Kathaverse
AI-Assisted Interactive Storytelling Platform
A storytelling platform for original, India-rooted fiction, folklore, and comics, combining interactive choice-based stories with AI-assisted illustration generation and a monetisation layer for independent writers. In active development.
Architecture
Next.js 16 + FastAPI + MongoDB + OpenRouter (Gemini 2.5 Flash for text and image generation) + Google OAuth/email-OTP auth + Razorpay payments.
Key Features
Interactive, choice-based stories alongside comics and illustrated formats, with branching chapter graphs
AI-assisted cover art and illustration generation via OpenRouter (Gemini 2.5 Flash Image)
Razorpay-powered monetisation: per-story pricing, writer submission fees, and Pro/Premium subscription tiers
Google OAuth and email-OTP auth restricted to allow-listed email domains
Next.jsFastAPIMongoDBOpenRouterRazorpay