oskiewar

pick a pal. pick a fight.

Playing

Two fighters, one screen. Move, jump and hit until a round ends; win rounds to win the match. There is no tutorial and nothing to unlock — the whole game is on screen the first time you open it.

A second player on the same Mac uses the arrow keys to move, with K to kick, L to punch, ; to shield and ' for an item. Two connected gamepads work too — one each.

Fighting a friend somewhere else

Every match has a room, and the room is a web address. Send it to a friend and they drop into the second chair from any browser — no account, no install, nothing to sign up for. Both machines run the whole fight and agree with each other continuously, so play stays responsive even when the connection between you is not perfect.

If your friend's fighter freezes or snaps, the connection dropped rather than the game. Wait a moment — it recovers on its own — or start a fresh room and send the new address.

If something is wrong

• The window is small when it opens. That is on purpose, so the game can sit beside your work. Drag any edge, or press ⌘F for full screen.
• No sound. Check the volume in System Settings → Sound and make sure the app is not muted there. The game makes all of its own audio; nothing external is required.
• A gamepad is not recognised. Pair it in System Settings → Bluetooth first, then press a button on it while the game window is focused.
• The game looks out of date. It refreshes itself from oskiewar.com between rounds. Quit and reopen it to take an update immediately.
• It will not start, or a round ends in an error screen. Quit and reopen. If it happens twice in a row, email the address below and say what you were doing — that is genuinely useful and takes one line.

Reaching a human

Write to mail@aesthetic.computer. A person reads it. Say what happened and what you expected instead; a screenshot helps and is never required.

oskiewar is made by Aesthetic Computer. You can also just play it in a browser.