BUILD IT, BATTLE IT - BACK IT! Smack Studio is coming to KickstarterBUILD IT, BATTLE IT - BACK IT! Smack Studio is coming to Kickstarter

Author: Smack Studio

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE


SEATTLE, WA - February 1st, 2022 - We’re launching a Kickstarter! 2D platform fighter Smack Studio is making waves in the fighting game community, and we need your help. Smack Studio allows you to create your own fighters and stages to create the most wonderful mix of competition and creativity. The early access version of the game is currently available on Steam for 19.99$ USD - but backers at the 15$ dollar tier and above on Kickstarter can also get immediate access!


Smack Studio is a 2.5D sandbox platform fighting game with powerful built-in creation tools, allowing players to draw and animate their own pixel art characters. Our goal with Smack Studio is to allow players to customize nearly every aspect of the game,  including stages, movesets, special effects, character abilities, and game modes. Players will also have the option to download creations made by others in the community, meaning that players who aren’t interested in creating their own content can still have a blast while exploring a potentially unlimited amount of characters and stages from other creators.


Get familiar with the game by setting up tournaments with your friends using the existing roster and stagelist - each character has a unique playstyle, so find one that suits you! Granite is our heavy hitter, literally. Kaien has that certain “kid who does karate” flavor with his fiery flurry of punches and kicks.. Cora uses her agility to get in close and shred you while the elusive Spry is more of a glass cannon - just make sure you don’t get hit.


FEATURES:


* Eight player offline versus modes
* Gameplay designed for competitive matches
* Devastating Ultra Attacks
* Play using any USB controller
* Character and Stage editors
* Custom animations, artwork, textures and more


Smack Studio on Kickstarter: https://smackstudio.com/kickstarter
Smack Studio Kickstarter Trailer: https://youtu.be/QuWzKGKu2hI
Smack Studio on Steam: smackstud.io/SteamStore


Smack Studio Website: www.smackstudio.com
Smack StudioTwitter: www.twitter.com/SmackStudio


REVIEW KEYS AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST


Press Contact: David Kimball
Email: [email protected]


About Smack Studio:


Founder and Lead Developer Alec Dutch began working on a Smash-like fighting game engine in 2012 with Adobe Flash. With much experience gained, he decided to create his own fighting game project, Smack Studio. In January 2018, Alec started the Smack Studio project in Unity 3D  (later ported to Unreal Engine 4) with the goal of allowing players to  create and edit all content in the game, including characters and stages. After three years working solo, he left his full-time job and began to recruit a team of talented developers and artists to work toward the game’s launch. Although attendance at PAX was smaller that year due to COVID, thousands of players were able to play Smack Studio for the first time. At PAX the team met David V. Kimball, who had worked on his own Smash Bros. fan games in the past: Legacy XP and Legacy TE. Smack Studio’s alpha build was soft launched via Steam Early Access in September of 2021. Since then we’ve enjoyed a growing community of artists and fighting game enthusiasts who have exceeded our expectations in creativity and skillful play alike.


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