{"id":69752,"date":"2026-07-17T13:52:39","date_gmt":"2026-07-17T04:52:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=69752"},"modified":"2026-07-17T13:52:41","modified_gmt":"2026-07-17T04:52:41","slug":"meccha-chameleon-now-has-its-own-google-easter-egg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/meccha-chameleon-now-has-its-own-google-easter-egg\/","title":{"rendered":"Meccha Chameleon now has its own Google Easter egg"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It\u2019s no exaggeration to say that Lemorion\u2019s <strong>Meccha Chameleon<\/strong> is an impressive feat for the indie scene. Despite it being a fairly simple game made with limited resources over a short period of time, or perhaps precisely <em>because<\/em> it\u2019s so simple and catchy, the solo-developed party game managed to sell over 15 million copies in just a month, finding its place among this year\u2019s top selling games (if not becoming the <a href=\"https:\/\/alineaanalytics.substack.com\/p\/2026s-top-games-by-copies-sold-so\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">actual best selling game of the year<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Riding on that wave of popularity, Meccha Chameleon\u2019s \u201cconcept\u201d itself has also been going viral on social media, with many people actually <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/yuupoccha\/status\/2076901345886695660?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">painting and hiding the little chameleon guys<\/a> across public spaces.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-x wp-block-embed-x\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"qme\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/hashtag\/%E5%A4%9A%E6%91%A9%E7%BE%8E%E8%A1%93%E5%A4%A7%E5%AD%A6%E6%9C%80%E9%AB%98%E3%81%AE%E7%9E%AC%E9%96%93?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#\u591a\u6469\u7f8e\u8853\u5927\u5b66\u6700\u9ad8\u306e\u77ac\u9593<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Uo2aEx4mqg\">https:\/\/t.co\/Uo2aEx4mqg<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/gHT6EySmvs\">pic.twitter.com\/gHT6EySmvs<\/a><\/p>&mdash; \u30eb\u30ca\u3061\u3083\u3093\u2755\u2606*\u3002 (@los_v032) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/los_v032\/status\/2077389221963387332?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 15, 2026<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And now, Meccha Chameleon seems to have infiltrated Google as well. As <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/lemorion1224\/status\/2077713671980261860?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">hinted<\/a> by the developer Lemorion, typing \u201cMeccha Chameleon\u201d into the Google search bar might give you some interesting results.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a similar fashion to \u201cdo a barrel roll\u201d or \u201caskew,\u201d looking up the game in either English or Japanese will lead you to a special easter egg. While at first glance, nothing seems out of order, if you take a closer look around the search results, you might be able to find the chameleon guys hiding around the page. This works both in dark and light mode.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1355\" height=\"811\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1355px) 100vw, 1355px\" src=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/20260717-697520001.jpg\" alt=\"Google Search: Meccha Chameleon\" class=\"wp-image-69754\" srcset=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/20260717-697520001.jpg 1355w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/20260717-697520001-380x227.jpg 380w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/20260717-697520001-768x460.jpg 768w\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On a related note, despite being released only last month, Meccha Chameleon has been rolling out new maps and features at an extremely fast pace. A new Egypt map was <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/lemorion1224\/status\/2076298266896187735?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">added<\/a> only last week, and this was only one day after the<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/lemorion1224\/status\/2075613307122397602?s=20\" rel=\"nofollow\"> addition of the slightly unusual Hikakin Museum map<\/a> which celebrates the work of Hikakin, one of Japan\u2019s most popular YouTubers. According to the developers of Meccha Chameleon, this constant, and more than anything, speedy output is possible thanks to their <a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/meccha-chameleon-developers-say-the-secret-behind-their-2-month-dev-cycle-is-asset-reuse-and-a-make-it-exist-first-perfect-it-later-approach\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">smart asset reuse and a \u201cmake it exist first, perfect it later\u201d approach to development<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Meccha&nbsp;Chameleon is available for Windows (<a href=\"https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/app\/4704690\/MECCHA_CHAMELEON\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Steam<\/a>).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What happens when you look up &#8220;Meccha Chameleon&#8221; on Google?  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":79,"featured_media":69753,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_gspb_post_css":"","autoblue_enabled":true,"autoblue_custom_message":"","autoblue_shares":[{"did":"did:plc:uzrrhkfyjrfdsynj2voztcf2","date":"2026-07-17T04:52:51+00:00","uri":"at:\/\/did:plc:uzrrhkfyjrfdsynj2voztcf2\/app.bsky.feed.post\/3mqsxe5cxt42s","response":"{\"uri\":\"at:\/\/did:plc:uzrrhkfyjrfdsynj2voztcf2\/app.bsky.feed.post\/3mqsxe5cxt42s\",\"cid\":\"bafyreiafxnu5n275itjknyztutuiilow27ffnd7nvielg4zlx57hkikem4\",\"commit\":{\"cid\":\"bafyreiggo3rrq6jccqy6ed7z6sooau2knpgwgh745nvviy7stl4hstfusu\",\"rev\":\"3mqsxe5d4pe2s\"},\"validationStatus\":\"valid\"}"}],"autoblue_post_url":"","autoblue_publish_document":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[17],"class_list":["post-69752","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-japan-related-news"],"blocksy_meta":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.0 - 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