Xonotic is a first-person arena shooter, forked from Nexuiz. The game runs on the Darkplaces engine, based on Quake 1's engine. Gameplay is also based on Quake (mainly the competitive Quake III Arena), but Xonotic adds some unique touches (e.g. alternative weapon functions, like burst fire or cursor-seeking missiles, mix of Q1 and Q3 movement. The gameplay is very fast-paced, and includes and encourages strafe jumping as well as blast jumping, commonly with the aptly named Blaster weapon. The art is mostly futuristic, but unofficial maps exist in a variety of styles.