Factsheet

Developer:
Team2Bit
Based in Santa Cruz, California, USA

Release date:
June 21, 2013

Platforms:
Steam
GOG
Xbox 360

Website:
http://www.team2bit.com/fistpuncher

Regular Price:

USD$9.99

Description

Fist Puncher follows a team of vigilantes led by Dr. Karate, world renowned neurosurgeon and black belt, as they perform unnecessary surgery on the crime lords that hold a lawless city in their brutal grip. The gameplay is true to the classic era of button mashing brawlers, as players choose from a colorful cast of characters and take to the streets to battle endless waves of thugs and ruffians. Featuring dozens of levels of mayhem, unlockables, easter eggs, special attacks, and RPG elements, Fist Puncher combines the glory days of multi-player beat 'em ups with the frills and richness of modern games. Bust out the baseball bats, sledge hammers, and prison shivs, and prepare to mash pixel fists into pixel faces.

History

Development on Fist Puncher began in August of 2010, using the XNA framework and an assortment of free tools. Fist Puncher was first shown publicly at GDC 2012 as part of the IGN/GameSpy Indie Open House booth. In April of 2012, Team2Bit completed a successful Kickstarter campaign, raising $23,723 to fund the completion of the game. Later that year Fist Puncher was also awarded a spot in the Kickstarter Arcade and was exhibited at both PAX East and PAX Prime.

Features

  • Packed with playable characters, including Dr. Karate, Steroid Jackson, Hella Fistgerald and the Beekeeper.
  • Steam DLC to play as Robot Unicorn from the hit Adult Swim game Robot Unicorn Attack.
  • Unique attacks and movesets for each character.
  • RPG features allow you to assign attribute points to hone and sculpt your characters to your liking.
  • Purchase perks including new moves and powers for your characters.
  • Over 50 levels, including a a nude beach, a slaughterhouse, and an ostrich farm.
  • 99 unlockable achievement trading cards - collect them all!
  • Over 100 collectible items.
  • Attack with tasers, slingshots, guns, bombs and more.
  • Throw cars, cows, dogs, street musicians and whatever else you can pick up.
  • Steam achievements, cloud save, and leaderboards
  • Four player local co-op.
  • Sexy pixel art graphics - like living in 1988!

Videos

Trailer YouTube

Trailer YouTube

Gameplay Video YouTube

Trailer YouTube

Trailer YouTube

Trailer YouTube

Gameplay Video and Interview YouTube

Gameplay Video and Interview YouTube

Gameplay Video YouTube

Gameplay Video YouTube

Images

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Awards & Recognition

  • "Paste Magazine Top 10 Games of GDC 2013." March 2013.
  • "Honorable Mention: GDC Best in Play 2013." March 2013.
  • "Featured on front page of GameSpot during their 5 part San Francisco Indie Game Development series." January 2013.
  • "Featured game on The Greenlight." January 2013.
  • "Featured game on Indie Statik's Super Indie Spotlight." January 2013.
  • "Participated in Kickstarter Arcade at PAX East and PAX Prime." 2012.
  • "Featured on GameSpot's It Came From Xbox LIVE! show." September 21st, 2012.
  • "Featured at California Extreme 2012." July 2012.
  • "Kickstarter project of the day." April 6th, 2012.
  • "Featured on IGN's Up At Noon with Greg Miller show." April 2nd, 2012.
  • "Exhibited at GDC 2012 as part of GameSpy Indie Open House Showcase." March, 2012.

Selected Articles

  • "Fist Puncher is a welcome and extended return to the heyday of brawlers."
    - Jason Venter, GameSpot
  • "...may be the most fun game ever... Fist Puncher is amazing."
    - Jesse Cox, TGS, One Moderately Funny Gamer
  • "It's awesome."
    - Dodger, TGS, Press Heart to Continue
  • "...a side-scrolling brawler that pushes the absurdity of its genre to the edge..."
    - Richard Clark, Paste Magazine
  • "Fist Puncher is a kick to the groin of gaming and I'm slightly in love with it"
    - Josh Mattingly, IndieStatik
  • "...a manic button-mashing punching game that's pretty fun too."
    - Cindy Au, Kickstarter
  • "Fist Puncher combines classic beatem up bad-assery with Garbage Pail Kids-ish achievements."
    - Rob Jackson, GameFans
  • "Be prepared when you go to the Nude Beach stage. That's all I've gotta say."
    - Ryan Goddard, BitLoaders
  • "An awesome looking retro-beat em up with old school gameplay and a lot of @$$ kicking!"
    - Nick Ahlhelm, Superpoweredfiction
  • "Return to the glory days of mashing square fists into rectangular faces."
    - Mike Wall, Armless Octopus
  • "The absurdity naturally tickles your funny bone and never insults it."
    - Georgie Boysaxe, Press Pause Radio
  • "Viva la Team Fist Puncher!"
    - Naomi Kyle, IGN

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About Team2Bit

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Team2Bit (the Lewandowski Brothers) is an indie game studio comprised of 2 brothers, Matt Kain Lewandowski and Jake Lewandowski, located in the Bay Area, California. Our mission is to make the kind of games we’d personally like to play, guided entirely by our own processes, without outside influence. Our games have been exhibited at E3, GDC, PAX Prime, PAX East, and Indiecade and and can be purchased for a variety of platforms and distribution channels including Xbox One, Xbox 360, Steam, GOG, the Humble Store, Google Play, the App Store, Desura, and OUYA. We're also graduating members of IGN's Indie Open House program and winners of season 1 of IGN's The Next Game Boss. Our games include Final Fleet, Reagan Gorbachev, Fist Puncher (which we kickstarted back in 2012), Washington's Wig, and Washington's Wall.

More information
More information on Team2Bit, our logo & relevant media are available here.

Fist Puncher Credits

Matt Lewandowski
Art, Sound, Music, Design and Development

Jake Lewandowski
Art, Sound, Music, Design and Development

Hoen Anderson
Additional Art

Contact

Inquiries
jake.lewandowski@team2bit.com

Twitter
https://twitter.com/Team2Bit

Facebook
http://www.facebook.com/Team2Bit

Web
Team2Bit.com

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