A new release of Bitfighter is now available, with tons of fixes and enhancements. Read about it and download the latest on the downloads page.
Welcome to Bitfighter!
Bitfighter is a free multi-player 2-D space combat game with Robotron-like controls. It's a team-based strategy game featuring retro vector graphics and customizable ships. It's fast, fun, and frenetic.
Bitfighter is designed for Windows, Linux, and OS X, and has an active development team.
Bitfighter 015a released!
Bitfighter 015 released!
This release includes 2 new modules, a new statistics tracking framework, and tons of new features, enhancements, and bug fixes. Check out the posting in the forums, or just download a copy now!
Bitfighter videos on YouTube
Check out the new Bitfighter channel on YouTube! These show come great game play, and give a real sense for how Bitfighter works with several players. Watch now!
New forums launched!
Come and try out the new Bitfighter forums, hosted locally on the Bitfighter website. Still a few kinks to iron out, but there are many great improvements, such as the ability to post bot and level code that preserves formatting and is syntax colored. And no ads!
So click the Forums link above to come on over and join up!
Bitfighter game status, improved and available live
Bitfighter game and player status is now available via an improved live JSON feed, suitable for creating desktop widgets or displaying on other websites. A sample implementation is shown on this page, under the screen shot thumbnails. A full reference implementation is now available.
If you do anything cool with this, please let the devs know. Contact info is on the contact page.
Annoucing the Robot Gallery
A new gallery of working robots is being developed. If you're looking for some fully functional robots, try one of these.
Latest news
We've posted a second alpha release of Bitfighter 011 now available (sorry, it's Windows only, but should compile on Linux or OS X).
Most of the updates since the first alpha release are related to improvements in the robot programming, done with the Lua scripting language. Expect more improvements and progress in the near future.
An improved (but still rough) documentation page has been set up in the Wiki if you want to get some idea where things are going. We've added more code samples and examples. If you are interested in helping design the robot interface, please contact us.
Stay tuned for more exciting news!
Wiki launched
The Bitfighter wiki has been launched. Check it out and pitch in. Flesh out an existing article, or create a new one. Level design tips, strategies, whatever strikes your fancy.
