En Garde!

En Garde! is built around the cinematic swashbuckler genre — Errol Flynn-era swordplay rendered with the comic timing of golden-age adventure films. Adalia de Volador is the protagonist, a charismatic adventurer who carves through the cruel Count-Duke's regime with parry, riposte, and lunge, plus the help of barrels, chandeliers, and whatever other hazards the environment provides.

Combat fills a Panache Meter as you fight with style, and the meter unlocks special moves and skill-based finishers. Each fight pushes you to adapt — environmental opportunities, enemy weaknesses, acrobatic repositioning — rather than memorize a single optimal combat loop. The dialogue runs throughout the fights themselves, with Adalia and her opponents trading witty one-liners as the swords clash.

The campaign covers story episodes across marketplaces, dungeons, and palaces, with the world treated as a stage for the next duel. Arena Mode unlocks game-changing modifiers and randomized scenarios for replay. The game grew out of an award-winning student project at Bauhaus University; Fireplace Games is the reformed and expanded team continuing the work.