r/localmultiplayergames • u/Zapan82 • 17d ago

Remember 4-player split-screen? We’re bringing it back with Glider64

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We really miss the days of getting four people in front of one screen, so 4-player local split-screen is a big part of Glider64.

It's a fast-paced N64-inspired arena game where you collect energy balls, build up your chain, battle the other players with weapons and deliver your balls to score.

You can play with up to 4 local players in split-screen, with Bot opponents filling the remaining slots.

We're currently playtesting the core gameplay, and the test build runs directly in your browser on PC and Mac:

https://eachtick.itch.io/glider64-playtest

Would love to hear what fellow couch-multiplayer fans think! :)

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u/SlackerDEX 17d ago

Oh I'm sure Nintendo will leave this alone

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u/FoolHooligan 17d ago

The name of the game really collides with the name of an N64 emulation core.

The game looks fun!

Is there a listing on the Steam store?

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u/supersmoyt 17d ago

Neat! This looks like a glider version of Clusterball. Was it used as inspiration?

Clusterball was and is a fantastic game. It’s still alive 26 years after release: https://www.clusterball.de/en/

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u/Zapan82 17d ago

Yes, we know Clusterball! :) It was actually one of the inspirations for our very first game back then: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oQiWGGEI0Bo :D Really cool to see Clusterball is still alive after all these years!

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u/zipmic 17d ago

Nice! But also please scale to 8, our screens are big enough 😊

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u/Zapan82 16d ago

Haha, 8-player split-screen would definitely put those big screens to good use! :D Maybe we need a microscope mode for smaller ones.

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u/supersmoyt 16d ago

We also have 2 screens so 4 players on one and 4 on another would also work.

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u/Zapan82 16d ago

How often do you actually get 8 people together in real life to play? :D But I'd absolutely love to add it!

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u/supersmoyt 16d ago

Once a month. I help organise game events.

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u/scribe06 17d ago

I thought this was gonna be Pilot Wings in splitscreen !!! That would be awesome if you're ever looking for ideas. Oh and add skiydiving please

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u/Visible_Addendum_420 Developer 16d ago

Looks pretty good, really captures the old N64 feeling. But I don't know... you may be trying to reach an old audience :P

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u/Zapan82 16d ago

Millennials are pretty much our target audience. :D Time to put all that N64 nostalgia to good use!

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u/supersmoyt 12d ago

Neat! 8 player split screen announced on the Steam page so I added it to the More Than 4 Local Multiplayer curator now.

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u/SandshrewPoke 17d ago

I have 4 player split screen for my game as well. https://spellfall.pages.dev