Shape Arena
ICAD/VisionLab PUC-Rio · 2020 · Local Multiplayer, Indie, Fighting, Casual, 2D
PC
Positive80% · 10
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About Shape Arena
Game developed by undergraduate students in the research laboratory ICAD / VisionLab, of the Computer Science Department of the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio). Interdisciplinary project between the courses of Computer Engineering, Control and Automation Engineering, Computer Science and Design.
The teachers can’t even imagine that between classes, the classroom becomes the stage of an epic confrontation of chalk geometry! The battlefield? The Chalkboard! Control skillfully illustrated geometric shapes on the chalkboard and collect all the candies to earn the highest score. But in this mission, there are many dangers, young champions. Therefore, be very careful not to be targeted by the various hazards that will appear on the board, making your mission a struggle for the survival of chalk.
Shape Arena is a multiplayer arena game, in which 4 characters need to collect candy to increase their score and become the winner. There is no permanent death or life bar in the game. When touching a dangerous object, the character disappears for a few seconds and then reappears in the center of the screen. Upon dying, the character loses 1 point on his score, leaving behind a candy that can be acquired by other players.
You will control one of the four geometric shapes in this dispute: The mad Square, the playful Circle; the vain Triangle, or the clever Star. Each of them has a special ability that helps in their movement and knocks back opponents as they hit them.
During the match, several hazards, items and events will spawn procedurally, influencing the pace of the match. Use the skill of each character to get the best out of the situation! There are the following categories of procedural elements in Shape Arena:
Items - Appear floating in bubbles. They can be beneficial, like the sword that eliminates enemies, dangerous, like the skull that takes 1 point off your scoreboard, or neutral, like the magnifying glass that zooms in on the player who took it.
Hazards - Elements that will always eliminate a player when they come into contact.
Events - Events that change how the stage is played.
The teachers can’t even imagine that between classes, the classroom becomes the stage of an epic confrontation of chalk geometry! The battlefield? The Chalkboard! Control skillfully illustrated geometric shapes on the chalkboard and collect all the candies to earn the highest score. But in this mission, there are many dangers, young champions. Therefore, be very careful not to be targeted by the various hazards that will appear on the board, making your mission a struggle for the survival of chalk.
Shape Arena is a multiplayer arena game, in which 4 characters need to collect candy to increase their score and become the winner. There is no permanent death or life bar in the game. When touching a dangerous object, the character disappears for a few seconds and then reappears in the center of the screen. Upon dying, the character loses 1 point on his score, leaving behind a candy that can be acquired by other players.
You will control one of the four geometric shapes in this dispute: The mad Square, the playful Circle; the vain Triangle, or the clever Star. Each of them has a special ability that helps in their movement and knocks back opponents as they hit them.
During the match, several hazards, items and events will spawn procedurally, influencing the pace of the match. Use the skill of each character to get the best out of the situation! There are the following categories of procedural elements in Shape Arena:
Items - Appear floating in bubbles. They can be beneficial, like the sword that eliminates enemies, dangerous, like the skull that takes 1 point off your scoreboard, or neutral, like the magnifying glass that zooms in on the player who took it.
Hazards - Elements that will always eliminate a player when they come into contact.
Events - Events that change how the stage is played.
What Steam players say
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⠀8 found this helpful
Shape Arena fast game with modern day graphics with easy controls that moves from location A to B to C and so on, good game. Personal Suggested Purchase Price: $0.49 Or Less During Sale4 found this helpful
"Shape Arena" is a rather poorly made ripoff of Super Smash Bros where the developer took a look at Super Smash Bros, saw how successful it was, and thought "What Steam needs is a crap ripoff of Super Smash Bros but with really bad graphics. I could give it a chalkboard theme, nobody would like that. I'm going to be rich!" What do you do in the game? Nothing, there are no players. If there were, you would be playing Super Smash Bros only worse in every respect. This looks a lot like it was designed for consoles, but released on Steam instead by mistake. While this is on PC, it has all the hallmarks and deficiencies of a console game, from the clunkier than needed control scheme to the less than cutting edge graphics. There's 10's of thousands of PC games on Steam, and PC gamers deserve only the best. This might not appeal to many gamers due to the lack of PC-centric design. It's unclear why this never made it to the video game console appliances it seems to have been designed for. The game features really lacklustre 2D visuals (does the developer not know 3D graphics became mainstream in the mid-1990s?). Gamers don't spend thousands of dollars on gaming rigs and the lat…2 found this helpful
Игра 'Shape Arena' - это захватывающий и динамичный экшен, где вы управляете простыми геометрическими фигурами, сражаясь с другими игроками на арене. Геймплей невероятно затягивает своей простотой и глубиной, позволяя быстро освоиться, но при этом требуя тактического мышления для победы. Разнообразие фигур, каждая со своими уникальными способностями, открывает массу стратегических возможностей. Можно выбрать агрессивный стиль, постоянно атакуя соперников, или же играть более осторожно, занимая выгодные позиции и используя окружение в своих интересах. Визуально игра выглядит минималистично, но стильно. Яркие цвета и четкие формы не отвлекают от игрового процесса, а динамичные эффекты добавляют зрелищности. Отдельно стоит отметить прекрасную оптимизацию - игра работает плавно даже на не самых мощных устройствах. Несмотря на кажущуюся простоту, 'Shape Arena' предлагает глубокую соревновательную составляющую. Постоянное развитие навыков, изучение стратегий и адаптация к стилю игры оппонентов делает каждую битву уникальной и захватывающей. Отличная игра, чтобы скоротать время и посоревноваться с друзьями!
[h1]Before I played Shape Arena, I had a small pp, no friends, no gf, depression, and no life. These things havent changed, but the game is pretty good[/h1]
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