Lobshot Press Kit

I · Fact sheet

Fact sheet

Title: Lobshot
Platform: Playdate
Developer: Vincent (solo)
Studio: Console Labs
Release: Coming soon
Price: To be announced
Genre: Artillery duel, pass-and-play
Players: 2, pass-and-play on one device
Fighters: 11, each with an ultimate
Arenas: 8, each with its own music
Turns: 30 seconds each
Items: 4, from parachute crates
Controls: Crank, A, B, D-pad, tilt
Language: English
Latest build: 1.1, October 2026
Press: hey.vincent@icloud.com

II · Gameplay reel

Gameplay reel

55 seconds · 1920×1080, 25 fps, no sound · captured from build 1.1 at the Playdate’s native 400×240 and shown at 4× in the screen’s grey tones · the fighters, aim and lob, an ultimate cut-in, four specials and the arenas · trailer.mp4

III · The game

The game

Short description

Lobshot is a pass-and-play artillery duel for Playdate. Two players share one device and take turns: crank to aim, hold A to charge, let go to lob, then pass the Playdate. Eleven fighters with anime-style ultimates, eight arenas, and every shell digs a crater.

Long description

Lobshot is an artillery duel for two players and one Playdate. You take turns, and each turn lasts 30 seconds. Crank to set the angle, hold A to charge the power, and let go to lob a shell across the map. Then hand the Playdate to your friend.

A dotted arc previews the shot while you aim, and it stretches out as you charge. The crank keeps working after you fire: turn it while the shell is in the air to add spin and curve the shot. The wind bends it too. A windsock next to the minimap shows which way it blows, and the number beside it shows how strong it is. A small marker under the power meter shows how hard you threw last time, so you can adjust from there.

Every blast digs a crater, so the ground changes as the match goes on, and a fighter who drops off the map is out. Supply crates parachute in every two turns. Walk into one or shoot it to collect an item: a double shot, a shell that splits in three, a warp to wherever your shell lands, or 30 HP of healing. You can carry three.

There are eleven fighters, and each has an ultimate. It charges as you deal and take damage, and a little more at the start of each of your turns. Fire one and the game freezes for an anime-style cut-in of your fighter. When any shell is about to land a hit, the camera zooms in on the target and time slows down until the blast.

Bolt’s thunder shot ignores the wind. Fenn’s shell bounces twice. Moss grows a leafy bridge, Pip fires a laser in a dead straight line, Dune drills through the ground, and Neko’s panic button drops three bombs from the sky. Boo’s shot ghosts through the first wall it touches, Bruno’s megaton digs the biggest crater in the game, Gust’s cyclone blows foes toward the pits, Mags’ magnet shot homes in, and Vex’s life drain heals you for the damage it deals. Pick one of eight arenas, from floating sky isles to a sleeping volcano, each with its own soundtrack. After a match, press A for a rematch on a fresh layout.

Features

The crank aims. Turn it to set the angle from 0 to 90 degrees, hold A to charge, and let go to fire. The angle locks while you charge, and the dotted arc grows with your power.
Curve it in flight. Turn the crank while the shell is in the air to add spin and bend the shot around a cliff.
Read the wind. A windsock next to the minimap shows which way the wind blows, and a number beside it shows how strong it is.
Ultimates with a cut-in. Fire your ultimate and the game freezes for an anime-style cut-in of your fighter. A or B skips it.
Slow-motion hits. When a shell is about to hit, the camera zooms in on the target and time slows down until the blast.
Every shot digs a crater. The ground breaks up as you play. Blast it out from under a fighter and they fall off the map.
Eleven fighters, eleven ultimates. Thunder shot, fox bounce, vine bridge, laser beam, drill shot, panic button, phase shot, megaton, cyclone, magnet shot and life drain.
Eight arenas, eight soundtracks. Sky isles, a long chain of isles at dusk, twin cliffs, a snowfield with chasms, a crystal cave, a desert canyon, a sleeping volcano and moonlit stone spires.

Items

Crates parachute in every two turns. Walk into one or blast it to collect a random item. You can carry three.

2X ShotFires two shells with a small spread.
SplitThe shell splits into three at the top of its arc.
WarpTeleports you to where the shell lands.
HealRestores 30 HP straight away.

Controls

Crank: Aim from 0 to 90 degrees. Turn it mid-flight to curve the shot.
Hold A: Charge the power. The angle locks while you charge. Let go to fire.
Up / Down: Pick an item or your ultimate.
B: Use or arm the selected item or ultimate.
Left / Right: Walk, a limited distance each turn.
Tilt: Look around the map.

