SVGame: Neon Arcade Collection

Fifty-three games. One disc. Four friends. Neon vector arcade in the spirit of the machines that ran on line drawings and nothing else. Every game here is short, sharp and meant to be replayed until someone on the couch demands revenge. The party boardThree big maps: a synthwave city, a rave club and a seaside hotel. You roll, you move, you land on a square, and the square throws all of you into a mini-game.

Batteries win the party; money, weapons and dirty tricks decide who gets them. The board keeps score, the mini-games decide the mood. Play together, however you sitUp to four players on a single screen, gamepads or keyboard shared between you. Or online, running the same lockstep simulation the local game uses, so a race stays a race and not a slideshow. Missing a fourth? Bots take the empty seats.

Your own characterDraw one. Head, body, arms, colours. The editor is part of the game, not a side app, and the character you make walks into every game that uses figures. Bring your own gamesThe collection is open. An add-on is a folder with two text files, and the game checks a stranger's work before it ever runs it.