Election season gets settled in the ring.
Kikar Kombat is a 2D arcade fighting game with a cast of fictional parody characters: recognizable political archetypes, all drawn, all under invented names. Punches, kicks, combos, specials, focus attacks, EX, supers and ultras, all under your thumbs.
Online
· Same Wi-Fi: two devices, one router, no internet and no server in between
· Room code: open a room and send a friend four characters. It waits ten minutes, longer than most committees
· Quick match: whoever is free right now, anywhere
· iPhone and Android: same ring, same frame data, 60 frames a second. The one condition: the same version on both phones
Rollback netcode: your input lands within a few frames, even with your opponent at the other end of the country. No sign-up, no party membership, no primaries.
14 fighters. One square.
Eight veterans and six newcomers. The Magician works a red line and a podium, The Anchor wins on broadcast timing, The Bulldozer does not stop. And the new faces: The Strategist plans for years and hits straight, The Founder never fights alone, The Wunderkind waits for you to move first, The New Broom sweeps you off the list, The Professor files petition after petition, and The Cold Front brings winter to every round. Every one of them has moves. None of them has a plan. Clear Arcade to unlock The Voter.
Seven stages
A debate hall, Kaplan Street at 10pm, the Tel Aviv boardwalk at sunset, the walls of the Old City, the Dead Sea, a TV debate studio, and a city square in front of three hundred thousand people. Every one has a crowd. None of them has quiet.
Modes
· Online: same Wi-Fi, room code or quick match
· Arcade: six fights up to The Cabal
· VS CPU: four difficulty levels, from Rookie to PM
· Two players on one device: a stick and a button cluster per side
· Training: a patient dummy, a clock that never runs, frame data on every hit
· Tutorial: 16 lessons that teach the game while you play
The manifesto
High and low blocking, a guard gauge that breaks, a stun gauge, counter hits, throws and throw breaks, armored focus attacks, a four-stock super meter, a revenge gauge and ultras. Real frame data: lights are safe on block, heavies are punishable, and hits that land on the same frame count for both sides. The only manifesto this election that anyone intends to keep.
The look
Campaign posters, torn paper, rubber stamps and a breaking-news ticker, edge to edge on phones and tablets.
Ads, and how to lose them
The game is free and paid for by ads from Google AdMob, never in the middle of a fight. A one-time Remove Ads purchase in Settings turns them off for good, and you can restore it on any device signed in to the same Google account. No sign-up and no in-game account.
Full Hebrew
A complete right-to-left Hebrew interface, down to the move names and the round announcements. English is one tap away in Settings.
A note
Kikar Kombat is satire. Every fighter is a fictional parody character with an invented name: a drawn political archetype, not a real person and not a photograph of anyone. The game is not affiliated with any party, organization or individual, does not depict real events, and takes no political position. The roster is built to span the whole political map.
The fighting game of election season. 14 fighters, online play with iPhone too.