Cosmic Horizon

Cosmic Horizon is a P&E (play-and-earn) cosmic strategy trading/conquest MMRPG, developed by Qwoyn Studios and powered by the Cosmos SDK.

Cosmic Horizon (also known as CoHo) is a massive multiplayer, P&E space trading game, with a sovereign app-specific blockchain, built using Cosmos SDK. CoHo pays homage to and takes inspiration from many pioneers of trading, adventure and strategy games of the past. The general concepts established by these classics helped inspire this modern, blockchain-based approach to a new trading/strategy P&E gaming.

Each player has a unique avatar, in the form of an NFT, which is the store of their in-game identity. For those familiar with Dungeons and Dragons, this Avatar NFT functions like a character sheet. The in-game token of Cosmic Horizon is $COHO, which both powers the in-game economy and enables players (aka $COHO holders) to participate in the game-specific governance.

Currently the NFTs available are the exclusive genesis avatars and ships, which each feature unique in-game abilities. During the initial NFT sale, which sold out days after launch, users were able to choose from three unique avatars and three unique ships. A variety of standard avatars, ships and various other items will be available when the game launches.

Cosmic Horizon Gameplay

The ultimate goal of the game is to explore the universe and earn funds through various means, such as trading goods or commodities, attacking other players, or collecting tolls. These funds can then be used to buy ships, upgrade planets, and generally to develop an arsenal with which you can enforce and maintain your presence in the galaxy and attempt to dominate ever greater constellations of sectors. The in-game experience will include dynamic gameplay utilizing a familiar cockpit interface in some modes and a fully immersive environment in other modes (e.g. when interacting with other players in the Stardock). Fully immersive gameplay will be built using the open-source Unreal Engine.

The universe of Cosmic Horizon is a vast galaxy made of interconnected sectors. With the exception of protected sectors, which function as safety zones for low level players, users may interact with the universe and its contents with wild abandon.

Players of Cosmic Horizon will begin at a stardock, where they can purchase and equip a ship, which they will then use to begin exploring space. The universe is vast, and there is no map provided. As such, exploration is vital to discover profitable starports to trade with and strategically significant sectors to secure and defend.

As mentioned, while exploring, the player may stop at various starports and purchase or sell resources, and earn funds through cosmic arbitrage.

If a player discovers a planet, they can claim it and colonize it. This is accomplished by collecting willing colonists from one of the protected special planets and depositing them on the planet to be colonized. With sufficient colonists and resources, one can then begin developing/upgrading the planet. Upgraded planets play a significant strategic role, as they can be fortified with shields and atmospheric defenses. If the player has a compatible ship, they can purchase a Planet Generating Device (PGD) to create a new planet.

Players will also encounter other players through the course of their journey and are free to attack, ignore or collaborate with them. Collaboration occurs informally or formally, the latter is accomplished by forming a guild. With a guild, multiple players can collectively hold planets, funds, resources and strategic defenses in common. If a guild member drops mines or attack-drones, these will only detonate or attack an individual player or players belonging to other guilds.

The ultimate goal of the game is to earn funds through trading of resources or commodities, attacking other players (piracy or to fulfill a contract), collecting tolls and many other means. These funds can then be used to buy better ships, upgrade planets, and generally to develop an arsenal with which one can enforce and maintain their presence in the game and attempt to dominate the quadrant. Greater resources allow players to control greater and greater areas of space (opening new opportunities for commerce).

Meet the team

Daniel Pittman — Co-founder, CEO at Qwoyn Studios.

William Moglia — Co-founder, COO at Qwoyn Studios.

Tyler Goodman — Technical Advisor.

Roman Ozerov — Community Manager