Darkstorm from heroes 3 may be low tier, but his portrait is top tier

4 years ago today, Mega Knockdown was originally released on PC via Steam Early Access. It was developed and published by dhamster.

I'm not a solo dev, but more than 95% of the game was made by me. Absolutely no AI was used in the process of creating HF2, and I'd argue its online features and UX are as good or better than some recent fighting game releases.

Most mainstream gaming publications have ignored my attempts at outreach so it's nice to get a little bit of coverage, even if it's just of me doing some shitting on AI

Aftermath@aftermath.site · last wk.

All the video game studios that refuse to use generative AI aftermath.site/video-games-no...

Just donated to the Under The Counter fundraiser for Trans Lifeline. You should too, donate here: tiltify.com/@polarbair/u...

PolarBair 🔜 UMAD 2026@polarbair.neocities.org · last wk.

I'm beyond excited to share that Under The Counter is back, now a charity event benefiting Trans Lifeline! Join us all week August 10-16, 2026 for all the fighting games you can handle, by and for the community. For us. Register: challonge.com/communities/... Donate: tiltify.com/@polarbair/u...

Oh hell yeah. I'm running Both Mega Knockdown (with creator @dhamster.bsky.social) And the usual Street Fighter the Movie goodness. Come join some tournaments and help out the Trans Lifeline!

PolarBair 🔜 UMAD 2026@polarbair.neocities.org · last wk.

I'm beyond excited to share that Under The Counter is back, now a charity event benefiting Trans Lifeline! Join us all week August 10-16, 2026 for all the fighting games you can handle, by and for the community. For us. Register: challonge.com/communities/... Donate: tiltify.com/@polarbair/u...

My one sentence review: "TOKON is a tag fighting game for people who watch tag fighting games and say, man, I wish I could do that."

at first i wasn't sure about the changes from the arcade version but.. its still killer queen, and i can actually play it without being on vacation somewhere near a killer queen cabinet

Tuesday Night Mystery 🔜CEO 2026@itsjustchrisnow.bsky.social · 2w ago

Gonna run a bracket for Killer Queen soon so start getting your teams together now. Maybe like August 8th? Saturday before CEO? This game is so sick and it's FREE. Hop on, get the gang together, and get those games in. store.steampowered.com/app/663670/K...

we could have had it all...

Juicebox 🔜 🗽@juiceboxfgc.bsky.social · 2w ago

First time I've ever seen King of the Hill layout.

I don't recall French Bread ever needing to fire their entire dev team after launching a game but I guess you can make fun of them, Riot.

K'eeg@armormodekeeg.blacksky.app · 2w ago

what do you mean the 2XKO devs dropped an entire blog post seething that people think their game's name sucks and they take pot shots at Under Night in it. that's hilarious

Shit, even I was able to make a spectator mode for Mega Knockdown. Who's the netcode expert now mother fuckers?

Mathias Wolfbrok@mathiaswolfbrok.eurosky.social · 2w ago

Well if the presence of Mike Z wasn't enough to deter you from buying Avatar Legends, the lack of online spectator mode will ensure no tourney can be hosted

seems like a few very special people are going through this thread to downvote everyone who mentions "mike z" and deny/downplay the shit he did in the comments www.reddit.com/r/Fighters/c...

From the Fighters community on Reddit: Just a temperature check on the sub. Who is planning on getting avatar legends? who is planning on getting Tokon? and who is planning on getting both?

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Pathologic 2

Bothers me that this game and other indie fighters have struggled on kickstarter when many big publishers continue to do bad shit and get rewarded for it. I pledged $100, you should consider pledging too.

Alcratz@alcratz.bsky.social · last mo.

The Kickstarter for RUSH (Rival Ultimate Steel Hand), my indie 3D fighter, is LIVE! The plan: develop RUSH for a year, for a proper release. Details on Kickstarter, link below 🧵. Lots of info, including art and music. Check it out, and please consider supporting #GoodAssRUSH 🙏

VEGETA: Let’s see what that fool Kakarot thinks when he sees that I, the prince of Saiyans, have unlocked the heretofore unknown power of the Yassified Saiyan form entirely through the will due to royalty! GOKU: (oblivious) Hey Bulma! You look different!

MENTALES@mentales.com.br · 3w ago

excelente recauchutada parabens pelo divorcio

The Kickstarter for RUSH (Rival Ultimate Steel Hand), my indie 3D fighter, is LIVE! The plan: develop RUSH for a year, for a proper release. Details on Kickstarter, link below 🧵. Lots of info, including art and music. Check it out, and please consider supporting #GoodAssRUSH 🙏

My parents are nuts man. My dad is afraid to get on a plane so he's driving 16 hours (first time they have done so in 6 years), staying 1 day in my town (they originally said 2), and then turning around and driving 16 hours back

willpower is a muscle you have to exercise if you want to live a life according to your values. posting the right things on social media isn't gonna bring you peace if you can't live it. if anything it'll make you feel worse. if you want to feel good, you gotta build that muscle.

there are already more FGs out there than you'll ever have time to play in your whole life that do not give money to assholes. play E's Laf, play MBAACC, play anything on Fightcade, whatever, you don't need to wait for your favorite mass-market YouTuber to take a stand. it's never gonna happen.

that check could have paid for our health insurance for a whole year in just like a month of work. i'll never get a chance to say Fuck You as loudly as irene did and if you can't even echo a tiny fraction of that energy then nothing I could ever do or say will overcome your miserable lack of agency.

"but what about the good devs on the team" MF WHAT ABOUT THE GOOD DEVS WHO DIDN'T JOIN THE TEAM BC THEY DIDN'T WANT TO WORK WITH HARASSERS? if anyone on the team gives a shit, vocally not supporting the game gives them leverage to fix things.

But instead I see endless mfs out there like "Evo 🙁 SNK 🙁 Capcom 🙁 if only the FGC had a backbone and standards 😤but i'm still gonna play it though" MF THE MISSING BACKBONE IS YOU ESPECIALLY IF YOU'RE RTING THE GOOD STUFF IN PUBLIC AND KEEPING THE POSTS ABOUT HOW YOU'RE GONNA PLAY IT FOR DISCORD

And during that whole time I never had any issue with anyone saying they weren't gonna spend money on 2XKO bc that kind of reaction is what empowers people inside the company to push for reform!!! I SAW HOW RAISING HELL OUTSIDE MAKES IT EASIER TO CHANGE THINGS INSIDE THAT'S WHY I WRITE THIS SHIT.

"But pat you worked at Riot" Riot paid out $100m in a lawsuit and did years of work to reform the culture! I encouraged the lawsuit and gladly did everything i could to help the company improve! Mike Z sued the employees that he harassed!!! That's years of doing the exact opposite of apologizing!!!

"I'm not gonna play the Avatar game but I won't judge you if you do" nah fuck that. Irene walked away from a five figure payday to say fuck this shit, I judge mfs for just having bad taste in FGs you think I'm gonna sit this one out?? not buying a game is the easiest thing in the world.

Killer Queen Black is back on Steam and available as free store.steampowered.com/app/663670/K... for some reason still has disclaimer that it's no longer on Steam