Mega Knockdown
dhamster Developer
Counter Hit Studios Publisher
2022-07-29 Release
🎹🖱️Keyboard + Mouse
🎮 Full Controller Support
Positive
(27 reviews)
Release Date / Version 0.82 UpdatePatch 0.82:
New feature: Story Scenes!
- In Arcade mode, each character has short, unique story scenes where they talk to the opponent before the fight.
- If you win Arcade mode, you will see a short ending scene, followed by the game credits.
- The final Arcade opponent will have more HP than usual. However, Strife Mode is now active in every final Arcade mode battle.
- In Arcade mode mirror matches, some opponents get name changes (no effect on gameplay).
Gameplay
- Billy's Sweep and Stomp are now 10f faster. They were previously so slow as to be almost useless as pokes. Now they are merely "bad" pokes. Yes, they still have armor.
Presentation
- When the match starts, a "Fight!" animation and voice line plays.
- You can now get the secret code to enable Strife Mode (formerly known as 'Strive Mode') by beating all characters' arcade modes.
- The intentionally distracting camera zooms in Strife Mode will happen a little less often now.
User Interface
- If the game launches out of focus, clicking the window is less likely to result in accidentally choosing something.
- The Space bar is now yet another "select" button in the default key maps.
- You can now press L1 or L2 to change art style when using a gamepad. L3 and R3 can be used for time settings and keyboard lock on gamepad, respectively. This should help with Steam Deck compatibility.
- Clarified wording in a lesson about throw techs in the Tutorial mode.
Bug Fixes:
- Fixed an issue where going to character select in the middle of an Arcade mode would give you the wrong opponent.
- Fixed an issue where player names would flicker between Arcade/survival mode matches.
- Fixed an issue where certain music tracks would play at unintended times.
- Temporarily disabled rebinding from the single player modes menu, because it looked weird. You can still do it from character select or in the options screen.
[ 2022-07-15 16:28:42 CET ] [ Original post ] The 2D Fighting Game With a Twist: It's Turn-Based!

Mega Knockdown's
simultaneous turn-based gameplay system makes it a
unique, beginner-friendly fighting game experience that is easy to learn, but hard to master.
Fighting game veterans and newbies alike can jump right in to advanced level mindgames without spending a lot of time learning execution or complex inputs.
Learn fighting games, or teach them to your friends!Gameplay Highlights- Simple controls with no timing requirement
- Experience classic fighting game archetypes: the fireball-throwing martial artist, the grappler, the long-limbed poke specialist, and more!
- Jockey for position and weave in and out of range of attacks. Are you a true master of fighting game footsies? Prove it!
- Get the upper hand on your opponents with a knockdown, and press the advantage with a 'meaty attack' on their wakeup!
- Enrage and astound your friends with a well placed 'tick throw'!
- Express yourself! Do you carefully block and punish your way to victory, or do you assert dominance with a wild and aggressive gameplan?
How does it work?
Each turn, players choose a combat action and a movement action in secret. Then, both players' actions resolve simultaneously over the course of a few seconds. Predicting the opponent's actions and choosing the right counterplay is the key to victory.
The basic actions are
attacks,
blocks and
throws:

- Attacks can beat out other moves through superior range or speed. Some attacks also knock players down, restricting that player's movement and slowing their attacks next turn. This emulates the "wakeup game" seen in most fighting games.
- Blocking prevents damage from attacks, and usually puts the defender at an advantage next turn, or grants a free counter-attack ("punish") against the opponent.
- Throws can break an opponent's guard, but have short range.
The game's six characters also have unique special moves which change how they play the game.

Want to give it a try? Scroll up to check out the free demo!
Modes and Features:
- Arcade Mode (with story scenes)
- Local Versus
- Online Versus (via Steam Remote Play)
- Interactive Tutorial
- Survival Mode
- Blitz speed variants
- Training Mode with frame data display
- Controller Support
- Accessible difficulty settings
- 6 Playable Characters
- 2 Selectable Art Styles
Fun fact: Mega Knockdown was originally developed as a card game for the 2017 season of the CUDO Plays design competition.MINIMAL SETUP- OS: Linux
- Processor: Intel i5-6300HQMemory: 4 GB RAM
- Memory: 4 GB RAM
- Graphics: Intel(R) HD Graphics 530
- Storage: 300 MB available space
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