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Tiny Menace

One tiny idiot. One deadly room. Sixty seconds. Keep the cheeky goblin alive while their curiosity turns the room into a chain reaction machine.

The prototype now uses real CC0 pixel assets, a wider side-scrolling scene, and more object mechanics so it feels like a game map instead of a squished sketch.

AI goblin: dangerously curiouslarger mapasset-backed objectstool combos

Kitchen Lab Yard — survive the timer

60scuriousdanger 0score 0

Threat pressure

Room is quiet. That will not last.

Goblin intentLooking for the worst possible idea.

Chaos directorNext chain reaction arms after the goblin starts moving.

Kitchen mess

Explosive shed

Machine yard

Cheeky green goblin sprite from Kenney Pixel Platformer

STOVE

CURTAIN

TNT

WIRE

Click Start. Pick a tool, then click the bigger map. Prototype rule: fire touches explosive = boom unless you break the chain reaction.

Asset source: Kenney Pixel Platformer, Creative Commons CC0. Local license copy: assets/tiny-menace/kenney/PIXEL_PLATFORMER_LICENSE.txt.

Core loop

Spawn a lovable AI goblin into a fixed but wide side-scrolling room.
The goblin forms intentions: poke, climb, taste, press, steal, inspect.
The player reads visual tells and places tools instead of directly controlling movement.
The scene runs for sixty seconds; surviving with more chaos and fewer interventions scores higher.

Toolbox

Barrier: blocks the goblin or slows a rolling hazard.
Lure: gives the goblin a safer shiny thing to investigate.
Water: extinguishes fire, but can create electric puddles.
Bubble: short protection that can also make the goblin braver.
Magnet: pulls metal crates/TNT/wires toward the click point.
Freeze: pauses fire/saw/drone movement briefly.
Threat tells: the intent panel, arrows, chaos director, and combo banner warn you before a chain reaction pops.

Environmental combo rules

fire touches explosive → explosionwater touches electric → shock puddlenoise scares goblin → panic sprintbarrier redirects pathingmagnet moves metal objects

AI personality

Cheeky, readable, affectionate, and catastrophic. The goblin is not trying to die; they just think every red button, flame, vent, saw, and suspicious mushroom deserves hands-on research.

MVP target

First shippable slice: one kitchen/workshop scene, six tools, ten hazards/props, visible intention bubbles, scoring, camera follow, and chain-reaction systems for fire, water, electricity, panic, metal, and machines.