Ideas into specifications.
Find the core of the experience, then turn it into rules, screens and a prototype you can try.
Merino Kobo / Selected work
Ideas into
work and stories.
Mechanical Goat / Direction, game development, video and writing
Original games and commissioned PR projects. Explore what we made, what we contributed, and where the work has been shown.
Combos creator challengeBest Gameplay AwardFinal 10
01 / Browser game
MAID IN DEPATO
A department store after dark.
Cooking is your weapon.
A browser roguelite built around combining recipe cards. Mechanical Goat handled direction, specifications and balance; Pinion created the character artwork and playtested the game.
- Award
- Best Gameplay Award, Combos creator challenge
- Exhibition
- Combos booth at gamescom
- Play
- In your browser · Mobile-friendly · Japanese and English
The award and selection were part of a Combos initiative, not an official gamescom award or selection.
Discuss a project like this Read the making-of story (Japanese) ↗Video and article production
Combos / Product introductions and commissioned PR
YouTube / Introducing Combos Article production / note
Commissioned PR articles for Combos · Written by Mechanical Goat · Japanese
02 / Browser game
MOUNT SUSHI
A playful stack of sushi.
A browser game created and published by the studio, bringing a playful idea together with visuals that invite you to try it.
Play the game Discuss a project like thisProduction and direction
Think it through.
Make it. Play it.
Refine through play.
Test how the game feels and adjust its balance, keeping the experience in focus through completion.
Help people discover it.
Share the making and the appeal of the finished work through video and articles.