Shootout is a king-of-the-hill match on a PDN ring: many players on serial aux chains, two active players Duel at a time. Parent hub: PDN Multi-Player Modes · Quickdraw.

Hunter and Bounty tags can mix in the same ring. This is the glory layer, not the currency layer.

In play

• Up to ~13 PDNs in a ring (max still being confirmed).
• Pickup games in the field or staff-run brackets at the complex.
• No Quickdraw Points or Energy / Tokens written in code today. Winners get bragging rights, MC callouts, and Alleycat TV moments when ops runs a tournament.

Ops and player stories

• Community MC / brackets: Shootout Winners.
• Booth hook: Largest Posse / shootout-adjacent rows in Leaderboards (see Largest Posse).

Open questions

• Confirmed max ring size and what Mission Control logs vs manual awards
• How much of tournament flow is firmware vs staff announcement
• Wireless mesh vs serial-only for large rings (see PDN Multi-Player open questions)
• Can Mission Control display up to date graphics of what is happening in the ring on the areas screens?

Canon

Alleycat 2027 Game Design — PDN modes (Shootout)