Fighting Games
Title: Genre, Focus, Violence, Brand, Similarity
Combat Spacing: 3D, 2D, Arena/Platform Fighter
Combative Focus: 2p, Multiplayer
Violence: Commonly Martial, Commonly Weaponed (Externalized violence)
Brand: Fighters are externally associated (as a brand), Fighters are introduced by this game or series
Recognizable to Fighting Games at the time of creation, Kinda in the middle or a bit of both, Unrecognizable to Fighting Games at the time of creation
Sources:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_fighting_games
https://www.reddit.com/r/Fighters/comments/gy8um9/how_would_you_categorize_fighting_games/
https://glitchwave.com/games/genre/fighting/
https://www.si.com/esports/fgc/what-fighting-game-should-i-buy
1. Make List of Games with above Tags
2. Create question asking tree using List
3. Make a counter to keep track of the pool
4. Finish with "If no games found for that section PLEASE ADD IT!" interactionHave you ever wanted to find a new Fighting Game to play? Let me ask you a few fun questions to find out which kind of game would be best for you to try out right now:
What type of fighting game would you like to play?
(link: "2D Fighting Games")[(set: $spacing to "2D")(goto: "Q2")]
(link: "3D Fighting Games")[(set: $spacing to "3D")(goto: "Q2")]
(link: "Platform/Arena Fighting Games")[(set: $spacing to "Arena/Platform")(goto: "Q2")]
(set: $currentGames to $games)
Current Score: ((print: $currentGames's length)/(print: $games's length))(set: $currentGames to it - (find: _games where _games's Spacing is not $spacing, ...$currentGames))
How many people would you like to be able to play with?
(link: "2 Players")[(set: $focus to "2p")(goto: "Q3")]
(link: "More than 2 Players")[(set: $focus to "Multiplayer")(goto: "Q3")]
Current Score: ((print: $currentGames's length)/(print: $games's length))
You chose: (print: $spacing)
(set: $currentGames to it - (find: _games where _games's Focus is not $focus, ...$currentGames))
Would you like a fighting game that focuses more on combat involving weapons or more on pugilistic prowess?
(link: "Fist-to-Fist Combat")[(set: $violence to "Pugilistic")(goto: "Q4")]
(link: "Weaponed Combat")[(set: $violence to "Weaponed")(goto: "Q4")]
Current Score: ((print: $currentGames's length)/(print: $games's length))
You chose: (print: (a: $spacing," "+$focus))(set: $currentGames to it - (find: _games where _games's Violence is not $violence, ...$currentGames))
Would you like a fighting game that is associated with an external brand or media property like One Piece, Nintendo, or WWE?
(link: "Fighters are externally associated (as a brand)")[(set: $brand to "Branded")(goto: "Q5")]
(link: "Fighters are introduced by this game or series")[(set: $brand to "No Brand")(goto: "Q5")]
Current Score: ((print: $currentGames's length)/(print: $games's length))
You chose: (print: (a: $spacing, " "+$focus, " "+$violence))(set: $currentGames to it - (find: _games where _games's Brand is not $brand, ...$currentGames))
Would you like a game that was made to look like other fighting games? Something a little different? Or something much more strange?
(link: "Recognizable to Fighting Games at the time of creation")[(set: $similarity to "Recognizable")(goto: "Results")]
(link: "Kinda in the middle or a bit of both")[(set: $similarity to "Kinda")(goto: "Results")]
(link: "Unrecognizable to Fighting Games at the time of creation")[(set: $similarity to "Unrecognizable")(goto: "Results")]
Current Score: ((print: $currentGames's length)/(print: $games's length))
You chose: (print: (a: $spacing, " "+$focus, " "+$violence, " "+$brand))(set: $currentGames to it - (find: _games where _games's Similarity is not $similarity, ...$currentGames))(set: $chosenGame to (dm:))(if: $currentGames's length > 0)[(move: $currentGames's random into $chosenGame)
Based on the information you've given, you should try out THIS:
(print: $chosenGame's Name)
You can find more information on this game (link-repeat:"at this link")[(open-url: $chosenGame's Website)]
(if: $currentGames's length > 0)[
Here's some other games that might be interesting too:
(print: $currentGames)
]](else:)[
Sorry, we didn't find any games that match this description. Looks like we've gotta make one!
