what topics to cover in the next articles, what to explain in more detail, and whether you want to become a tester or join the team:
https://forms.gle/pcMWDxA63u3rdnpo7