Here’s a story we weren’t expecting to write today: it looks like a fighting game called Pekken, which pits pigeons against each other in combat, might actually get made.

The game started life as a weekend project for Jon McKellen, the creative director at No Code Ltd. He previously directed 2017’s Stories Untold and worked in the art department on Alien: Isolation, so, of course, the natural next step in his life was to make a bird versus bird battler in his spare time.

After his weekend of turning a barmy idea into a workable reality, McKellan shared the following video on Twitter, unveiling Pekken, which he describes as “a pigeon themed, PS1 style fighter”:

Made a pigeon themed, PS1-styled fighter called Pekken this weekend. Thinking about Hatoful Boyfriend crossover opportunities @devolverdigital pic.twitter.com/P9XZQYghLI — Jon McKellan (@jon_NoCode) January 27, 2019

“Get this tweet to 10k RTs and we will make Pekken after Observation [the next game from No Code] drops. That’s a promise,” McKellan pledged in a follow-up Tweet. Over the next couple of days, the RTs came flying in and the story was picked up by numerous outlets. Ultimately, the target of 10,000 RTs was smashed, prompting McKellan to post on his Twitter once more.