Menu Fighter — native macOS #

A browserless Swift/AppKit build of Menu Fighter. SpriteKit supplies the native Metal-backed render loop; GameController and AppKit provide input; AVFoundation supplies immediate hit/round audio.

cd macos/menu-fighter-native
swift run menu-fighter

Put two tiny stick figures across a screen-wide stage over the macOS desktop in a transparent, chromeless, click-through overlay. Close-range punches win through knockback and ring-out; normal clicks continue to reach the app underneath. The overlay closes itself after the round ends.

swift run menu-fighter --desktop

Install Menu Fighter alongside Trackpad Fighter:

./install.sh

Trackpad Fighter owns the fleet-only four-corner gesture. Launch this distinct hand-to-hand game with menu-fighter --desktop; Player 2 begins as the local dummy while the native matchmaker searches for another player.

Public matchmaking requires an Aesthetic Computer access token. Save it in the macOS Keychain once with menu-fighter auth <token>. AC_TOKEN and ~/.config/aesthetic-computer/token are also supported for development.

Controls:

• Trackpad (Player 1): move the pointer to run, click/tap to punch, two-finger click for a heavy punch, and two-finger swipe upward to jump.
• Player 1: A/D move, W jump, F light attack, G heavy attack.
• Player 2: arrows move/jump, / light attack, . heavy attack.
• Controllers: d-pad/stick, A jump, X light, Y heavy.
• Escape opens the Menu Fighter card; Return starts/resets TRAIN.