IV · How it plays

How it plays

Bolt cranks the angle down while the dotted arc previews the shot, holds A as the arc stretches out, fires, and the camera zooms in slow motion as the shell hits Neko. — **Crank to aim, hold A to lob**The crank sets the angle and the dotted arc grows as you charge. Let go, and the camera slows down for the hit.

Bolt arms Thunder Shot: the game freezes, a cut-in banner reads BOLT ULTIMATE, THUNDER SHOT, and the shell crosses Twin Peaks to hit Gust. — **Fire an ultimate**Every fighter has one. The game freezes for a cut-in, then the shot flies.

Fenn's Fox Bounce: after the cut-in the shell bounces off the ground with a BOING and lands on Moss. — **Bounce it in**Fenn’s shell bounces twice before it explodes. BOING, then the hit on Moss.

Pip's Laser Beam: after the cut-in a dead-straight beam crosses the Twin Peaks valley and the hit-cam zooms in on a DIRECT HIT on Fenn. — **Fire the laser**Pip’s laser ignores gravity and wind. Straight across the valley, then a direct hit.

Dune's Drill Shot on Mesa Ridge: the shell burrows into the ground and blows up under Bruno. — **Drill under**Dune’s shell burrows into the ground, then blows up under the target.

Neko's Panic Button on Long Reach: the shell marks Bolt, INCOMING!, and three bombs fall from the sky in a line. — **Press the panic button**Neko marks a spot. A second later three bombs drop on it in a line.

The fighter select screen flips through all eleven fighters. — **Pick a fighter**Eleven fighters, each with stats, a weapon and an ultimate.

The arena screen flips through all eight arenas. — **Pick an arena**Eight maps, each with its own size and music. Up rolls a new layout.

All eight clips are captured from build 1.1 at the Playdate’s native 400×240 and shown at 2× in the screen’s own grey tones.

V · Fighters

Eleven fighters

BoltStorm in a scarfThunder shotIgnores wind. Huge crater and blast.

FennThe tricky foxFox bounceThe shell bounces twice before it explodes.

MossSprout of the groveVine bridgeGrows a new leafy platform where it lands.

PipBeep-boop gunnerLaser beamDead straight. No gravity, no wind.

DuneThe sand diggerDrill shotBurrows into the ground, then blows up.

NekoThe lucky catPanic buttonMarks a spot. Three bombs rain down on it.

BooThe shy spookPhase shotGhosts through the first wall it touches.

BrunoThe big bearMegatonHuge blast. The heavy shell drops fast.

GustSky sparrowCycloneRides the wind. Blows foes away toward the pits.

MagsGadget girlMagnet shotHomes in when it gets close to a foe.

VexNight nibblerLife drainHeals you for the damage it deals.

Every fighter has an ultimate. It charges as you deal and take damage, and a little at the start of each of your turns. Portraits are the fighter select screen at 1×, in fighters/.

VI · Arenas

Eight arenas

Sky Isles1000 × 320 · mediumFloating islands over the valley, by day.
Long Reach1600 × 300 · wideA long chain of isles at dusk.
Twin Peaks640 × 400 · narrowTwo cliffs. One deep valley.
Frost Field1200 × 300 · wideRolling snow with deep chasms, in falling snow.
Crystal Cave900 × 320 · enclosedA low ceiling with stalactites. Bank your shots.
Mesa Ridge1200 × 340 · wideSheer cliffs and a deadly canyon, in drifting dust.
Ember Peak1000 × 420 · tallLob over the sleeping giant, in falling ash.
Stone Spires1100 × 400 · tallHop between pillars under the moon. Don’t fall.

Every arena has its own music track. On the arena screen, Up rolls a new layout.

VII · Screenshots

Screenshots

Title screen

Bolt aims while charging; the dotted arc previews the shot and the wind speed sits next to the windsock. — Aim and charge · Bolt

HIT! A shell explodes on Neko for 19 damage. — HIT! on Neko

Neko's panic button marks Bolt: INCOMING! — Panic button · Neko

Fox bounce: the shell bounces with a BOING. — Fox bounce · Fenn

The hit-cam zooms in on Pip's laser: DIRECT HIT!! — Laser beam · Twin Peaks

Fighter select: Neko, ultimate Panic Button, weapon Lucky Coin Gun. — Fighter select

Arena select: Ember Peak, 1000 by 420, lob over the sleeping giant. — Arena select

Ultimate cut-in: BOLT ULTIMATE, THUNDER SHOT! — Ultimate cut-in · Bolt

The slow-motion hit-cam zooms in as a shell hits Neko: HIT!! — Slow-motion hit-cam

All 10 screenshots are in the press kit as screenshots/1x (native 400×240, pure black and white, exactly as the device draws them) and screenshots/4x (1600×960 in the Playdate screen’s grey tones).

VIII · Logo & art