Teeworlds

Teeworlds presents itself as a crossover between classic sprite-based shoot-em-up games of the arcade era and modern-day first-person shooters. It is played on two-dimensional, side-scrolling maps typical of the platformer genre, but uses FPS-style keyboard controls for moving, switching weapons and chatting. The game also sports a grappling hook and double jump mechanics for maneuvering. Grappling hooks can also be used to hook other tees and pull them towards the player.

Map landscape themes include grass, cave, winter, desert, and jungle, which feature map elements such as spikes, pitfalls, and non-hook-able metal and rock in vanilla gametypes. Teeworlds works as a client-server system and the player can choose from a list of available game servers for multiplayer gaming.

In December 2007, the source code was made available to the public under the terms of a Zlib like license.

In March 2008 with the 0.4.0 release, the original name "Teewars" was changed to Teeworlds by the developers for legal reasons.

It blends two unique gameplay styles. Teeworlds was praised for its innovative, surprising and an addictive gameplay that's easy to learn and real fun to play. There is a lot of third-party content available with custom game mods making Teeworlds more worthwhile.