Games
Kilo Moana Games
The games side of Kilo Moana. Everything from the design document to the engine build happens in-house; the first titles are in production.
Independent studio · Rellingen, Germany
We build our own software, games and music.
An independent company in northern Germany. We develop and publish our own products — web applications, games and music — and carry each one from the first idea through to release.
- SailTo Planning platform for sailing crews
- K-M Music Our record label
- Kilo Moana Games In development
What we build
Three lines of work
One team across all three. The disciplines borrow from each other more than they compete for time — a soundtrack written for a game is still a release, and a scheduling problem from a sailing trip is still a database.
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Web applications
Whole products, not prototypes. Accounts, payments, file handling, offline behaviour — the parts nobody demos. Built with Next.js and PostgreSQL and run on our own servers in Germany.
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Games
We design and build our own games: the design document, the engine work, the art and the sound all happen in-house. The first titles are in production.
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Digital media
Music and writing under our own imprint. K-M Music handles the digital distribution for releases; the written work moves more slowly, as written work does.
About
Kilo Moana means watching the ocean
Kilo Moana UG is a company in Rellingen, just outside Hamburg. It exists to build and publish its own products: web applications, games, and music.
That distinction carries more weight than it sounds like it does. We do not sell development hours. Nothing here was made to someone else's brief, which means every decision — what to build, how long to spend on it, when to abandon it — is ours, and so is the risk.
The name is Hawaiian. Kilo is to watch closely, to observe; moana is the open ocean. It is also the name of a research vessel at the University of Hawaiʻi. Both readings suit the work. Most of what decides whether a product survives happens below the surface, long before anyone sees it.
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Our own products
No agency work and no client briefs. What we ship, we chose to ship, and we carry the consequences of that choice.
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Small on purpose
A small team and short paths. A decision takes an afternoon, not a steering committee.
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Built to be kept
Everything here is meant to still run in five years. That rules out a number of shortcuts at the beginning.
Work
What we have built
Three products, each at a different stage of its life.
Worth writing to us about
We do not take on client work. For everything below, an email is the fastest way in.
- Building something together
- Licensing and distribution
- Press and interviews
- Speculative applications
Written by a person and answered by a person, usually within two working days.