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THE TAUNT STAGE

emotes that get under their skin

Already decided with you: lifelike full-body taunts, a sound with each one (Wi-Fi players hear it too), new mean taunts, and gloats over a KO'd body. Then you picked all 12 taunts, the TAUNT TRAY, HOUSE RULES gloats and the STICK-LISH voice. THE FINAL SET just below shows them together, with the real sounds. The acts after it keep the options for reference.

THE FINAL SET · AS DECIDED

Your taunts, with their real sounds

Everything you picked, together: all 12 taunts in the TAUNT TRAY, the HOUSE RULES gloats next to a KO'd body, and the STICK-LISH voice. That's the game's own squeaky stick voice talking gibberish, with foley where the taunt needs it. Tap a tile and the stick performs it, with the sound in sync. The sounds are finished clips, not sketches.

12 / 12 TAUNTSBUTTON: TAUNT TRAY (B)GLOATS: HOUSE RULES (C)SOUND: STICK-LISH (A)
TAUNT 01 / 12LOSER
TAUNTSTHE TRAY · TAP ONE
HOUSE RULES · NEXT TO A KO'D BODY
LOSER

Sound on: tap any tile (browsers only play sound after a tap). Every clip is a mastered 16-bit file at the same loudness, starting with the animation. A new taunt cuts the last one, and in the game the 3-second spam guard applies.

ACT 1 · PICK ANY NUMBER

Twelve new ways to be mean

Each one is animated on the game's own rig, with weight, follow-through and a face that sells it, plus a matching prop or effect. The SALT meter is how much it should annoy the other player. The opponent on the main stage shows how they'd react.

TAUNT 01 / 12LOSER
ACT 2 · PICK ONE

Rubbing it in, next to the body

A KO'd fighter stays on the floor for a few seconds. These are three ways to let you gloat over them. Each has its own idea: it happens by itself, it's a button you choose, or it's taunts written for the body.

THE WINDOWA gloat is possible until the body fades (about 4 s), and only on a body you or your team KO'd.
THE RISKA taunt leaves you open: any hit cancels it, and gloating costs you the time.
NO DOUBLE DIPSOne gloat per body. Bots gloat at you at most once a round.
WI-FIThe host checks the distance to the body, and everyone sees the same gloat.
ACT 3 · PICK ONE

What a taunt sounds like

Picked: A, STICK-LISH. The real sounds are now in THE FINAL SET at the top, on every ticket and main-stage taunt above, and on the gloats. They use the game's own squeaky stick voice talking gibberish, so each taunt carries its emotion (mocking, fake-crying, bored, smug) with no words to translate. Wi-Fi players hear them too, so they come with volume and mute settings and a spam guard.

The first rough browser sketches (replaced by the real sounds)

SETTINGS · AUDIO

TAUNT VOLUMEEvery taunt sound, yours and theirs
HEAR OTHER PLAYERS' TAUNTSOff: only you hear yours
MUTE ONE PLAYERWi-Fi room list: tap their speakerRAHUL_07CHOTU

SPAM GUARD

3 sbetween two taunts. The button shows a ring while it refills.
3 / 15 sat most three taunts in 15 seconds, then the button rests for 8 s.
BOTStaunt now and then, never more than twice a round.
ACT 4 · PICK ONE

The button in the fight

Today a small smiley at the top right opens a four-slot wheel. These three are real frames from the current build (iPhone 16, a four-player brawl) with the new button drawn on top. Tap the glowing smiley in each one.