KEYBOARD

• A D move · W jump (again in the air: double jump) · W+D jump diagonally
• S crouch (you can still shuffle left and right) · tap S twice on a thin platform to drop through it · S in the air falls faster
• K light attack (three in a row is a combo) · O heavy attack
• In the air, W+O is the rising strike: an attack straight up that lifts you, like an extra jump (once each time you're off the ground).
• Every fighter has five moves of their own (they're on each fighter's card; L is K, H is O): forward + attack, up + attack (an overhead that lands on a crouching block), two three-hit strings of L and H, and a direction, direction + attack. Press the direction and the attack together, or one right after the other.
• SHIFT block · SHIFT+S crouching block · SPACE special · I pick up an item, and again to use it · P pause

PHONE

• The game plays with your phone sideways.
• The stick: put your thumb down anywhere on the left half and the stick appears under it. Push left or right to move, up to jump (push up again in the air to double jump), down to crouch. Push down twice quickly to drop through a thin platform. If you push past its rim, the stick follows your thumb, so turning round is instant.
• The buttons: L light attack, H heavy attack, ▲ jump, hold B to block (with the stick down for a crouching block). Roll your thumb from one button to the next and each one fires as you reach it. I shows up when you're standing on an item or holding one.
• Each fighter's own moves: push the stick forward, up or down and tap L or H straight after.
• In the air, stick up and H is the rising strike: an attack straight up that lifts you, like an extra jump (once each time you're off the ground).
• Rather not see the stick? Turn it off on the title screen or the pause screen (STICK: HIDDEN). It still works the same.
• SP fills up as you fight; when it glows, tap it for your special.

THE RULES

• A standing block stops standing attacks and jump attacks from the front, but low attacks go under it. Hold block and down for a crouching block: it stops low attacks, but jump attacks come down on it.
• Holding a block drains your stamina; run out and you're dizzy. A hit that gets past your block tells you why.
• Someone blocking standing? Crouch and hit them. Someone crouching or crouch-blocking? Standing attacks go over their head, so use your up + attack overhead or jump and hit them from the top.
• Knocked flying? After a moment you can jump out of it, even in mid-air, so you can get back to the arena.
• Specials can't be blocked, only dodged. Every fighter's is different (read their card).
• Lose all your health or get knocked out of the arena (you burst into ankhs) and you lose a life. The lower your health, the further you fly. Last one standing wins.
• Fighters: Ahmed, Maryam, El Kabten and 3amo are ready from the start. Everyone else joins when you finish their challenge (it's on their card).

ONLINE

• Find a match puts you in a fight with people playing right now. Nobody around? Bots fill the empty places.
• Make a private room and send friends its code with Invite friends; they type it in under Join. Up to four people per room.
• In your room, the host picks the arena, how many fighters and how tough the bots are. Then either Start fight against bots, or Find opponents to take the whole room into a match against other players together.
• Lose your connection mid-fight and a bot plays for you until you're back. Online fights don't pause, and they pay a bit more ginaih.

ITEMS