Hey everyone, Today we're sharing more insight from the development team behind Bounty Battle! Even if in practise the game is closer to a traditional fighter: (life, energy and resources bar,) if Im being honest, I liked the idea of being able to make an 'Ultimate Fighter' for the indie world. But the "brawler" system which consists of modifying power and/ or gravity according to a % did not please me more than that. I hated the idea of a copied/ pasted system that brought nothing new or personal to Bounty Battles core gameplay mechanics.
I do not remember exactly how I came up with the idea of adding a bonus to the head of an opponent, but that added some nice background to the fighters, and also allowed us visually to find out who was the party leader. Then of course, that led me to wonder "what to do with this bonus?". Well, yes, this resource could replace energy and everything could have worked as bounty points. It's still a possibility that I don't rule out in a possible DLC or another version of the game, but in the end another idea took over, and then the decision was made to add an element of gameplay that is "the minions". Yes, this idea gave just as much added background to the characters, bringing with it an element of each characters own universe, but also gave legitimacy to the Bounty Points system. Other mechanisms have (and will still) follow from this point system in order to allow for more strategic confrontations. The minions quickly rebalance certain characters, allowing players a complete gameplay experience. Even if the minions are in the background and not touchable, they can directly interact with and against the opponents. We can't wait to share more news on Bounty Battle and share this great fighting game with you all. Why not add Bounty Battle to your Steam wishlist?

[ 2020-07-23 10:13:25 CET ] [ Original post ]

Overview

Bounty Battle is the ultimate indie fighting game: a new 2D fighter, where you can pit your favourite indie heroes against one another! Indie heroes from games like Guacamelee! and Darkest Dungeon, to Dead Cells, Owlboy & more battle it out in this fighter frenzy. Bounty Battle features 20+ characters, each with their own Minion companion and unique abilities. Battle across levels inspired from the characters' own game worlds with up to 3 other players.


Features

• A host of game modes including a Tournament, Versus, Challenge Mode, Tutorial and Training Room to perfect your style
  
• 30 characters from your favourite Indie titles each with their own move set and special attacks
  
• Each fighter has their very own minion to summon and join the fight
  
• 16 different arenas to battle on – some plucked from the worlds of their fighters
  
• Multiple colour and palette swap options to fight in style!

The Story

A supernatural event of unknown origin caused huge vortexes to form across the multiverse. It selected the greatest warriors from each world, and bestowed upon them magical powers.
Each world has its eye on the prize, fighting for ultimate control over the multiverse… with their own respective champions – who also happen to have a bounty placed on their head! Now is the time to decide who will control the Universe. All worlds collide in this final confrontation to determine the fate of the Universe.

This is the Bounty Battle...

Characters

Bounty Battle showcases your favorite characters from these beloved indie games:

• Guacamelee!
  
• Darkest Dungeon
  
• Dead Cells
  
• Awesomenauts
  
• Nuclear Throne
  
• Owlboy

• Axiom Verge
  
• SteamWorld Dig
  
• Jotun
  
• Battle Chasers Nightwar
  
• Death’s Gambit

• EITR
  
• Super Comboman
  
• Pankapu
  
• Flinthook
  
• Doko Roko

• Tower of Samsara
  
• Blubber Busters
  
• Ruin of the Reckless
  
• The Bug Butcher
  
• Blocks that Matter

You won't find another indie mash up like this!



Bounty Battle was successfully crowdfunded on Fig by backers who could both pledge and invest in 2017.



Inspired by:

• BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle
  
• Injustice: Gods Among Us
  
• Gang Beasts
  
• Skullgirls
  
• Street Fighter
  
• Brawlout
  
• Rivals of Aether