Onychomp: Lush Journey

Onychomp: Lush Journey is a real-time, grid-based dungeon adventure in which you guide Omi, a mouse, through floors that change with each run. You scurry through corridors, use certain rocks to dash and fly across them, and manage a hunger bar that continually drops. Enemies move in real time too, so there are no turns or breaks.

Omi turns into a werewolf under the full moon. The magic mountain shifts constantly, but on those nights the moon holds it still long enough to reveal a path. A vampire serpent waits at the summit, seeking the moon’s power.

Chomp to survive

Omi starts each dungeon with a balanced chomp. What he eats determines the type of chomp he gains when the bar fills, shaping how he handles the next fight:

• Mammal chomp: eating rabbits, mice and hedgehogs makes Omi fast but weak; chaining hits restores hunger.
• Reptor chomp: eating worms and snakes lets Omi wipe out entire groups, but leaves his stomach empty.
• Berry chomp: eating berries and apples gives Omi a slow chomp that costs nothing.

Race through the night

Each dungeon takes place over a single night. Reach its last floor before the night ends to move on; otherwise, the run ends. Hunger continues to fall throughout.

The zones each present different challenges. Flower Path has no final floor, so you must survive the whole night without starving. Rocky Mountain’s animals fight back, while Burrow Haven connects rooms only through burrows, whose routes you need to memorize. The other zones are Thorny Wood, Cliffside Climb and Mountain Peak.

Meet the wildlife

Each new zone brings creatures with their own behaviors:

• Rabbits: avoid trouble and run when they see Omi.
• Worms: attack both up close and from afar.
• Mice: stay peaceful until Omi bites one, then its whole family attacks. They do not spare him for being a mouse himself.
• Hedgehogs: turn into walls and reflect the damage Omi deals.
• Snakes: are aggressive and venomous.

Grow stronger between nights

Between nights, you can cook dishes that permanently upgrade Omi. You can wear up to three pieces of armor; each raises one stat and lowers another, and every piece can be upgraded. In resting areas near the summit, the moon offers three wishes, of which you can keep only one.

Omi can howl to reveal the locations of enemies and stairs, but enemies hear the howl too.