Project FL is a 3D hand-to-hand brawler about close, heavy, readable fights. Throw real strings of punches and kicks, parry and dodge through swings, break a Hound's stance, then finish him with a takedown. One man against a whole gang, and every hit has weight.

This is an early playtest. It is not finished, and your feedback decides what I work on next.

Beat the dev's time

Chapter One is timed from New Chapter until Captain Rook goes down. Deaths and retries count; pausing doesn't.

My time is 03:24.88. Beat it and the game will tell you. Post a screenshot of your finish screen in the comments to get on the leaderboard.

Leaderboard

1. Stonejaw (dev) - 03:24.88

In this build

• Chapter One: the docks, the freight yard and the north gate
• Four Iron Hound fighters: the Boxer, the Flanker, the Bruiser and Captain Rook
• Punch and kick strings, heavy attacks, parries, dodges, takedowns and knockouts
• A speedrun clock, with your best time saved on your PC
• Free Training mode with challenges and a choice of opponents
• Keyboard and controller support, with remappable keys

Tell me what you think

1. In the first five minutes, did you understand what to do?
2. Did the hits feel heavy and satisfying? Which move felt best, and which felt worst?
3. Did movement feel responsive, or floaty and slow?
4. Did the enemies feel fair?
5. Did the camera ever get in your way?
6. Where did you stop playing, and why? What was your time?
7. Would you want to play the full game?

Controls

Keyboard: WASD move, J punch, K kick, Shift+J / Shift+K heavy, L guard (tap to parry), Alt dash, Space jump, U takedown, Esc pause, F1 move list. Controller: X punch, Y kick, LT / RT heavy, LB guard, B dash, A jump, RB takedown, Start pause.

How to play

1. Download the zip and unzip it anywhere.
2. Double-click Project FL.exe.
3. Black screen? Use Play - Compatibility Mode in the same folder.

Windows may say the app is from an unknown publisher, because it isn't code-signed yet. Click More info, then Run anyway.

Needs: Windows 10 or 11 (64-bit), a graphics card with Vulkan or DirectX 12 support, about 150 MB of space.

Credits

Made by Stonejaw with the Godot Engine. Animation sources: Quaternius (CC0), Mixamo, and "Long Fight combo" by Jungle Jim (CC BY 4.0). Sound: Kenney Impact Sounds (CC0). Concrete texture: ambientCG (CC0).

Contains blood and bare-knuckle violence.