]
Final Score: ((print: $currentGames's length)/(print: $games's length))
You chose: (print: (a: $spacing, " "+$focus, " "+$violence, " "+$brand, " "+$similarity))
[[Play Again?->Q1]]{(set: $games to (a:
(dm:"Name","JoJo's Bizarre Adventure","Website","https://archive.org/details/psx_jojoba","Spacing","2D","Focus","2p","Violence","Pugilistic","Brand","Branded","Similarity","Unrecognizable"),
(dm:"Name","ARMS","Website","https://www.nintendo.com/us/store/products/arms-switch/","Spacing","3D","Focus","2p","Violence","Weaponed","Brand","No Brand","Similarity","Unrecognizable"),
(dm:"Name","BaraBariBall","Website","https://store.steampowered.com/app/277850/Sportsfriends/","Spacing","Arena/Platform","Focus","2p","Violence","Pugilistic","Brand","No Brand","Similarity","Unrecognizable"),
(dm:"Name","Stardust Valkyries
","Website","https://store.steampowered.com/app/2057310/Stardust_Valkyries/","Spacing","Arena/Platform","Focus","2p","Violence","Weaponed","Brand","No Brand","Similarity","Recognizable"),
(dm:"Name","Ultimate Marvel vs Capcom 3","Website","https://store.steampowered.com/app/357190/ULTIMATE_MARVEL_VS_CAPCOM_3/","Spacing","2D","Focus","2p","Violence","Pugilistic","Brand","Branded","Similarity","Recognizable"),
(dm:"Name","Dragonball Sparking Zero","Website","https://store.steampowered.com/app/1790600/DRAGON_BALL_Sparking_ZERO/","Spacing","Arena/Platform","Focus","2p","Violence","Pugilistic","Brand","Branded","Similarity","Recognizable"),
(dm:"Name","EA Sports UFC 5","Website","https://www.ea.com/games/ufc/ufc-5","Spacing","3D","Focus","2p","Violence","Pugilistic","Brand","Branded","Similarity","Recognizable"),
(dm:"Name","X-Men: Next Dimension","Website","https://google.com","Spacing","3D","Focus","2p","Violence","Weaponed","Brand","Branded","Similarity","Recognizable"),
(dm:"Name","Fire Pro Wrestling World","Website","https://store.steampowered.com/app/564230/Fire_Pro_Wrestling_World/","Spacing","3D","Focus","Multiplayer","Violence","Pugilistic","Brand","No Brand","Similarity","Kinda"),
(dm:"Name","Fly, Punch, Boom","Website","https://store.steampowered.com/app/1051960/Fly_Punch_Boom/","Spacing","Arena/Platform","Focus","Multiplayer","Violence","Pugilistic","Brand","No Brand","Similarity","Kinda"),
(dm:"Name","For Honor","Website","https://store.steampowered.com/app/304390/FOR_HONOR/","Spacing","3D","Focus","Multiplayer","Violence","Weaponed","Brand","No Brand","Similarity","Kinda"),
(dm:"Name","Guilty Gear Isuka","Website","https://store.steampowered.com/app/267900/Guilty_Gear_Isuka/","Spacing","2D","Focus","Multiplayer","Violence","Pugilistic","Brand","No Brand","Similarity","Recognizable"),
(dm:"Name","Lethal League Blaze","Website","https://store.steampowered.com/app/553310/Lethal_League_Blaze/","Spacing","2D","Focus","Multiplayer","Violence","Weaponed","Brand","No Brand","Similarity","Unrecognizable"),
(dm:"Name","Maiden And Spell","Website","https://store.steampowered.com/app/1004770/Maiden_and_Spell/","Spacing","Arena/Platform","Focus","2p","Violence","Weaponed","Brand","No Brand","Similarity","Unrecognizable"),
(dm:"Name","Nidhogg","Website","https://store.steampowered.com/app/94400/Nidhogg/","Spacing","Arena/Platform","Focus","2p","Violence","Weaponed","Brand","No Brand","Similarity","Kinda"),
