Octogeddon’s eight-armed destructive gameplay is hilarious

George Fan, the co-creator of the phenomenal hit Plants vs. Zombies, generated some excitement last month when he announced Octogeddon, a new game he is developing at his new indie game studio, All Yes Good. The PC title is an arcade-style action game where a giant Octopus becomes angry and destroys the world.

Fan sat down with me at a cafe recently to go through the first live demo of the game, and I think the title is brilliant. The gameplay is full of Fan’s weird sense of humor while combining both fast action and strategic thought. I would expect no less from the creator of Plants vs. Zombies, a game that played a role in Electronic Arts deciding to buy PopCap Games for $650 million in 2011. The sequel, released in 2013, has been downloaded more than 25 million times.