About the project
Kikai - Bricolage Heads is a two-player duel set in a vertical city: tinkerers move along paths and ladders, build robots from scrap and compete for fans and billboards across six districts. The game ends after four rounds, or instantly when a player places all six billboards. The BGA adaptation includes both the Normal and Advanced versions.
Challenges and Risks
- A city network of paths and ladders, with reachable moves computed on the server and infinite ladder chains prevented
- Two versions of the game in one codebase, each with its own boards, foundation tokens and scoring
- Two victory conditions, including an instant win that can trigger mid-round
- Upgrading games already in progress after reworking the state machine and counters
- Artwork redone during development, plus a dedicated mobile layout with a help mode