(dm:"Name","Persona 4: Ultimax","Website","https://store.steampowered.com/agecheck/app/1602010/","Spacing","2D","Focus","2p","Violence","Weaponed","Brand","Branded","Similarity","Recognizable"),
(dm:"Name","Pokken: Tournament DX","Website","https://www.nintendo.com/us/store/products/pokken-tournament-dx-switch/","Spacing","3D","Focus","2p","Violence","Weaponed","Brand","Branded","Similarity","Kinda"),
(dm:"Name","TOUHOU SKY ARENA MATSURI CLIMAX","Website","https://store.steampowered.com/app/1086860/TOUHOU_SKY_ARENA_MATSURI_CLIMAX/","Spacing","Arena/Platform","Focus","Multiplayer","Violence","Weaponed","Brand","No Brand","Similarity","Kinda"),
(dm:"Name","Rivals Of Aether II","Website","https://store.steampowered.com/app/2217000/Rivals_of_Aether_II/","Spacing","Arena/Platform","Focus","Multiplayer","Violence","Weaponed","Brand","No Brand","Similarity","Recognizable"),
(dm:"Name","Samurai Shodown","Website","https://store.steampowered.com/app/1342260/SAMURAI_SHODOWN/","Spacing","2D","Focus","2p","Violence","Weaponed","Brand","No Brand","Similarity","Recognizable"),
(dm:"Name","Shrek Superslam","Website","https://archive.org/details/ShrekSuperSlamPC","Spacing","Arena/Platform","Focus","Multiplayer","Violence","Pugilistic","Brand","Branded","Similarity","Kinda"),
(dm:"Name","Sonic The Fighters","Website","https://archive.org/details/SonicTheFighters","Spacing","3D","Focus","2p","Violence","Pugilistic","Brand","Branded","Similarity","Kinda"),
(dm:"Name","Soul Calibur VI","Website","https://store.steampowered.com/app/544750/SOULCALIBUR_VI/","Spacing","3D","Focus","2p","Violence","Weaponed","Brand","No Brand","Similarity","Recognizable"),
(dm:"Name","Street Fighter 6","Website","https://store.steampowered.com/app/1364780/Street_Fighter_6/","Spacing","2D","Focus","2p","Violence","Pugilistic","Brand","No Brand","Similarity","Recognizable"),
(dm:"Name","Super Smash Bros. Ultimate","Website","https://www.nintendo.com/us/store/products/super-smash-bros-ultimate-switch/","Spacing","Arena/Platform","Focus","Multiplayer","Violence","Weaponed","Brand","Branded","Similarity","Recognizable"),
(dm:"Name","Tekken 7","Website","https://store.steampowered.com/app/389730/TEKKEN_7/","Spacing","3D","Focus","2p","Violence","Pugilistic","Brand","No Brand","Similarity","Recognizable"),
(dm:"Name","Them's Fightin' Herds","Website","https://store.steampowered.com/app/574980/Thems_Fightin_Herds/","Spacing","2D","Focus","2p","Violence","Pugilistic","Brand","No Brand","Similarity","Kinda"),
(dm:"Name","Toribash","Website","https://store.steampowered.com/app/248570/Toribash/","Spacing","3D","Focus","2p","Violence","Pugilistic","Brand","No Brand","Similarity","Unrecognizable"),
(dm:"Name","MechAssault","Website","https://archive.org/details/mech-assault","Spacing","Arena/Platform","Focus","Multiplayer","Violence","Weaponed","Brand","No Brand","Similarity","Unrecognizable"),
(dm:"Name","Wrestling Empire","Website","https://store.steampowered.com/app/1620340/Wrestling_Empire/","Spacing","3D","Focus","Multiplayer","Violence","Pugilistic","Brand","No Brand","Similarity","Unrecognizable"),
