How to play Splatter a Hoedown

Everything you need for your first run: controls, your three tools, driving and how points and street cash are earned.

Keyboard and mouse controls

W A S D: Move on foot or drive
Mouse: Look around (click the game to lock the mouse)
Left mouse: Fire the selected weapon
Right mouse / Z: Aim over the shoulder (Z toggles aim on trackpads)
1 / 2 / 3 or wheel: Paintball, capture net, lure
Shift: Sprint, or turbo while driving
Space: Jump and vault fences, or handbrake
C: Crouch
R: Reload the paintball hopper
E: Enter or exit the lowrider
H / F in the car: Honk the horn or hop the hydraulics
G: Switch lure: dollar, baggie or smokes
X / 4: Drop the gun and brawl
B / N: Battle taunt after a tag
V: Toggle first-person view
Esc or P: Pause

Touch controls on phones and tablets

Left stick: Move or drive
Drag the right side: Look around
FIRE / AIM: Shoot and zoom
JUMP / CROUCH: Vault fences and hide
Weapon button: Cycle paintball, net and lure
CAR: Enter or exit the lowrider; HONK and HOP while driving

Your three tools

Paintballs are your main weapon: three solid hits tag a contestant. Capture nets stop a runner cold and score +150. Lures make nearby contestants drop everything and walk to the bait, which sets up easy tags. Supply crates around the block refill your gear, including one on the bail-bonds rooftop reached by the fire-escape ramp.

Staying alive

Contestants flee when they spot you, duck behind dumpsters, dodge when you aim straight at them and fire back. If paint covers 100% of your suit you're knocked out. A Comeback Shield kicks in briefly after a burst of hits, and aim assist (adjustable in Settings) gently pulls your crosshair onto nearby targets.

Scoring and rewards

Paint tags, nets, ambushes from hiding, lowrider checkpoints and leftover time all add to your score. Clearing a mission pays XP, paintballs and street cash, and can unlock suits, mods and new characters. Every score is checked on the server before it reaches the leaderboard.