Critical 404

Critical 404 is a fighting game, akin to games like Street Fighter, where the main gameplay involves two characters fighting against each other to see who reigns supreme. The game revolves around a cyber-space theme, with characters taking inspiration from various different aspects of computers.

You can play the game for yourself by downloading it here!

Gameplay

The main gameplay features two characters in an open stage fighting against each other. Each character has light and heavy punch and kick attacks, and has standing, crouching, and jumping variations. Some attacks will knock your opponent back, and some will simply leave them in hitstun. Blocking attacks can be done by holding back on the controller.

Controls

The game requires two players. Control schemes include keyboard, as well as game controller (Xbox, PlayStation, Nintendo Switch, etc.). Note that, due to controllers not having consistent face button namings, face buttons are referred to by their cardinal direction relative to each other.

Keyboard

• Light/Heavy Punch - A/S
• Light/Heavy Kick - Z/X
• Movement - Left/Right arrows
• Crouch - Down
• Jump - Up

Controller

• Light/Heavy Punch - West/North face buttons
• Light/Heavy Kick - South/East face buttons
• Movement - Left joystick left/right
• Crouch - Left joystick down
• Jump - Left joystick up

Credits

GAMEPLAY

• Leonardo Gama (Programming lead, hitboxes)

• Raju Sivanantham (UI)

• Ian Hayward (Level design, balancing)

ART AND GRAPHICS

Character Art

• Paola Garcia (Mila)

• Sairus Pradhan (Spread)

Additional Art

• Ian Hayward (Background art)

• Sairus Pradhan (Key art, particle effects)

MUSIC

• Jason Nguyen (Music, SFX)

USER INTERFACE

• Raju Sivanantham (Layout, programming)

• Leonardo Gama (Programming)