Twin Stick Checkers

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Checkers, except every piece has a gun.

Short description

Checkers meets twin-stick shooting. Every piece is a turret you aim and fire yourself. Play solo against the AI, 1v1 on the same computer, or online through Steam Remote Play Together.

Mini description

Checkers, except every piece has a gun. Aim, shoot, shield, and outplay your opponent in real time. Solo vs AI, local 1v1, or online through Steam Remote Play Together.

About the game

Twin Stick Checkers takes the 8x8 board and two armies of the classic game and runs them in real time. You move a piece with one stick and aim with the other, while your opponent does the same thing back at you.

Captures still win games, and so does gunfire. A piece that runs out of health leaves the board like any captured one.

A classic game reinvented

Every piece can shoot bullets in any direction, raise a shield to block incoming fire, and draw from action meters that fuel both attack and defense. Positioning and timing matter as much as the board layout.

Every piece is a turret

Each unit has health, ammo, a shooting direction, and a square that either protects it or exposes it. Shots ricochet off the walls, so the board fills with bullets nobody aimed at anyone in particular, and some of them are yours hitting your own pieces.

Ways to play

Solo vs AI.

Local 1v1. Two players, one computer.

Online via Steam Remote Play Together. Invite a friend. Only one of you needs to own the game.

Features

• Classic checkers rules rebuilt as real-time action
• Every piece shoots and shields
• Bullet ricochets and crossfire
• Friendly fire is on
• Solo vs AI with increasingly difficult opponents
• Local 1v1 on one machine
• Online 1v1 through Steam Remote Play Together, one copy required
• Easy to learn, hard to master