INKWAVE Features

INKWAVE is a complete browser game in one page load: a 4v4 turf war with seven weapons, three stages, bots, a locker and an ink system that behaves like liquid.

• 4v4 turf war

  Two teams of four fight for three minutes. Your ink claims ground wherever it lands, and the team holding more turf when the clock stops wins.

• Squid form

  Dive into your own ink to swim faster, refill your tank, regenerate health and climb inked walls. Ink is movement as much as ammunition.

• Seven weapons

  Shooter, roller, charger, blaster, dualies, slosher and splatling: one of each class, all viable, each with its own ink, range and spread.

• Three stages, day and dusk

  Tidewater Plaza, Kelpline Terminal and Halyard Marina each play at day and at dusk, with layouts built around towers, grate catwalks and water.

• Splat Bombs and specials

  Every kit carries Splat Bombs, and each weapon charges one of two specials: the leaping Tidal Slam or the soaking Ink Tempest.

• Map and super jump

  Hold Tab to see a tilt-shift view of the live arena, then super-jump to a teammate's position and land back in the fight.

• The locker

  Choose your squidkid from ten presets, then tune tentacle style, headgear, eyes, skin tone and outfit. Your team's colour is always in your hair.

• Bots at three difficulties

  Chill, Fresh and Fierce bots differ in reaction time, aim, fire discipline and awareness, so solo matches stay interesting as you improve.

• Procedural everything

  Characters, animation, weapons, textures, props, sound effects and music are generated in code. The only downloaded assets are two fonts.

• No install, open source

  The game runs in the browser with nothing to download, and the full source is published under the MIT license.