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Cartoon couch hockey

Puck & Glory

Cartoon couch hockey.

Pick a team, grab a friend and play for the Union Cup. Chunky cel-shaded skaters, a glossy rink, a cartoon crowd, and a goofy announcer who has seen it all.

Beta, releasing in November
Play Now! (Web/Mobile)Android coming soonWindows coming soonDiscord
Puck & Glory gameplay capture.
The Puck & Glory title screen: the logo and a big PLAY button over a live 3D cartoon hockey game, with the keyboard controls card at the right.
The FACEOFF banner over centre ice as the two teams in light blue and white line up for the drop, the scoreboard along the bottom.
A skater lines up a shot with a red aiming arrow pointing at the net, a goalie waiting in the crease, teammates chasing and the crowd packed behind the boards.
A GOAL! splash with the scoring team crest and name and falling confetti over a blue starburst, the scoreboard showing 1-0.
A FIGHT! banner bursts over centre ice as skaters bunch up in a scrum, with impact stars and snow puffs.
Fight close-up: two skaters trade punches in front of a net with gloves and a stick dropped on the ice, a cheering crowd behind and power bars across the top.
Live play in a second arena: skaters in yellow and purple chase skaters in red and white across the ice, the crowd packed behind the boards and the scoreboard along the bottom.
A TRIPPING 2:00 banner announces a power play over centre ice, with the penalty box and a POWER PLAY timer lit in the scoreboard.
The athlete editor: a skater on a turntable beside a card of settings for name, number, build, hair, skin, helmet and stick tape.
The athlete editor with the helmet off, showing the skater head and shoulders in the team jersey beside the same settings card.
The game

Three periods. One cup.

Five skaters and a goalie a side, three short periods, and a whole lot of attitude. Easy to learn in a minute, hard to put down.

  1. Pick a side

    Choose from 42 clubs of the European Hockey Union. Every team has its own crest, colours and strengths.

  2. Join the couch

    Each player presses a button to join, on a gamepad or the keyboard. Alone, the CPU plays the other side.

  3. Play the period

    Skate, pass, shoot, check. Hold the shoot button for a slapshot.

  4. Chase the cup

    Win your way through 16 teams and four rounds of the Union Cup, saved after every game.

How it plays

Easy to pick up, deep when it counts.

The shot arrow

A red arrow in the crease shows where a shot will go. Keep your goalie in front of it.

Checks and fights

Check the same puck carrier too often and the two of you tangle: mash A. Fights at the boards play out as their own scene, with high and low punches and blocks.

Penalties and power plays

The referee calls penalties. Serve your time in the box and the other team gets a power play.

Penalty shots and shootouts

Aim, shoot or deke as the shooter. As the goalie, commit to a save. Tied games go to a shootout, then sudden death.

Take the goalie

Hold a button to take control of the goalie yourself.

Different, not better

Every team's four ratings (skating, shooting, goalie, fighting) add up to the same total, so no club is simply the best. Just different.

Modes

Quick game, full tournament or just the shootout.

Quick game

One game, against the CPU or each other.

Union Cup

One player, 16 teams, four rounds. Saved after every game, so you can come back.

Shootout

Five shots a side, then sudden death.

Three levels

JUNIOR, COLLEGE and PRO, for the CPU.

Intermission shows

A flat cartoon space shooter, and GLACIER the polar bear with the ice resurfacer.

Graphics presets

LOW, MEDIUM or HIGH, from an older laptop to a gaming PC.

The league

The European Hockey Union.

A league that never existed, in a world where Canada is an associate member of the EU. Fourteen clubs make up the Canadian Conference, one for every province and territory plus the First Nations Thunderbirds. Twenty-eight make up the Euro Conference, one for the capital of every member state plus the Sápmi Reindeer. Every team, crest, sponsor and player is invented.

  • Forty crests, drawn in code
  • Home and road kits that can always be told apart
  • New allies, friendly rivalries, great hockey
Controls

Two players, two pads.

ActionKeyboardGamepad
SkateArrows or WASDLeft stick or D-pad
Shoot (hold: slapshot) / checkJ, Z or SpaceA
Pass / switch playerK or XX or B
Take the goalie (hold)L or CY
Fight: punch / blockJ / hold KA / hold X
PauseP, Tab or EscStart

Two players can use two gamepads, or one keyboard and one gamepad. On a phone held sideways, a thumb stick and buttons appear when you touch the screen. Every binding can be changed per player.

Release

Beta, releasing in November.

Puck & Glory is second in the NimbleMyth lineup. It starts on the web, with Android and Windows versions planned.

  • WebPlanned
  • AndroidPlanned
  • WindowsComing soon

Coming · Beta, releasing in November

Release months are plans and may move. See the full lineup.

Community

Talk about Puck & Glory

Questions, bugs, ideas and a place to meet other players: the Puck & Glory channel is on the NimbleMyth Discord.

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Inspired by Blades of Steel (Konami, 1988), NES Ice Hockey (Nintendo, 1988) and Super Slap Shot. Puck & Glory uses none of those games' code, art, sound, text or team names. The European Hockey Union, its teams and players are fiction and are not connected to any real league, club or person.