{"rewrite":{"id":"r_4415c5e62fd03267873dd9e5","clusterId":"c_a07f3e7ae1a34176bbaa57c6","slug":"gimmiko-brings-its-custom-dice-action-roguelite-to-tokyo-game-show-2026","model":"deepseek-v4-1-flash","headline":"GIMMIKO Brings Its Custom Dice Action Roguelite to Tokyo Game Show 2026","summary":"GIMMIKO is an action roguelite where players embed Gimmicks into the faces of dice and use them to fight. The game drew attention at the 2022 GMTK Game Jam, and development continued after that. It appeared at the CRITICAL REFLEX booth on the first day of Tokyo Game Show 2026, which opened September 17 in Japan.","whyItMatters":"The demo at Tokyo Game Show 2026 shows a jam-origin project approaching completion, with dedicated tutorial content, hand-drawn art on menu screens, and two differentiated dice stat types rather than a single loop.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eThe game opens on a world where all the cats on Earth stand on their hind legs once a year and summon the moon, bringing the Night of the Jabberwock and its monsters. The shrine maidens of Gimmick Shrine rise up to stop them.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDice must be rolled to trigger their effects, then picked up on foot after they stop. Jumping by stomping on enemies or dice, called Bounce, is the core movement tool, and touching enemies deals damage, so landing normally is the risky option. Each die carries two stats: Violence, for direct hits, and Wisdom, for gimmick activation. Violence dice are thrown by hand and hit hard. Wisdom dice trigger on the roll.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"GIMMIKO's dice faces are the loadout: embedding Gimmicks turns each roll into buildcraft. SorryPoniko! kept developing after the 2022 GMTK Game Jam, so the CRITICAL REFLEX booth demo is a jam project with years behind it.","twitterPost":"GIMMIKO puts the build inside the dice: Gimmicks go on the faces. SorryPoniko! has kept at it since the 2022 GMTK Game Jam.","threadsPost":"GIMMIKO makes the dice faces the loadout, so every roll doubles as buildcraft rather than a damage number. SorryPoniko! kept working on it after the 2022 GMTK Game Jam, which is why the CRITICAL REFLEX booth demo carries years of iteration rather than a jam prototype.","newsletterBlurb":"GIMMIKO, an action roguelite built around embedding Gimmicks into dice faces, is playable at the CRITICAL REFLEX booth on the first day of Tokyo Game Show 2026. The project traces back to the 2022 GMTK Game Jam, and its demo shows dedicated tutorial content and hand-drawn art on menu screens. Dice carry Violence and Wisdom stats that push different throwing and positioning play.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"4Gamer.net\",\"url\":\"https://www.4gamer.net/games/043/G104384/20260917077/\",\"title\":\"Hurl Your Custom Dice! The Dice Action Roguelite \\\"GIMMIKO\\\" Is a Work of Astonishing Craftsmanship and Sheer \\\"Passion\\\" [TGS2026]\"}]","lintFlagsJson":null,"lintHits":0,"costUsd":0,"inputTokens":4683,"outputTokens":666,"status":"published","repairAttempts":0,"nextRepairAt":null,"factsAttemptedAt":1789657162,"createdAt":"2026-09-17T14:54:08.000Z","publishedAt":"2026-09-17T14:58:20.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-09-17T14:58:20.000Z"},"cluster":{"id":"c_a07f3e7ae1a34176bbaa57c6","canonicalTitle":"カスタムダイスをぶん投げろ！ ダイスアクションローグライト「GIMMIKO」は，圧倒的な作り込みが生む“熱量”がすさまじい作品だった［TGS2026］","representativeArticleId":"a_cd6fc897aa2477f43fbc60bd","sourceCount":1,"writtenSourceCount":1,"writeAttempts":0,"isSolo":true,"entitiesJson":"{\"anime_titles\":[],\"manga_titles\":[],\"work_titles\":[\"GIMMIKO\"],\"studios\":[\"SorryPoniko!\",\"CRITICAL REFLEX\"],\"people\":[],\"type\":\"event\",\"domain\":\"games\",\"is_roundup\":false}","contentType":"news","status":"published","firstSeenAt":"2026-09-17T14:07:49.000Z","lastSeenAt":"2026-09-17T14:07:49.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-09-17T14:58:21.000Z"},"attribution":[{"source":"4Gamer.net","url":"https://www.4gamer.net/games/043/G104384/20260917077/","title":"カスタムダイスをぶん投げろ！ ダイスアクションローグライト「GIMMIKO」は，圧倒的な作り込みが生む“熱量”がすさまじい作品だった［TGS2026］"}],"entities":{"anime_titles":[],"manga_titles":[],"work_titles":["GIMMIKO"],"studios":["SorryPoniko!","CRITICAL REFLEX"],"people":[],"type":"event","domain":"games","is_roundup":false},"keyFacts":null}