Cuphead

There is no overworld here, no shop and no second boss. Just you, a tiny plane and a giant angry bird filling the sky with feathers and eggs. Cuphead is a free shooting game you play in your browser. You fly a plane through the Wally Warbles boss fight, a fan made Scratch recreation of an aerial battle from the original game, and shoot until the bird goes down.

Game Controls

• Fly and navigate menus: ARROW KEYS
• Shoot / Rapid fire: X / HOLD X
• Shrink: C
• Parry: Z
• EX move: V
• Switch weapons: Q

How It Works

Cuphead on this page is a single boss fight built in Scratch by the creator PizzaGut and published in October 2017. You control a small plane on a scrolling sky and face Wally Warbles, a giant bird boss, while dodging the feathers and eggs he throws across the screen. The project uses the Aviary Action music track, and it has been viewed more than 1.2 million times on Scratch.

The controls follow the plane levels of the original game. X fires your guns, and holding it keeps the fire going. C shrinks the plane so it moves faster and slips past large attacks. Z parries pink objects, and V spends a card on a powerful EX move. Q switches between weapons, so you can pick the shot that suits each attack pattern.

1. Press the arrow keys to move through the menu and start the fight.
2. Hold X to keep a steady stream of shots on the boss.
3. Steer with the arrow keys to stay out of the path of feathers and eggs.
4. Press C to shrink when a large attack fills the screen.
5. Press Z on pink objects to parry them.
6. Press V to fire an EX move once you have at least 1 card.
7. Keep shooting until Wally Warbles is defeated.

What Makes It Stand Out

• A focused boss fight: The whole game is one aerial battle against Wally Warbles, with no levels to grind through first.
• 6 controls: Move, shoot, shrink, parry, EX and weapon switch each have their own key.
• Parry on pink: Only pink objects can be parried, which keeps a classic risk and reward move from the original.
• EX moves with cards: A strong special attack becomes available once you hold at least 1 card.
• A popular Scratch project: The fight has passed 1.2 million views and more than 9,500 loves on Scratch.

Getting Started

• Hold X for most of the Cuphead fight. Rapid fire keeps damage going while your attention stays on dodging.
• Shrink before big attacks, not during them. C makes the plane smaller and faster, which only helps if you press it before the projectiles arrive.
• Look for pink before you parry. Z only works on pink objects, so pressing it near anything else just wastes the moment.
• Save V for openings. The EX move needs a card, so firing it when the boss is open gets the most from each one.
• Try both weapons with Q. Switching shows you which shot reaches the boss best from where you like to fly.

Going Further

Cuphead rewards learning the boss more than reacting faster. Each attack follows a pattern, so a few attempts show where the safe lanes open up. Parrying pink objects is the riskiest move in the fight, but it pays off by letting you push into attacks instead of only running from them. Cards are the only resource in this fight, and they decide when you can use an EX move, so it pays to spend them during openings rather than holding them for too long. Shrinking is a defensive tool first, and players who use it for every attack lose the reach and damage of the normal sized plane.

Mistakes Worth Avoiding

• Tapping X instead of holding it. Short taps cut your damage and stretch the fight longer than it needs to be.
• Parrying everything. Only pink objects can be parried, so pressing Z near normal projectiles leaves you exposed.
• Shrinking too late. By the time a big attack is on top of you, there is no time left for C to help.
• Hugging one edge of the screen. Staying in a corner leaves no room to dodge when an attack sweeps toward it.
• Playing in full screen. The creator notes that the project works best without full screen mode.

Similar Shooting Games

If dodging a screen full of projectiles while firing back was the fun part, X-Trench Run keeps the flying and shooting with a fast run through a narrow trench. Bit Planes puts you in a small plane again, this time in dogfights against other players. Space Wars Battleground moves the shooting into space with battles between ships. More picks are in Shooting Games.

Final Thoughts

The Cuphead game is a faithful fan tribute to one boss fight, with controls that feel close to the original plane levels. Playing Cuphead online here suits fans who want a quick boss battle in the browser. Anyone expecting the full game, with its many bosses and run and gun stages, will find just one fight.

FAQs About Cuphead

1. What is Cuphead?

   Cuphead on this page is a fan made Scratch game that recreates the Wally Warbles plane boss fight from Studio MDHR's Cuphead. It was made by the Scratch creator PizzaGut in 2017.

2. How to play Cuphead?

   Fly with the arrow keys and hold X to shoot. Press C to shrink, Z to parry pink objects, V for an EX move and Q to switch weapons.

3. Is this the complete version of Cuphead?

   No. This Cuphead page features a single boss fight against Wally Warbles made in Scratch. The complete Cuphead by Studio MDHR has many more bosses and levels.

4. How do you parry in Cuphead?

   Press Z when your plane touches a pink object. Only pink objects can be parried in Cuphead.

5. How do you use the EX move in Cuphead?

   Press V to fire an EX move in Cuphead. The move needs at least 1 card before it can be used.

6. Can I play Cuphead on mobile?

   No. Cuphead on this page is controlled entirely with a keyboard, using the arrow keys plus X, C, Z, V and Q. It is meant to be played on a computer.