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Schwarzerblitz

5 years ago

On 01.08, the lightning will strike again! Steel your fists and fight for victory, in this 3D, '90s inspired fighting game, and find the truth behind the Black Lightning Disaster!

Yes! Schwarzerblitz officially exits early access!


It's with extreme pleasure (and a bit of awe) that I announce that, after 3 years of work, Schwarzerblitz exits its open access state and becomes a full-fledged, complete game!
In 3 years of development, this game reached an absurd amount of content:

  • 24 playable characters, with a grand total of more than 100 different skins

  • 36 stages, some of which with ring out, weather effects and animated elements in the background

  • 5hs of story mode, with a huge, overarching plot joining together ALL the arcade endings

  • arcade mode, time attack, survival, first strike... you name it!

  • local multiplayer, player vs AI, AI vs AI matches

  • cheat codes and demo mode, like in the '90s fighting games

  • training mode with several modern features, like frame advantage and input record

  • gallery, arcade ending theater, character profiles

  • a full set of settings, allowing for input remapping, graphics settings and all those little things evey player expects from a fighting game

  • all. this. FOR FREE. This game started as a passion project and ended up becoming my main hobby for the last three years - so, no reason to make it paid!

So, thank you all for the support, the follow, your downloads, suggestions, bug reports, friendly comments - thanks for everything. Without you all, this game would have never arrived at this point.

Brace yourself: the LIGHTNING IS GONNA STRIKE AGAIN!

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