I stumbled upon this cool game in-progress called Rag Doll Kung Fu. Evidently it’s a side project/tech demo from Mark Healey at Lionhead that got some widespread coverage last month year but somehow I missed all that. See the trailer and you’ll want to play it too.
There’s an interview at Lionhead Times with Mark where he expounds on the concept of fighters with strings attached:
This means you get to create your own style, and can act out whatever you feel like, and of course, if you really feel like it, you can have a fight.
If all goes well, and I get the online stuff working properly, then you can act out various silly situations with people all over the world, have dancing competitions, chatting, fighting, that kind of thing.
I already have multiplayer working on a single machine – you can plug in up to eight mice (with a usb hub), and simulate all types of strange behaviour. (Thanks to J STOOKEY for that cool multi mice code he wrote for MAME!)
It’s about Chi power.