{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2017}} {{Use British English|date=November 2017}} {{Infobox video game | title = Decksplash | image = Decksplash_logo.jpg | caption = | developer = [[Bossa Studios]] | publisher = Bossa Studios | producer = | writer = | director = | artist = | composer = | genre = [[Sports game|Sports]] | modes = [[Multiplayer video game|Multiplayer]] | platforms = [[Microsoft Windows]] | released = Cancelled }}
'''''Decksplash''''' is a cancelled [[skateboarding]] video game that was being developed by [[Bossa Studios]] for [[Microsoft Windows]].
In November 2017, Bossa Studios announced that ''Decksplash'' was cancelled after not reaching its intended goal of 100,000 players during a [[Steam (service)|Steam]] free week.
==Gameplay== ''Decksplash'' is a team-based [[skateboarding]] turf wars<!-- Please do not change turf wars to a singular. --> video game in which a player controls a physical skateboard without a skater. Players score points by painting the field with their team's colour. The amount of paint a player spreads is dependent on their combo.<ref name="PCG">{{Cite magazine |url=http://www.pcgamer.com/decksplash-is-the-rocket-league-of-skateboarding/ |title=Decksplash is the Rocket League of skateboarding |website=pcgamer |date=13 May 2017 |language=en |access-date=9 November 2017|last1=Paget |first1=Mat }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.destructoid.com/decksplash-is-a-messy-competitive-skateboarding-game-414506.phtml |title=Decksplash is a messy competitive skateboarding game |website=destructoid |date=24 January 2017 |access-date=9 November 2017 |archive-date=14 November 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171114175315/https://www.destructoid.com/decksplash-is-a-messy-competitive-skateboarding-game-414506.phtml |url-status=live }}</ref> Combos are determined by any combination of flips, manuals, and grinds.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.dualshockers.com/dualshockers-game-of-the-year-2018-ben-bayliss-top-10/ |title=DualShockers' Game of the Year 2018 Staff Lists — Ben Bayliss' Top 10 |date=2018-12-21 |website=DualShockers |language=en |access-date=2019-02-09 |quote=Despite those circumstances, Decksplash utilized interesting and weird controls that previous Bossa Studios titles such as I Am Bread and Surgeon Simulator are famed for and had players riding skateboards that could be flipped, perform grinds and manuals to tie large combos together. The core idea of Decksplash was that the bigger the combo landed, the more of the team’s paint coverage is splashed out from the skateboard. |archive-date=9 February 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190209232130/https://www.dualshockers.com/dualshockers-game-of-the-year-2018-ben-bayliss-top-10/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
==Development== In January 2017, Bossa Studios announced ''Decksplash''. ''[[Rock, Paper, Shotgun]]'' compared the game to the likes of ''[[Splatoon]]'' and ''[[Tony Hawk's (series)|Tony Hawk's Pro Skater]]'',<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2017/01/25/decksplash-announced/ |title=Splatoon goes skateboarding in Surgeon Sim dev's Decksplash |last=O'Connor |first=Alice |date=25 January 2017 |website=Rock, Paper, Shotgun |language=en-US |access-date=9 November 2017 |archive-date=10 November 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171110005110/https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2017/01/25/decksplash-announced/ |url-status=live }}</ref> while [[PC Gamer]] compared it to ''[[Rocket League]]''.<ref name="PCG"/>
In November 2017, Bossa Studios released a free build of the game on [[Steam (service)|Steam]]. They challenged the community, stating that if 100,000 players downloaded the game during the free week, the game would be released into Steam's [[early access]] program, otherwise, the game would be discontinued.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.pcgamer.com/decksplash-will-flip-into-early-access-on-november-10-but-only-if-100000-players-try-it-out-first/ |title=If Decksplash does not reach 100,000 players during a free week then Bossa Studios will cancel the game |website=pcgamer |date=26 October 2017 |language=en |access-date=9 November 2017 |last1=Horti |first1=Samuel |archive-date=10 November 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171110004857/http://www.pcgamer.com/decksplash-will-flip-into-early-access-on-november-10-but-only-if-100000-players-try-it-out-first/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2017-11-03-surgeon-simulator-studios-decksplash-needs-100k-people-to-play-this-week-or-its-canned |title=Surgeon Simulator studio's Decksplash needs 100k people to play this week or it's canned |last=Phillips |first=Tom |date=3 November 2017 |website=Eurogamer |language=en-UK |access-date=9 November 2017 |archive-date=10 November 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171110005354/http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2017-11-03-surgeon-simulator-studios-decksplash-needs-100k-people-to-play-this-week-or-its-canned |url-status=live }}</ref> A week later, the studio announced the game's cancellation after the player count failed to reach the stated goal.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2017/11/10/decksplash-cancelled/ |title=Wipe out! Bossa Studios cancel Decksplash |last=O'Connor |first=Alice |date=10 November 2017 |website=Rock, Paper, Shotgun |language=en-US |access-date=10 November 2017 |archive-date=10 November 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171110222709/https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2017/11/10/decksplash-cancelled/ |url-status=live }}</ref> According to [[PCGamesN]] only about 36,000 people total tried the game during their free week, with no more than 464 playing it at any given time.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.pcgamesn.com/decksplash/decksplash-free-weekend-players|title=Decksplash didn't have 100,000 players last week, so now its developers are moving on|website=PCGamesN|date=10 November 2017 |language=en-GB|access-date=2019-11-21|archive-date=26 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201126065641/https://www.pcgamesn.com/decksplash/decksplash-free-weekend-players|url-status=live}}</ref>
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==External links== *{{official website|http://www.decksplash.com}}
[[Category:Bossa Studios games]] [[Category:Video games developed in the United Kingdom]] [[Category:Skateboarding video games]] [[Category:Multiplayer video games]] [[Category:Cancelled Windows games]]
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