Hello cleaners!
It’s Brightrock Games here, the creators of that Kaiju Cleanup game, crafted almost entirely for your betterment. Following last month’s trailer reveal at the Six One indie showcase, you’ve been tongue-wagging and speculating about the contents. This is the kind of front-footed, hard-minded curiosity that makes our audience a cut-above the average consumer. To celebrate, a selection of our coders have been granted one hour of outdoor free play. They thank you.
And yet, inevitably, the sun of speculation sets, giving way to the moon of meaning. Your guesses regarding locations and Kaiju lore have been fascinating, illuminating and yet…almost entirely wrong. A shame. So this month, we thought we’d share a glimpse of the truth.
Me, you and the Armoured Kaiju - what you need to know
To the uninformed, this Kaiju appears to don the tell-tale signs of the Coleoptera family (look it up). Wrong. It sports eight grotesque legs to aid burrowing, scaling infrastructure and separating heads from the bodies of an unwitting citizenry.
Its dense exoskeleton creates a formidable shield that requires intense periods of exacting laser cutting to reveal the delicious toxic goo within. While this proves to be quite the pain in the arse in death, it’s a far more ultra-deadly inconvenience when alive and nipping.
Previous incursions from this foul enemy insect into civilian areas triggered a wave of bombardments from our brave defence forces, but it’s demonstrated itself to be impervious to all typical anti-Kaiju weaponry. Jolly unsporting.
The only thing that’s taken this near-impenetrable lummox down has been the development of the ‘Skyrod’ - a modification of kinetic bombardment weaponry that existed long before the ‘Kaiju crisis’ era. These giant spears can be launched from space, navigating the Earth’s atmosphere with guidance fins and thrusters to achieve startlingly accurate trajectories - in this case, directly through this Kaiju’s breastplate (squelch). TV news called it the “rod from god” – a name later criticised for invoking thoughts of the prime mover’s hog.
En route to its final spearing location, this Kaiju converted multiple citizens into a fine red sludge but then…simply stopped. Why? We’re frankly terrified to find out.
Your dream home - welcome to the Construction Site
As we all know, the Kaiju Crisis has driven mass domestic migration to the relative safety of our nation’s mega cities. Fortunately, the fine folk of the Isencorp corporation were on-hand to rapidly and non-suspiciously secure all building contracts for a new era of high-density population housing. Plus, they offer fun, flexible work opportunities for newcomers in construction and logistics via their network of ultra slop warehouses.
The Construction Site is one such proud Isencorp housing development. Designed to support a living population of thousands, multiple Kaijus were not on the tenancy agreement (see also; no pets). They proved to be repeat visitors, storming the site on four separate occasions - unlucky, even by this city’s standards. We’re still unsure why the Construction Site holds such a fascination for this creature, but we doubt it’s the decor.
By now, this compact site of urban living was supposed to be awash with workers’ families living in harmony and pleasant drudgery, but instead sits empty, smeared in Kaiju detritus. Did Isencorp’s ballooning budget and missed completion deadlines, in fact, save countless lives? Yes, says Isencorp’s Head of PR. No, say the countless smooshed construction operatives who didn’t have an eight-legged executioner on their works list. You’ve got a hell of a cleanup job on your hands, here.
Legal Disclaimer: The Isencorp family regret any inconvenience caused by Kaiju mass casualty mishaps and refute any connection made between collapsed dwellings and the nutritious, sturdy K-compound building materials we use. In the majority of cases it was proven by Isencorp medical technicians that the impacted construction operatives had been liquidated prior to the beginning of their assigned shift. Thus, any outstanding shift payments to family members are rendered invalid (we are proud to offer a 12.5% discretionary discount on corpse disposal in all applicable cases, pending dental identification).
OK, that’s probably enough lore for one day. As we always say, please remember that we’re still in the early stages of development here, so what you’re seeing is very much under construction. We promise to keep you updated about the possibility of a future playtest - as soon as we’re ready to get you hands-on, you’ll be the first to know.
Talk soon, brave cleaners.
- Brightrock Games & Mythwright