SplatStick

A party fighter for 2–6 players, at one computer or online. Two share the keyboard, everyone else picks up a gamepad, and bots take any empty seat — the match starts even if a friend is running late.A fighter has two bars, and they work differently. Health simply runs out. Damage piles up and decides how far the next hit sends you. There are two ways to take someone out — finish them off or throw them off the edge — and late in a round the second one is usually faster.

The fightingAttack, heavy attack on hold, grab and throw, shield, roll. Shield at the last moment to parry. In the air: double jump, dash on a double tap of a direction, push off a wall. Miss the ledge and you can hang on and climb back — but while you hang, everyone can see you. Item crates drop on their own. Inside there might be a medkit, power, a star or a speed boost — or a rifle, shotgun, bazooka, grenade launcher, laser, freeze ray, boomerang, knife, bomb, mine, anvil or black hole.

Barrels explode in chains, and plank bridges get blown apart piece by piece.12 modesDeathmatch — lives and rounds. Run out of lives and you are out. Free-for-All — everyone for themselves, up to six. One round, last one standing. Siege — two towers. While your tower stands, your team respawns. When it falls, that's it.…