The game will be free to play and no money will be charged. Beta tests will be conducted at some point.
The game does not have a set release date Crainy intends to release versions of the game only when there is a "more or less complete Bionicle experience". In December 2020, Tony Wedgewood, who provided voiceovers for the Bionicle commercials from 2000 to 2010, confirmed that he would provide dialogue and voiceovers for promotional material for the game. After the public release of the game's trailer, the project acquired additional talent to help with 3D modeling, writing, and composing. Most of the game's development was done by Crainy, and he received help in some areas like 3D modeling. In an interview with TechRaptor, Crainy explained that he had been a fan of Bionicle since he was a kid and had always wanted to play a Bionicle role-playing video game he described the project as being the game he always wanted to play. Development and promotion Īccording to the game's creator, Crainy, Bionicle: Quest for Mata Nui has been in development since March of 2014.
The game's story will follow the 2001 Bionicle story arc where the six Toa, elemental warriors, set to free the island of Mata Nui from the control of the evil Makuta, who is controlling the island's wildlife, known as Rahi. However, in a post on Discord on May 20, Crainy announced the feature would not be available at launch.
According to Crainy, the implementation would have been similar to multiplayer mods for Skyrim, where each player is treated equally in regards to story. The game was planned to have multiplayer with up to six players, matching the total number of playable Toa.
Progression in the game comes from collecting Kanohi masks, which grant the player new abilities and open up new parts of the game world to explore, as well as in collecting disks, which allow the player to upgrade abilities. Combat consists of various types of melee attacks and elemental attacks additional abilities come from Kanohi masks, which can be toggled between at will. It is being developed in the StarCraft II engine. Bionicle: Quest for Mata Nui is an open world action role-playing game.