Thanks for the feedback! You are right it does remind the Pikmin although I didn't know about that game until somebody mentioned Pikmin on Discord after I showed the prototype . I really liked the gameplay there so I "borrowed" the aiming system :)
Pyotsyks are the creatures I thought of couple years ago as a fairytale :) A silly creatures of nature who do their chaotic stuff and make the nature processes 'tick'. I remember my wife told me that I should turn these tales into a game, so here we are :)
As for the multiplayer - yes, I planned for it (I thought of a peaceful MOBA at first). The scope was too big for me, so I ditched the idea and moved on with single player adventure.
I do plan to add the co-op in future though. Maybe will add some competitive minigames like in It Takes Two or Mario Party.