Yakko Tako Press Kit

The 30-second version

Yakko was a loyal servant turned into a kite and banished to the world of Tako. It is a roguelike: every flight is a fresh run, and no two ascents are ever the same. Load up your daruma collection, launch, and climb an endless, ever-changing hand-drawn sky. Hold to fly; tilt or steer to dodge birds, squids and shifting winds; catch the seven lucky-god darumas as they drift by and deploy your loadout when it counts. Between runs, spend what you earned on new darumas. A one-button arcade roguelike with gyro steering on Steam Deck. Easy to start, hard to put down.

Trailers

The headline trailer is captured on Steam Deck, the device Yakko Tako is built to be played on.

Factsheet

Fly, Yakko, fly

Yakko was a loyal servant turned into a kite and banished to the world of Tako, a grumpy octopus who rules the sky and would very much like you to stay down.

Hold to fly. Steer to survive. Your string tenses as you pull: release before it snaps, pull again, and climb an endless, ever-changing sky of birds, squids, festival toys and shifting winds. Every ascent is different; every run tells its own story.

The sky fights back

Tako himself blocks the way, tracks your kite and shoves you down when you touch him. At certain heights he even sneaks up from behind. Temari streaks tumble from quiet skies: thread a whole streak untouched for a tailwind, a jingle and an extra life. Updrafts and downdrafts are announced by drifting petals: ride the updrafts idle, and don't try to out-fly a downdraft: steer, or sink.

Seven lucky gods have your back

Catch daruma power-ups as they drift by: Hotei restores your lives, Bishamonten makes you invulnerable, Benzaiten turns you invisible, Fukurokuju flies for you, and the string gods Daikokuten and Ebisu bless your rope. Stash them in the drawer and deploy them when it counts. No two runs draw the same hand.

Made for the Deck

Lean the Steam Deck and the kite banks with you, like holding a real string in the wind. Hand-drawn ukiyo-e skies change as you climb, some of them flip the world upside down, and every flight earns gifts to spend at the Ennichi festival stall on new darumas. Race the world on Steam leaderboards across Normal, Time Trial and Flappy. No ads, no tracking, no data collected.

上がれ、Yakko Tako. Fly high.

Key features

• A fresh run every flight. A roguelike climb: the sky reshuffles each time and no two ascents play the same. Load your daruma collection, launch, and spend what you earn between runs on new darumas.
• One-button arcade flying. Hold to fly; the string tenses as you pull, release before it snaps.
• Gyro steering on Steam Deck. Lean the Deck and the kite banks with you. Toggle it in Settings.
• An endless, ever-changing ukiyo-e sky. Hand-drawn worlds that transform as you climb, some flip upside down.
• The sky fights back. Tako blocks and tracks you; temari streaks, updrafts and downdrafts reward reading the wind.
• Seven Lucky Gods daruma power-ups. Restore lives, go invulnerable or invisible, auto-fly, bless the rope. Stash and deploy.
• Steam Leaderboards. Race the world in Normal, Time Trial and Flappy.
• The Ennichi festival gift shop. Earn gifts every flight; unlock new darumas.
• Full controller & keyboard support. Plays great on Deck, desktop and handheld.
• No ads. No tracking. No data collected. Just you and the sky.

Screenshots

# captured on Steam Deck · click any shot for full resolution

Main menu: choose your kite Batsu: the yakkodako kite festival Batsu: islands & cranes Edo: sea level, the great wave Edo: Tako catching Yakko Shinkai: the deep dive Shinkai: a school of fish Shinkai: the swarm The Ennichi festival gift stall

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Everything below is cleared for editorial use. The full pack bundles all nine Steam Deck screenshots at full resolution plus logos, capsules and the key art.

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