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Pollito Slayer

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Bossrush brawler: kick your way through 4 sea mammal bosses, chain spins and parries to boost your score and top the leaderboar

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About

AI disclosure: the base music track was made with generative AI and then reworked into a loop by a music producer. All art and sound effects were made by our team.

A little story...

A long time ago, the land was ruled by the champion of champions: the T-Rex.
The mammals challenged it, lost, and were exiled to the sea in shame. For millions of years they trained beneath the waves, waiting for their chance.
That chance is now. The mammals are back. The T-Rex is not.
But its great-great-great-(…)-grandchild is. It's small, fluffy, and has boxing gloves tied to its feet.
The rematch begins.

Features

4 Bosses

  • The Retriever Seal: the friendliest opponent you'll ever face.
  • Queen Mermati: calm and graceful until the singing starts.
  • Officer Javier Miguel: he's the law here, and you're under arrest.
  • Orca Nostra: the boss of them all. She'll make you an offer you can't kick.

Tempo

Keep your tempo by hitting the boss constantly to maximize you damage and speed.

Risen Phase

Knock a boss down and it gets back up angrier. Every boss has a second phase.

Score Multiplier

Your score depends on how well you fight. Land the 4th hit of your combo to send the chick into a spin kick, or pull off a parry, and your multiplier goes up.

Leaderboard

Chain spins and parries, stack your multiplier and climb the leaderboard.

🐣 Second Life

The chick gets one extra life. Got knocked out? Get up little one there's One more round.

Unlockables

Beat the game once to unlock two new visual modes:

  • Primitive Mode: play with the primitive models we started the jam with.
  • Pastel Mode: the whole arena in soft pastel colors.

5,000+ Sardines

A school of more than 5,000 sardines took advantage of the chaos and swims around the arena, watching every punch.

🎨 Art & Sound

  • Cute art style.
  • All animal sound effects recorded by us.

Behind the scenes

47.246 + sardines on screen with no frame drops, thanks to some black magic from our programmer.

Remember who you are. The T-Rex has tiny arms. That's why we fight with our feet.

Size comparison: from a tiny chick to a very big problem.

From concept to 3D (yes, the seashell bra was necessary)

One of our first renders. From cute little chick to an angrier cute little chick

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Pollito Slayer player count history

1h tracked

Updates

1 update
Version 0.2.0 Thirteen Rounds and One More Full run – the game can be finished start to end: 13 rounds, four bosses that come back risen near the end, and a bonus round against the sardine school 16 changes

Added

  • Full run – the game can be finished start to end: 13 rounds, four bosses that come back risen near the end, and a bonus round against the sardine school
  • Final round – the school stacks up and speeds up over time, the camera pulls out to show the whole ring, and a banner shows your progress
  • Risen mode – beat the game to unlock it: the chick runs much faster and takes double damage, and it lasts while your combo stays up

Improved

  • Repeat bosses – bosses that come back re-emerge, reset their pose and AI, and in rounds 9–12 spawn already risen
  • Sardine school – no longer bites or charges while a boss is entering or while you're reviving

Fixed

  • Bonus round – could never be won, the end banner never showed up
  • Round 1 – no longer crashes
  • Timer – the match no longer starts with the clock stopped
  • Fence – showed up as a pink and black checkerboard in the published game; it now uses its own wood texture
  • Revive arrow – the arrow around the mouse was missing in the published game, so players didn't know how to revive
  • Arena – the sand's roughness texture now ships with the game

Removed

  • Third-party packages – the game no longer depends on any external package

Known issues

  • The sardine school can still hit you in the short gap between one boss dying and the next one landing
  • Bosses in rounds 9–12 have much less health than earlier fights, so the last rounds are the easiest
  • Risen mode only unlocks after finishing the game, so most first-time players never see it
  • Control hints (MOVE, STRIKE, GUARD, DODGE) show an empty box instead of the key

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