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SmashForge
2D Platform-Fighter Creation Engine

Make fighters.
Fight anyone.
Share everything.

SmashForge is the no-code studio for building your own platform fighter — characters, stages, VFX and combat — then battling and sharing it. Free, built in the open.

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  • Free forever
  • No-code creation
  • Built in the open
  • Original IP, yours to share
  • Offline-first
The loop

Make it. Battle it. Share it.

Three connected studios, one creative loop — no code at any step.

01 · Create

A whole fighter, no code required.

  • Design characters, movesets and stats in a visual creator
  • Animation Studio with a timeline and an animation state-graph
  • VFX, stages, and items — all authored, never scripted
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02 · Fight

Combat that feels like the real thing.

  • Movement tech, shields, dodges, grabs, tech, ledge play
  • Directional influence, knockback, and a real KO presentation
  • A 9-rung CPU Heat Ladder that uses every combat system
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03 · Share

Make it. Battle it. Send it to a friend.

  • Export self-contained .sfgame bundles with their assets
  • Forge Ops: Versus matches and a roguelite Crucible mode
  • Asset Vault to organize, bundle and reuse everything
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The toolkit

Studios for every part of a fighter.

Each system is a full editor in its own right — and they all speak to each other.

Character Creator

Build a complete fighter — stats, philosophy, archetype — with zero code.

Animation Studio

An Animate-style timeline plus a node-based animation state-graph.

VFX Studio

Author hit sparks, trails and forge effects with a live, drag-to-place editor.

Stage Studio

Platforms, hazards, weather and a camera director for your battlegrounds.

Combat Analysis Lab

Launch, DI and KO simulators with combo heatmaps — using the real formulas.

Heat Ladder AI

A 9-rung CPU difficulty ladder you can tune, from gentle to apex.

Item Creator

Design multi-behavior items with spawn rules, effects and a sandbox.

Position & Alignment Studio

Place sprites precisely with zoom/pan, gizmos, anchors and validators.

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Roadmap

Built in the open.

What's shipped, what's cooking, and what's next. No vapor — just the plan.

Shipped
  • Character, Animation, VFX & Stage creators
  • Full combat-feel layer (movement, shields, grabs, tech, DI, KO)
  • Heat Ladder CPU AI · Combat Analysis Lab
  • Item Creator · Asset Vault · Forge Ops (Versus + Crucible)
In progress
  • Next-generation editor UI/UX pass
  • Editor quality-of-life: undo/redo, shortcuts, context menus
  • This website + free accounts
Planned
  • Full controller support (Switch / Pro / PlayStation / Xbox)
  • Online accounts & cloud projects (security-first)
  • Community sharing & a creator marketplace
  • Online play — exploring rollback netcode
Full roadmap

The forge is open.

Download SmashForge and build your first fighter today — free, no account required.

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