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Spookyard

Spookyard

ICAD/VisionLab PUC-Rio · November 8, 2020 · Casual, Indie, 4 Player Local, Multiplayer, Local Multiplayer

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About Spookyard

During each new solstice, when the brightest planets are aligned with Calçoene's Megaliths, there is a moment when legends stop being just legends. The large crescent moon opens the door to the most anticipated competition for those who live in the shadows. Awakened, sinister creatures appear across the vastness of Brazil, fiercely vying for the post of the greatest nightmare of all time.

Spookyard is a local 2D multiplayer computer game that has different and competitive dynamics for each arena, offering game modes that can vary within the topdown and sidescroll camera styles.

Players can choose from four characters, each with their own abilities, basic attacks, and attributes to deal with in four different target arenas. The character mechanics boils down to movement, basic attack, and ability commands.

Spookyard is a Party game and Arena Multiplayer that offers as a differential the focus on the challenges and dynamics proposed in each stage, instead of eliminating opponents in combat. The winner is the one who manages to fulfill the goals of the game mode, which vary in each one of the arenas. The players use the skills of their characters to create strategies that can overcome the challenges of the levels and hinder their opponents.

The game was developed in 2017 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). Students from Computer Engineering, Computer Science and Industrial Design were engaged on this project aiming to create their first ever arena game.

Spookyard — game info

Platforms
Windows
Player modes
Online PvP, Split screen
Controller
Partial controller support
PC Game Pass
Not included
More games like this:Split-screen games

What Steam players say

Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.

✦ AI summary

Spookyard is a party brawler and point-and-click adventure that draws mixed reactions from players. Supporters praise its charming pixel art, atmospheric design, engaging puzzles, witty dialogue, and solid music, along with the fun of local multiplayer for up to four players on one keyboard. Critics pan the brawler modes as poorly executed Smash Bros knockoffs and question the value of 2D graphics in modern gaming, though some note the game's brevity as either a minor drawback or a reasonable length for a free title.

Recommended Mar 21, 2024
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9 found this helpful
Recommended Dec 20, 2020
I really like this football.
4 found this helpful
Recommended Feb 28, 2023
[h1]Before I played Spookyard, I had a small pp, no friends, no gf, depression, and no life. These things havent changed, but the game is pretty good[/h1]
1 found this helpful
Not recommended Mar 12, 2026
From PUC-Rio in Brazil (the Pope's Catholic University), we have "Spookyard." Students here were clearly mistaught that it's fine to release obsolete 2D games in the 3D era. 3D graphics cards became uniquitous in every single gaming PC ever since the 1990's when the ATI Rage and Voodoo3 hit the scene. Any professional development business that sees a prospective hire who doesn't know 3D graphics became mainstream in the mid 1990's with the Voodoo3 and ATI Rage probably isn't going to give them a job. Bad for the students, and what is this delivering for us gamers in the 3D gaming era? The students gave us a twofer... a game featuring 2 party brawler modes, one top down, one platformer, both really bad. At best this is one of the worst ripoffs of Super Smash Bros you ever saw. And value for gamers? None, because Super Smash Bros already exists. Why did we need an inferior copy? Yeah, sure, the Nintendo characters are replaced with some generic lulzy "horror" monsters, but that's just a boring skin on an obsolete game genre. When institutions flood the store with low quality 2D video game homework assignments, we have to question what value they have for gamers. They're not …
Recommended Nov 17, 2025
Игра 'Spookyard' оказалась приятным сюрпризом. Пиксельная графика очаровательна и создаёт правильную, немного жутковатую атмосферу. Геймплей – классический point-and-click квест, с интересными головоломками, которые заставляют подумать, но не доводят до отчаяния. История, хоть и не блещет оригинальностью (заброшенный парк развлечений, призраки и тайны), подана достаточно увлекательно и с юмором. Персонажи запоминающиеся, а диалоги написаны остроумно. Особо хочется отметить музыкальное сопровождение. Мелодии атмосферные и отлично дополняют визуальный стиль. Управление удобное, интуитивно понятное. Из минусов можно отметить короткую продолжительность – игра проходится за пару часов. Хотя, с другой стороны, это позволяет ей не надоесть. В целом, 'Spookyard' – это отличная инди-игра для тех, кто любит пиксельную графику, квесты и немного мистики. Рекомендую к ознакомлению!
Recommended Feb 28, 2024
4 people can play on the same keybord, and/or controls. What else do you want? For a free game.

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