FRAGBRATEN
FRAGBRATEN is a free multiplayer arena shooter that runs in your browser. Nothing to install: open fragbraten.com, pick a callsign and play. It is modelled on the old arena shooters, Cube 2: Sauerbraten in particular, with fast movement, rocket jumps and weapons that sit on pads around the map.
It is made by one person as a hobby project, for playing with friends. Everything you see and hear (the maps, characters, textures and sounds) is generated by the game's own code.
How to play
Choose QUICK MATCH to play straight away against bots, or CREATE LOBBY and send the lobby to your friends. FIND LOBBY lists the games that are open now. The host picks the map, game type, frag and time limits and the bots' difficulty. The LAUNCH map is a course for practising rocket jumps; set SELF DAMAGE to 0 in the lobby to jump for free.
You start with a pistol and can carry two weapons. Walk over a weapon pad and press E to take that weapon. With two already, it replaces the one in your hand; one you already have gives you its ammo instead. Health, mega health, armor and ammo lie around each map and come back after a while.
Controls
| W A S D | move |
| MOUSE | aim, left button to fire, right button to zoom the rifle |
| SPACE | jump |
| E | pick up a weapon; take the enemy flag; hold on your own dropped flag to return it |
| Q / 1 / 2 / WHEEL | switch weapon |
| G | drop the flag |
| V | first or third person view |
| TAB | scoreboard |
| T | chat |
Game types
- Deathmatch: everyone for themselves. The first to the frag limit, or the most frags when time runs out, wins.
- Team deathmatch: red against blue, team frags count.
- Capture the flag: take the other team's flag and bring it to your own stand while yours is at home. A carrier who dies drops the flag where they fell. While carrying it you cannot shoot, but you can swing the flag.
- Instagib: a rule any host can turn on. Everyone has a rifle with unlimited ammo, and one hit kills.
Weapons
- Pistol: accurate and always with you.
- Shotgun: a wide spread of pellets for close range.
- Chaingun: a fast stream of bullets.
- Rocket launcher: heavy splash damage. Fire one at your feet as you jump to rocket jump.
- Grenade launcher: bouncing grenades on a short fuse, for corners and doorways.
- Rifle: long range with a 2x zoom; headshots do extra damage.
Maps
- FORGE: a central tower, armories in the corners and a bridge to the north. 4 to 10 players.
- DEPOT: a tight warehouse with a ring of catwalks. 2 to 6 players.
- LONGSHOT: two sniper perches facing each other across a long canyon. 2 to 4 players.
- DUEL: two towers on a strip floating in space, with walkways and jump pads between them. 2 to 8 players.
- LAUNCH: a rocket jump course with steps, a pit, a tower, a summit and a strafe runway. Solo or a race.
Accounts and bots
You can play as a guest. A free account keeps your callsign for you and records your games, wins and frags for the leaderboard. Bots fill empty slots in any lobby at easy, normal or hard difficulty.
Feedback
Type /feedback followed by your message in the game's chat. The developers read every message, and many changes to the game started there.