• added shield (hold down dash button) to block attacks from facing direction; it will reflect attacks if player is supercharged
• many fixes and improvements

[ 2021-11-26 18:42:19 CET ] [ Original post ]

Manic Archers - the Most Simple Game Of All Time.

MANIC ARCHERS is an atmospheric and extremely addictive local multiplayer arcade game in 8bit-/Pixel Art-style.
It features simplistic and on-the-point gameplay with amazing game mechanics and lovely pixel art-details.
It is playable with up to four players simultaneously on one device.

The players each control archers shooting the opposing archers until one team is eliminated.
During the game a lot of game changing powerups and special arrows appear on the playing field enabling players to turn the game around.
There are several multiplayer game modes such as:

• Versus
  
• Coop
  
• King of the hill
  
• Catch the fool with the chicken

As Well As A Single Player Mode.

The game takes place on a single screen with wrap-around scrolling. Player can use several elements of the top-down environment strategically such as water, higher grounds, obstacles and more.

Planned

• More lovely details
  
• Better singleplayer performance measurement
  
• More singleplayer / coop gameplay
  
• Sudden Death
  
• More smart powerups and arrows