KarBOOM is a fast-paced multiplayer-focused car combat game. Knock other players out the ring, or switch on some mutators to blow up the competition by their weak spots, play tag, or some good old-fashioned rock-paper-scissors on wheels. Download and play the game for free, and then let me know what you think. This game is in an open alpha state -- "alpha", in that it is not feature-complete; "open" in that anyone who wants to play any alpha version can, for free.
A small update adding more graphics options, some visual tweaks to the cars and menus, and fixing problems with gamepads that don't have z-axis triggers.
Improved gamepad support, King of the Hill now works (quite awesomely) with team play, and improved results screen.
Team play added to KarBOOM! It's still relatively simple at this stage, but this will pave the way for more exciting team-based modes such as car soccer...
New "king of the hill" mutator, plus unlisted servers, direct-connect by ip, and LAN hosting/joining without an internet connection or account. Oh, and...
Free KarBOOM alpha 0.3.3 adds new cars, more player choice, enhanced mutators, new levels, new surface types, new effects, online play improvements, bug...
Automatic port-forwarding using UPnP, online rounds, plus a bunch of menu improvements. UPDATE: Includes a DLL whose absence was causing errors on some...
A new mutator, new explosions, UI tweaks, KarBOOM now remembers your preferred options, bugs squished, more than 250 free upgrades still available.
Online play is finally here! This is the first online release, with improvements to come. Online play requires an account at karboom.net.
Bots! Now while you wait patiently for KarBOOM Online, you can play against up to 13 bots! Plus, a bigger level is included for all the extra chaos you'll...
KarBOOM 0.1.3 adds support for up to 8 players and 8 gamepads, as well as some behind-the-scenes changes preparing it for online play in the next version...
This is version 0.1.2 of KarBOOM. Online play is yet to be implemented, but up to four players can share a keyboard or play against each other with gamepads...