A Warden striking a masked raider outside Veilhaven, with the game's HUD on screen: health, the locked target, the contract tracker and a trail of chevrons on the ground.

RYVAKAI

An open-world shinobi action RPG. Make a Warden, walk out of the village, and fight what has taken the wilds.

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Walkthrough

Your first ten minutes, in the order they happen.

Every picture on this page is the game running. Nothing here is concept art.

Thirty-four seconds of play, recorded in the game: the trail, two raiders, a lock-on and a chain.

The character creation screen: a silver-haired Warden standing in the village, with a body choice and a name field.

Make your Warden

Pick a body and a name. That is the whole creator today, and it is honest about it: there are no sliders that do nothing. The hero you pick is the hero every other player sees.

The character select screen: a roster of five characters on the left, the selected Warden standing in the village street, their level and location on the right.

Choose who to play

Up to five characters per account. Each one remembers its level, where it was standing and how long you have played it. Select one and continue into the world.

A Warden in Veilhaven with glowing chevrons on the grass leading away, and a contract called Emberwake Camp tracked on the right.

Follow the trail

A new Warden arrives with a first contract already taken: somebody has made a camp outside Veilhaven and did not ask. Glowing chevrons on the ground lead the way, and the tracker counts the distance down.

The Warden swinging a katana at a raider with the target's health bar shown at the top of the screen.

Lock on and strike

Press T to lock on. A locked swing closes the gap for you, up to five metres, and lands. Dodge with Q; a dodge timed against the blow gives your stamina back.

A Warden striking a masked raider: a damage number above the hit, a combo counter reading three hits, the contract tracker on the right.

Take the camp

Raiders hold the small camps; brutes hold the bigger ones. An elder burns with a red outline and hits a third harder. Keep a chain of hits alive and the counter climbs. Clear the camp, carry off what they took, and the next contract opens.

It is free, and it is early.

RYVAKAI is in pre-alpha. Expect rough ground, and expect characters to be wiped between builds while the save format is still moving.

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