Picokaiju

Picokaiju (ピコ怪獣) NOTE: This is a Work in Progress. Some updates coming later.

You are one big monster with a thirst for destruction. This roguelike PICO-8 game is about stomping, smashing, grabbing, and chomping your way through a procedurally generated hapless city and its tiny citizens.

How to Play

This PICO-8 game uses a gamepad that is also controllable via the keyboard.

FunctionKeyboardGamepadWalkArrow keysD-padROAR, Cancel menuZ,N,CCircleOpen abilities menu, ConfirmX,M,VCrossPause, Pico-8 MenuEnterStart Pro-Tips

• To regain energy you need to first GRAB an enemy and then CHOMP it. You access both via the abilities menu.
• Do hold on to an enemy you've grabbed for a later snack.
• You regain health with ROAR.
• The game has a combo system. Crush several things in a row to multiply the score and gain more abilities faster.

Credits

PICO-8 game design, GFX and code by spoike. Music is tracked in PICO-8 by spoike with compositions by as follows:

• Opening: A Night on Bald Mountain - Mussorgsky
• In Game: Alterna (from Shin Godzilla) - Shirō Sagisu
• Ending: Funeral March - Chopin

Testers: @extarscube, @dlehman, @galactical1100, Gouspourd, FReDs72, Yolwoocle, netpork, Groove,M.D., sourencho, Thombis Falafel, John-Victor Dahl

Noteworthy inspirations for this title are Kaiju/Movie Monster genres and other Gojiralike games such as 7DRL game Chomp! from 2017 and Crush, Crumble and Chomp! from 1981.