Them's Fightin' Herds

Them's Fightin' Herds is an upcoming 2D fighting game that is developed by Mane6. It features cartoon ungulates fighting each other to find a champion worthy of gaining a magical key that will protect their world from predators.

Plot
The world of Fœnum is inhabited by sentient four-legged hoofed animals that are threatened by the return of carnivorous beasts known as the Predators. Long ago, the Predators were locked away in a separate realm called The Hold, but they have found a way to escape it. To put an end to the threat, champions of the various Fœnum races are chosen as "Key Seekers" by their tribes to find the key that will lock the Predators away again. The Key Seekers must face each other in friendly competition to determine which one will be the Key Keeper who will face the leader of the Predators.

Gameplay
A four-button fighting system will used for the game: a button each for light, medium, heavy, and magic attacks, and thwill include staple fighting game maneuvers such as launchers, pushblocks, and cross-ups. Character themes will dynamically react to the battles taking place. The game will support both local and online multiplayer via a near-isometric pixel art lobby system.

Development
The game was originally developed under the title of Fighting is Magic, an unofficial fan game based on the characters of the television series My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic. After receiving a cease-and-desist letter from Hasbro for infringing their intellectual property rights, the development team of Mane6 discarded the original premise, game engine, and art assets, and began development on Them's Fightin' Herds as an original work with new characters.

Lauren Faust, who previously created the characters for Friendship Is Magic, offered to help Mane6 by creating a new world and new characters for the game.

An Indiegogo crowd-funding campaign for Them's Fightin' Herds opened on September 21, 2015. During the duration of its activity, the game was successfully funded, with a scheduled release sometime in April 2017.

Trivia

 * The game's working title was called "Stampede".