
PopCap Games was bought by Electronic Arts in July 2011. Zombies, a tower-defense game released in May 2009, for the game developer, PopCap Games. George Fan began working on Octogeddon days after being laid off from Electronic Arts.īefore the developing Octogeddon, George Fan designed Plants vs. Between each playthrough of the game, stronger enemies are introduced to the earlier levels of the game.

Between each game, the player can spend shells on more lives, more hit points, and DNA which allows the player to select from a higher number of limbs between each level. The limbs the player can give the octopus is selected at random. New lives can also be purchased using coins. īetween each stage, the player can buy Octogeddon more powerful limbs or abilities using coins picked up during the stage. There is a permadeath aspect to this game: if all the lives are lost, the game has to be restarted. If all the hit points are lost, Octogeddon will lose a life. Octogeddon has a certain amount of hit points that will be lost if the octopus is hit by an enemy. Octogeddon has to be rotated in order to aim the limbs and deal damage to the enemies.

The octopus has limbs that can be used to attack enemies as the octopus progresses through each level. The first three levels take place in the ocean and the last three levels take place on land. Octogeddon goes through five stages, each divided up into six levels. The player plays as a titular octopus, named Octogeddon, who decides to seek vengeance against humanity after watching a video of a chef cooking sushi. Octogeddon is an arcade action- strategy video game, with elements of roguelike. The octopus can defend himself by rotating himself to aim various forms of weaponized limbs against enemies.
