Liquid War

Command an army of liquid: flood the maze, swallow the other colours, run.

▶ Play Liquid War free, in your browser, nothing to install

Liquid War is a game of flowing armies. Every player's army is liquid with a colour, poured into a maze of walls. You steer a cursor; your fighters follow it and the nearest of them take the way around walls, so the crowd streams through the corridors towards the enemy.

Each drop that touches an enemy drop of another colour converts it. Stronger armies win a meeting, so the trick is to attack from several sides at once, to block a corridor with your own body and to keep your fighters close to the cursor.

This port follows Liquid War 5.6.6: the same mazes, textures, teams, rules, menus and music, playable against the computer, in hot seat and online for up to six players.

Screenshots

The original's title screen and menu: play, a net game, map, teams, options, about

Two armies of liquid in a maze: red against yellow, the clock and the team bars on the right

The cursor leads the fighters through the corridors; every drop they touch changes side

The scores: how much of the liquid each team holds

Controls

Arrow keys	Move the first team's cursor (Napoleon); its fighters flow towards it
I J K L, Q A Z X, keypad 8 4 5 6, mouse	The cursors of the other teams in a game on one computer (the original's defaults; the Teams menu changes them)
Esc	End the battle (the scores follow)
F1, F2	Show or hide the info bar (time and teams); move it to another side
F3	Pause (not in a network game)
F4	Wave effect on or off
F10	Quit at once (back to the website)
Mouse, Tab, Enter	The menus; "Net game" opens the online lobby (2 to 6 computers, up to 6 teams)

The original

Liquid War (1995) by Christian Mauduit and contributors; C (Allegro). This port follows Liquid War 5.6.6, the same rules, levels, graphics and sounds, running natively in the browser. License: GPL-2.0-or-later; data GPL, one texture GPL-3.0-or-later (Licenses & source). Players: 1-6.

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