Indie Bash

Indie Bash is a 2020 crossover independent fighting game released for the PC and Max on April 17. The game is a crossover is many different independent games, including them regardless of genre or tone. Some games featured include RPGs such as Lisa and OFF, platformers such as Cuphead and Shovel Knight, and quite a few more.

Gameplay
The gameplay is most comparable to the Super Smash Bros. series, focussing on fast-paced combat and features an equivalent of side smashes. Unlike Smash, the game featured a traditional health bar that lowers with each attack. The game also featured stages that have been taken from the fighter's original games.

There are multiple game modes that the player can pick from, including a one-on-one fight between the player and a CPU, a team attack where the player can pick their team and goes up against the CPU's team, what the game calls a "ladder match" where the player must fight against every fighter in the game one after the other, slowly making their way up the "ladder", and a tournament-like event where sixteen fighters battle against each other.

Another game mode is a pseudo-story mode where the player has to make their way through a silent story where the different fighters attempt to battle against a being in shadow with the ability to control people's minds. The ladder match mode can unlock alternate endings to the story mode depending on who wins.

Development
The game was developed using the Unity software. Originally, it was just meant to be a side project, but once the developers replaced the generic models with actual characters from video games, they realized the potential and started an Indiegogo campaign, which reached its goal and most of its stretch goals.

Upon realizing this, the developers got to work on their passion project and began developing character models, move sets, stages, etc. Unfortunately, the game took longer to make than expected, coming out a whole year late, though they kept backers up to date with monthly updates to confirm the game was indeed still being developed.

The development process was rather stressful due to the multiple game modes and the many characters they had to add. In fact, it was so stressful, the developers breathed a sigh of relief when they realized it was over. The game was released on April 17, 2020, for free on Steam.

Characters

 * /Shovel Knight/
 * /The Kid/
 * /The Knight/
 * /Brad Armstrong/
 * /The Batter/
 * /Cuphead/
 * /Madeline/
 * /Canabalt Guy/
 * /The Hyper Light Drifter/
 * /Pedro's Friend/
 * /The Beheaded/
 * /Quote/
 * /Meat Boy/
 * /Isaac/
 * /Sash Lilac/
 * /Hat Kid/
 * More TBA

Stages

 * The Village
 * Tower of Fate
 * The Bastion
 * Hollownest
 * Nice Homes
 * Wally Burger
 * Joy Labs
 * Zone 0
 * Purified Zone
 * The Room
 * Inkwell Isles
 * Inkwell Hell
 * Mount Celeste
 * Cananbalt

Reception
TBA