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KIVORA — Press Kit

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Everything you need to write or talk about KIVORA. Images are free to use in coverage. Questions get a personal answer, usually within a day.

The one-line pitch

KIVORA is not a game about catching creatures. It is a game about trust.

Short description (50 words)

KIVORA is an open-world creature-collector RPG in early development. There is no capture item. Some Vora need help, some test you, some only come close when they feel safe. When a real bond forms, a pact begins — and a wild creature becomes a companion with a story of its own.

What makes it different

  • The Pact System. Companionship is earned through behaviour, not thrown items.
  • Evolutions that answer a question. Brakko's crystal crest glows brighter the more afraid he is. His paths ask: what does he do with that fear? One becomes protection, one becomes motion.
  • A starter that matches you. A dream sequence asks personal questions; your first partner emerges from your answers, not from a menu.
  • 15 creatures with inner themes. Trust after being hurt. Courage despite fear. Setting boundaries. Torn in two.

About the developer

Ömer Ali Acar is a professional 3D artist from Germany (o-a-design.de), working on high-end 3D animation. KIVORA grew between client projects over several years — a creature world he kept returning to, sketching and rewriting, because one question never let go of him: what if your companion isn't caught, but has to choose you?

Honest note on AI

The concept visuals shown during this early phase were created with AI-assisted tools to visualise the world, the Vora and trailer previews. The creative foundation — world, creatures, lore, Dream System, Pact System, evolution logic, art direction and writing — is original human work by the developer.

Final in-game assets and gameplay systems will be created and produced during production. This is disclosed on Kickstarter, itch.io and here, because you should hear it from us first.

Trailer

Watch on YouTube — "KIVORA: Your First Companion Isn't Chosen. It Finds You."

Images — free to use in coverage

A pact moment in KIVORA: the player bonds with the Vora Lumori Brakko, a Vora whose crystal crest glows brighter the more afraid it is Lumori, a cautious grove Vora with large leaf ears Riftik, a Vora split between shadow and spark The world map of KIVORA A boss encounter in ancient ruins

Click an image to open it full size. Free for use in articles, videos and social posts about KIVORA. Please credit “KIVORA / Ömer Ali Acar”.

Links

Contact

Ömer Ali Acar · support@ki-vora.com
Happy to answer questions, send extra assets or record something specific for your coverage.