(dm:"Name","WWE 2K25","Website","https://store.steampowered.com/app/2878960/WWE_2K25/","Spacing","3D","Focus","Multiplayer","Violence","Pugilistic","Brand","Branded","Similarity","Recognizable"),
(dm:"Name","Your Only Move Is HUSTLE","Website","https://store.steampowered.com/app/2212330/Your_Only_Move_Is_HUSTLE/","Spacing","2D","Focus","2p","Violence","Pugilistic","Brand","No Brand","Similarity","Unrecognizable"),
(dm:"Name","Injustice 2","Website","https://store.steampowered.com/app/627270/Injustice_2/","Spacing","2D","Focus","2p","Violence","Pugilistic","Brand","Branded","Similarity","Kinda"),
(dm:"Name","Granblue Fantasy Versus: Rising","Website","store.steampowered.com/app/2157560/Granblue_Fantasy_Versus_Rising/","Spacing","2D","Focus","2p","Violence","Weaponed","Brand","Branded","Similarity","Kinda"),
(dm:"Name","Power Rangers: Battle For The Grid","Website","https://store.steampowered.com/app/1110100/Power_Rangers_Battle_for_the_Grid/","Spacing","2D","Focus","2p","Violence","Weaponed","Brand","Branded","Similarity","Unrecognizable"),
(dm:"Name","UNDER NIGHT IN-BIRTH II Sys:Celes","Website","https://store.steampowered.com/app/2076010/UNDER_NIGHT_INBIRTH_II_SysCeles/","Spacing","2D","Focus","2p","Violence","Weaponed","Brand","No Brand","Similarity","Kinda"),
(dm:"Name","Rainbowcore Hypernova","Website","https://store.steampowered.com/app/2346510/Rainbowcore_Hypernova/","Spacing","2D","Focus","2p","Violence","Weaponed","Brand","No Brand","Similarity","Unrecognizable"),
(dm:"Name","Street Fighter X Tekken","Website","https://archive.org/details/STFXTK","Spacing","2D","Focus","Multiplayer","Violence","Pugilistic","Brand","Branded","Similarity","Recognizable"),
(dm:"Name","Diesel Legacy: The Brazen Age","Website","https://store.steampowered.com/app/1959140/Diesel_Legacy_The_Brazen_Age/","Spacing","2D","Focus","Multiplayer","Violence","Pugilistic","Brand","No Brand","Similarity","Kinda"),
(dm:"Name","2XKO","Website","https://2xko.riotgames.com/en-us/","Spacing","2D","Focus","Multiplayer","Violence","Weaponed","Brand","Branded","Similarity","Recognizable"),
(dm:"Name","Luminedge","Website","https://store.steampowered.com/app/3078430/Luminedge/","Spacing","2D","Focus","Multiplayer","Violence","Weaponed","Brand","No Brand","Similarity","Kinda"),
(dm:"Name","Mortal Kombat 9","Website","PHYSICAL ONLY","Spacing","2D","Focus","Multiplayer","Violence","Weaponed","Brand","No Brand","Similarity","Recognizable"),
(dm:"Name","TKO","Website","https://store.steampowered.com/app/1297550/TKO/","Spacing","3D","Focus","2p","Violence","Pugilistic","Brand","Branded","Similarity","Unrecognizable"),
(dm:"Name","Schwarzerblitz","Website","https://store.steampowered.com/app/1287800/Schwarzerblitz/","Spacing","3D","Focus","2p","Violence","Pugilistic","Brand","No Brand","Similarity","Kinda"),
(dm:"Name","Hellish Quart","Website","https://store.steampowered.com/app/1000360/Hellish_Quart/","Spacing","3D","Focus","2p","Violence","Weaponed","Brand","No Brand","Similarity","Kinda"),
(dm:"Name","Godzilla: Destroy All Monsters Melee","Website","https://archive.org/details/godzilla-destroy-all-monsters-melee-europe-en-fr-de-es-it-2002-fighting-game-cube","Spacing","3D","Focus","Multiplayer","Violence","Pugilistic","Brand","Branded","Similarity","Kinda"),
