Kaiju Watch

Kaiju Watch plunges you into a 20v20 battlefield as an expendable foot soldier caught between two towering champions—a giant mech and a colossal kaiju.

Seize shifting objectives to power your team’s champion—and unleash its missile barrages or energy‐beam onslaught.

You’re not the main character—you’re literally cannon fodder.

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Theme Interpretation

For the theme "You are not the main character"—we wanted to put players in the boots of background soldiers in a massive battle where the real stars are the giant kaiju and mech. You’re part of the war effort, but you’re disposable.

Team Info

We’re a team of 3 indie developers who met through this jam. We coordinated remotely using Discord and Trello.

Team Members

Xirdie (Discord @xirdie)

• Built core gameplay framework (GAS in C++) and resource systems
• Generated world layout & implemented menus (army-select, game-over)
• Hooked up character animations (attacks, hit-react)
• Integrated music via Ovani sound plugin

Steve (Discord @optimisor)

• Implemented NPC AI, objective flow, and main menu
• Crafted Niagara VFX for energy beams and missile barrages
• Designed and integrated in-game audio assets
• Wired GAS to Blueprint logic to implement AI abilities

BitGambitGames (Discord @bitgambitgames)

• Supplied and imported Unreal’s Paragon motion-matching animation set

Additional Credits

• Ovani – Sound effects
• Epic Games – Paragon character models & Motion Matching animations

Made for Indie Game Clinic COLLAB JAM ’25
#igclinicjam25