Project Mikkel

Project Mikkel is a sea monkey-like developed in PICO-8. This game blends idle and virtual pet style interactions. Interact, observe and rule over your tiny band of Mikkels, a strange new culture of creatures.

• Feed your Mikkels their favourite treats kibbies and watch them grow! (Kibbies are not suitable for human consumption. In the event of actual ingestion, say goodbye to your loves one and prepare for the split.)
• Observe their behaviours, with colorful dialogue based on each creature's personality type. What kind of Mikkels will you propagate? Fanatical followers? Giga-mikkels? The grating influencer? Or perhaps the babygirl (occasionally prone to cannibalism).
• Punish and reward your Mikkels, it's up to your how you treat this experiment, the dome is entirely impenetrable, you are safe!

Meet the Team

Project Mikkel was developed over 3 days for GGJ2025, with the help of:

Sunny Berry, narrative designer, game designer, UI artist, writer and artist. You can keep up with Sunny's work on Twitter, itch.io, and her portfolio website.

Samuel Pratt, programmer, game designer, UX/UI, SFX and artist. You can check out more of Samuel's work on itch.io. 

Max Murphy, programmer, game designer, SFX. You can view more of Max's work here on itch.io.

Michael (MB), music composer and sound designer. View more of Michael's work on YouTube.