BattleBlock Theater

In BattleBlock Theater, players control a prisoner forced to compete in games devised by Hatty Hattington. The controls are straightforward, and gameplay focuses on running, jumping, and punching. Levels are built from many block types—such as collapsing blocks, sticky walls, bouncy volcanic rocks, ...

Most of the game’s cutscenes use a stick-puppet style. The story opens with a narrator (played by Will Stamper) recounting the adventures of the many friends aboard the S.S. Friendship, including Hatty Hattington—known as “best friend to one and all.” A violent storm shipwrecks the S.S. Friendship on a mysterious, seemingly abandoned island, and the crew vanishes. After awakening from the wreck, ...