Pixel Striker

Pixel Striker is a fast animal arcade football game. Four players per team (with a goalkeeper), a pitch with walls, and a cup to win.

Pick your animals. Lions, dinosaurs, bears, foxes, pandas, bunnies, wolves and penguins. Every team has its own players, kit and playing style. Start with three and unlock the rest by beating them in the cup.

Three game modes.

• Animal Cup: quarter-final, semi-final and the final. Every match lasts 90 seconds. If it ends in a draw, the next goal wins.
• Penalties: a shootout seen from behind the shooter. Lock the moving target, then stop the power bar in the green zone. When the rival shoots, dive left or right to save.
• Quick Match: one friendly game against a random rival.

Every animal has a super power. Fill the SUPER bar with passes, dodges, tackles and saves, then press the button:

• Lions ROAR and stun every rival.
• Dinosaurs shoot a flaming METEOR.
• Bears call a giant keeper (IRON WALL).
• Foxes become untouchable ghosts (PHANTOM).
• Pandas slow all rivals down (SLOW-MO).
• Bunnies give the whole team HYPER speed.
• Wolves pull the ball towards them (MAGNET).
• Penguins freeze the other team with a BLIZZARD.

What makes it fun

• Power-ups and dirty tricks. Turbo, Rocket, Ice and bananas. Leave a banana on the pitch and watch a rival slip.
• Four arenas. Meadow, savanna, jungle and a slippery ice rink.
• Goals all the time. Walls keep the ball in play, so there are no boring throw-ins.
• Dodge and skill. A quick sidestep makes defenders stumble.
• Big celebrations. Slow motion, confetti, camera flashes in the stands and a trophy at the end.
• Play anywhere. Keyboard or touch screen.

Everything you see and hear is made in code (WebGL glow and light effects included). No image or sound files.

Can you unlock all the animals and lift the cup?

Goal: score more goals than the other team in 90 seconds. Win three matches in a row to win the cup. Every team you beat in any mode is unlocked.

Keyboard

• WASD or arrows: move
• Space (or Z): pass. Without the ball: switch player
• Shift (or X): shoot. Hold to charge, release to shoot. Without the ball: slide tackle
• C: dodge. A quick sidestep, tackles miss you. If you carry a banana, C throws it
• V (or E): super power, when the SUPER bar is full
• P: pause. M: sound. Enter: confirm in menus

Touch

• Left stick: move
• PASS: pass, or switch player when you do not have the ball
• SHOOT: hold to charge, release to shoot. Without the ball it is a slide tackle
• DODGE: quick sidestep, tackles miss you. Throws a banana if you have one
• SUPER: your animal's super power
• II: pause

Tips

• Fill the SUPER bar with passes, dodges, tackles, saves and goals. It also fills slowly on its own.
• Aim with the stick when you shoot. The game helps a little if you aim near the goal.
• A longer charge makes a faster shot. It is harder for the keeper to save.
• Dodge (C) past a defender. A dodge right next to a defender makes them stumble (SKILL!).
• Goalkeeper: when a shot comes at your goal you control your keeper. Catch the ball, then pass it out.
• Bananas: pick up a banana power-up and throw it in front of a rival. Be careful, it only works on the other team.
• Ice arena: the ball and players slide. Start turning earlier than you think.

Penalties

You watch from behind the shooter.

• Shooting: a target moves left and right across the goal. Press Space (or STOP on touch) to lock the direction. Then the power bar fills up and down: press Space again in the green zone. Too weak is easy to save, too strong flies over the bar. Aiming outside the posts misses.
• Saving: when the rival shoots, press the Left or Right arrow (or flick the stick) to dive that way. Guess the corner!
• Rules: 5 kicks each. If it is still a draw, sudden death.

The challenge is "FUN game", so Pixel Striker is built to be fun in the first ten seconds.

• Animals play football. Eight teams: lions, dinosaurs, bears, foxes, pandas, bunnies, wolves and penguins. Each has its own look, players and playing style.
• Super powers. Every animal has its own super move. Fill the SUPER bar by passing, dodging, tackling and saving, then unleash it: stun everyone with a ROAR, freeze rivals with a BLIZZARD, shoot a flaming METEOR and more.
• Dirty tricks. Grab a banana and leave a trap. Rivals who step on it slip and fall.
• Three modes. Animal Cup, a penalty shootout and a quick friendly match.
• Four arenas. Meadow, savanna, jungle and a slippery ice pitch where the ball and players slide.
• Unlock them all. Beat a team in the cup to unlock it. Start with lions, bears and foxes.
• Two main buttons. Pass and shoot (hold to charge), plus a dodge and a super button. Play on keyboard or touch.

A draw is never a draw: next goal wins!

Design and code: Mateusz. All graphics, sound effects and crowd noise are generated in code at runtime.

The code was written with Claude Code (AI). There are no art or audio files: every animal, the pitch, the stands and all sounds are drawn and synthesized by that code. All animals and names are original.