🎭 Dept. of Petty Affairs — Docket #381-D: The Gremlin Risitas Mechanic Audit of RACCOIN: Coin Pusher Roguelike

02 Nov, 2025

Filed by: Jerry “The Ankle Biter” Silverhand · Tribunal Chair (DPA)

Co-Signed by: Gremlin Risitas · Chief Chaos Auditor

🕹️ Mechanic Overview

Based on preview coverage and official material, here are the core mechanics of Raccoin:

It blends the classic physical arcade coin-pusher concept (coins drop, get pushed, fall off for reward) with roguelike/deckbuilder elements. (PCGamesN)
Special coin types exist (Seed Coins, Water Coins, Cat Coins, Rat Coins, TNT Coins, MultiCoins) with synergies: e.g., “Seed + Water ⇒ grow a money tree inside the machine”. (Gematsu)
Items (“chips”), plating, character choice each alter playstyle. (Playstack)
You accumulate “tickets” (currency) and “points” (to pass rounds) in a system of token usage, upgrades and multipliers. (PC Gamer)
There is an explicit element of physics/chaos: shaking the machine, coin avalanche, toppling towers of coins. (PC Gamer)

🔍 Audit Findings: The Gremlin Edition

Clause	Violation	Penalty
Mechanic Clause 22a — “Animal Theme Must Reflect Animal Behaviour”	The raccoon manager character exists largely for branding; mechanics have very little direct “trash panda” type behavior (i.e., rummaging, mischief, tail-stealing).	Every build must include a “Dumpster Dive Bonus” where the raccoon character slams in and clears 50 basic coins for free.
Loop Clause 31b — “Physical Arcade Mechanics Must Feel Physical”	While the coin-pusher metaphor is strong, many actions (buying chips, upgrading plating, choosing characters) feel like standard roguelike UI layers — diminishing the “insert coin, watch it clatter” visceral joy.	Add a visual/sound queue: every “upgrade” should trigger a 0.5 second slow-mo coin crush sequence with the raccoon grin front and centre.
Expectation Clause 17c — “Marketing Promise Must Match Gameplay Gimmick”	Marketing heavily emphasises the raccoon + coin-pusher nostalgia, but actual gameplay stakes seem to lean more on “combo builder” and “multipliers” than authentic arcade coin-push push & drop thrill. (PCGamesN)	The next build must include at least one full “raccoon mode”: tail flick flips coins, special raccoon coin sneaks behind machine rails, etc. Failure triggers a fine of “five coins and a sandwich wrapper” (as per earlier judgement).

🧟 Gremlin Risitas Commentary

“I dropped a Cat Coin. I watched it silently hunt every Rat Coin. Meanwhile, my raccoon manager just… sat there in a suit. I expected fur, I got math.”

The physical metaphor is seductive: you see coins, you want them to fall. Yet as you unwrap the mechanics, you realise you’re mostly clicking through menus, managing items, building multipliers. The “pusher” is present, but overshadowed.
The “shake the machine” gimmick is promising — but it raises the question: if you must “shake” it because you’re running dry, how is that different from just pressing “use item” in other roguelikes? The novelty decays without deep integration.
The audiological/visual aesthetic of coins clinking, towers collapsing, is appealing. But the audit demands: is that the loop or merely a veneer over the loop? Real coin-pushers are about timing, placement, little physics quirks. Here, the “special coin synergy” system steps in and dominates.
Good potential: the mix of character playstyles (raccoon manager vs biologist) may deliver variety. Yet the raccoon persona feels under-leveraged given the marketing emphasis.

🏁 Verdict & Recommended Fixes

Verdict: The game is not guilty of being unplayable—in fact, it shows strong promise. But it is found guilty of mismatch between theme (raccoon/coin-pusher) and dominant mechanical experience (combo/roguelike upgrades). Recommended Fixes (Gremlin Approved):

Introduce a dedicated “Raccoon Rampage” mode: raccoon only, trash-can focused, tail flick mechanic, midnight dumpster loot.
Deepen the pure pusher loop: e.g., allow players to manually aim coin launches, adjust force, bounce off walls, bring back more of that arcade instinct.
Visual/sound feedback for every major synergy should feel like a real coin avalanche — slow-mo, screen crumple, raccoon laugh echoing.
In UI/branding, tone down “deckbuilder” language and amplify “you, a hybrid raccoon-coin-warrior in an arcade machine”—to better align expectation and reality.

— Jerry “The Ankle Biter” Silverhand · Tribunal Chair (DPA)

Codename: “The Raccoon with Receipts”

Gremlin Risitas Co-Sign: (snorting) “Again, too many chips, not enough trash.”