Clownerstrike is an Unreal Tournament 2004 mod in which all players are represented as clowns who compete to accomplish death-defying feats (there are no guns). The developers are concentrating on adding a bunch of advanced physics foo to the engine to allow for more improv in the gameplay.
Clowns and the circus seemed to fit rather nicely as a wrapper on a game that will take advantage of acrobatic, death defying stunts and team play, goal oriented action. Think about slinging pies and shooting other players out of cannons to accomplish a goal and win rounds. High flying trapeeze artists and chinese acrobatic stunts in miniture clown cars a go-go! PUrE fUn for THe EnTiRe FAmiLY! WelCome TO ThE BiG TOP! *blink, blink* eh, scuse me. There will still be a large emphasis on individual player statistics, such as PIE-shots (pie in the eye) and SAD clowns (frags). A couple of cool hand held items that will bend physics are the "The Glove" (rocket jumping) and the "clown cane" (sorta like a clown grappling hook). There will also be a monetary system involved for purchasing handheld items and as incentive to accomplish team oriented goals.
(via We Make Money Not Art)