(dm:"Name","Lastfight","Website","https://store.steampowered.com/app/443450/LASTFIGHT/","Spacing","3D","Focus","Multiplayer","Violence","Pugilistic","Brand","No Brand","Similarity","Recognizable"),
(dm:"Name","Godzilla Save The Earth","Website","https://archive.org/details/godzilla-save-the-earth-usa_202302","Spacing","3D","Focus","Multiplayer","Violence","Weaponed","Brand","Branded","Similarity","Kinda"),
(dm:"Name","Demon Slayer -Kimetsu no Yaiba- The Hinokami Chronicles 2","Website","https://store.steampowered.com/app/2928600/Demon_Slayer_Kimetsu_no_Yaiba_The_Hinokami_Chronicles_2/?curator_clanid=32528477","Spacing","3D","Focus","Multiplayer","Violence","Weaponed","Brand","Branded","Similarity","Recognizable"),
(dm:"Name","Chivalry 2","Website","https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1824220/view/3362513919235119586","Spacing","3D","Focus","Multiplayer","Violence","Weaponed","Brand","No Brand","Similarity","Unrecognizable"),
(dm:"Name","Dissidia 012: Duodecim","Website","https://archive.org/details/pspdissidia012duodecimfinalfantasyusaenfrdeesit","Spacing","Arena/Platform","Focus","2p","Violence","Weaponed","Brand","Branded","Similarity","Kinda"),
(dm:"Name","Mobile Suit Gundam Extreme Vs Maxiboost On","Website","https://store.playstation.com/en-us/product/UP0700-CUSA18758_00-EXTREMEVSMBONPKG","Spacing","Arena/Platform","Focus","2p","Violence","Weaponed","Brand","Branded","Similarity","Recognizable"),
(dm:"Name","Mega Man Battle Network Legacy Collection","Website","https://www.greenmangaming.com/games/mega-man-battle-network-legacy-collection-pc/","Spacing","Arena/Platform","Focus","2p","Violence","Weaponed","Brand","Branded","Similarity","Unrecognizable"),
(dm:"Name","Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl 2","Website","https://store.steampowered.com/app/2017080/Nickelodeon_AllStar_Brawl_2/","Spacing","Arena/Platform","Focus","Multiplayer","Violence","Pugilistic","Brand","Branded","Similarity","Recognizable"),
(dm:"Name","Bird Boxing","Website","https://store.steampowered.com/app/1360140/Bird_Boxing/","Spacing","Arena/Platform","Focus","Multiplayer","Violence","Pugilistic","Brand","No Brand","Similarity","Recognizable"),
(dm:"Name","Well, This Is Where RUMBLEVERSE Would Go...","Website","https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iWk7hhJScMU","Spacing","Arena/Platform","Focus","Multiplayer","Violence","Pugilistic","Brand","No Brand","Similarity","Unrecognizable"),
(dm:"Name","Custom Robo V2","Website","https://archive.org/details/custom-robo-v2-english-patch-files","Spacing","Arena/Platform","Focus","Multiplayer","Violence","Weaponed","Brand","Branded","Similarity","Kinda"),
(dm:"Name","Jump Ultimate Stars","Website","https://archive.org/details/0696-jump-ultimate-stars-u_202108","Spacing","Arena/Platform","Focus","Multiplayer","Violence","Weaponed","Brand","Branded","Similarity","Unrecognizable"),
(dm:"Name","Gang Beasts","Website","https://store.steampowered.com/app/285900/Gang_Beasts/","Spacing","Arena/Platform","Focus","Multiplayer","Violence","Weaponed","Brand","No Brand","Similarity","Unrecognizable")
)
)}