Proto Boxing
A downloadable game for Windows
This is an early prototype of an improbable boxing game—focused not on realistic simulation, but on fast-paced, arcade-style action. It features exaggerated movements, stylized reactions, and a touch of dark humor, prioritizing entertainment over an authentic boxing experience.
For now, I’m focusing almost exclusively on the core combat mechanics to make sure the fighting feels fun and captures the arcade-style vibe I’m going for. The visuals, UI, and sound are still very rough, but once the combat is where I want it, I’ll start polishing the rest.
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Things I’m planning to add:
- Improve footwork and defense: Making movement and blocking feel more fluid and responsive.
- Add and polish animations: Bringing more life and personality to the fighters.
- Crowd reactions: Cheers, boos, and maybe even things thrown into the ring if the fight isn’t exciting enough.
- Fighting style variants: Different movesets and strategies to keep things fresh.
- Adjustable difficulty: For both casual players and those looking for a challenge.
- Game modes: Training, career mode, tournaments, and championships.
- Local multiplayer: Because punching a friend is always more fun.
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Controls
Gamepad is the recommended way to play, but you can also use a keyboard if you prefer.
Any Xbox controller or compatible gamepad should work without issues. If you have a PlayStation controller, don’t worry—just a couple of extra steps, and you should be able to play without any problems.
PS4 Controllers
PlayStation gamepads are not natively supported at the moment, but...
You can use Stem Input
or use DS4Windows.
Performance
Tested on NVIDIA GTX 1650
Unfortunately, due to time constraints, I haven't been able to optimize the game yet. The recommended minimum FPS is 60.
Anything below that, hit detection becomes highly unreliable, making the gameplay experience quite poor and not at all representative of the intended result.
Download
Install instructions
- Download file.
- Unzip it wherever you like. (ex: \Games\ProtoBoxing)
- Find the .exe file and run it.
* Maybe when you try to run the exe, a Windows Defender alert will pop up. In that case, you need to click on "More Info" and then on "Run Anyway."
Development log
- Minor Fixes, Major Flow7 days ago
- Smarter Defense, Smoother Punches22 days ago
- More Punch, Less Bugs – Minor Fixes & New Strike Animations36 days ago
- Polish Pass: New Ring, Better Punches, and Local Multiplayer Fixes42 days ago
- Local Multiplayer is Here!78 days ago
- More Control, More Impact, More Chaos78 days ago
Comments
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Any way to change the controls for keyboard? do not have a numpad and don't have a controller sadly
There's no remapping yet, but I just uploaded a new version where you can throw punches using Y, U, I, H, J, K, N, M, ; and block with SPACEBAR (not the most comfortable setup, but at least it lets you try it out). Still planning to add full key remapping in a future update. Thanks for bringing it up!
Awesome! Thank you, it's a fun game I can see the potential.
It keeps saying Fatal Error, is there any work around for this?
Hey! Where exactly does the error show up? Does it always happen in the same spot?
Try deleting this file:
C:\Users\[YOUR_USERNAME]\AppData\Local\UnrealBoxing\Saved\SaveGames\CharacterCutomization.sav
or
C:\Users\[YOUR_USERNAME]\Documents\My Games\ProtoBoxing\Saved\CharacterCutomization.sav
Thanks for commenting — I hope that helps fix it! If not, let me know and I’ll keep digging into it.
The error shows up whenever i try to start the game, i can't seem to find the file aswell i checked saved and all the files are just (Config,Crashes,Logs)
Since the save file isn’t there, let’s try checking the crash logs.
In the meantime, I’ve just uploaded a new build of the game — could you try downloading that and see if it fixes the issue? The file is ProtoBoxing_v007_2.zip
If it still crashes, please send me the most recent file from this folder:
C:\Users\[YOUR_USERNAME]\AppData\Local\UnrealBoxing\Saved\Logs
and the file CrashContext.runtime-xml in the most recent folder in:
C:\Users\[YOUR_USERNAME]\AppData\Local\UnrealBoxing\Saved\Crashes
That should help me figure out what’s going on. Really appreciate your help with this!
still not running coach, how do i send it to you?
There's no files going in logs btw, it's just empty
Muy bueno!. Hubo un gran progreso desde la ultima version
Please make it easier to knock people out lol, its really hard to hit them even though i hit the guy lol i can barely hit him and p.s add overhands !!! and please add different styles and hits!!!
Yeah, it's really frustrating to land a punch and not have it register. I'm working on that. Adding more animations and fighting styles is also part of the plan. Thanks for the feedback!
You've added so much to the game, very amazing! i've been playing for many hours now it's great probably the best free boxing game out there imo, it's just missing some elements and local multiplayer i've been getting my friends to download this game ever since! (p.s please add playstation controller support, been playing this on steam cant use pivots and stuff, would be highly appreciated thank you!)
Thank you so much for the feedback! Glad you're enjoying the updates — and really appreciate you sharing the game with your friends. Local multiplayer is the next big upgrade I'm planning, so hopefully that will make it even better. I'll look into adding PlayStation controller support too. Thanks again!