A class is similar to a playable character in a fighting game. It is named after the weapon it wields (the exception being Unarmed), so it defines the character as well and its weapon ; since all classes are basically hands. It has specific animations, combos, statistics, stances, strategy and play style. More and more classes are added in the roster during the development of the game.
They have the following philosophies in their selection. (click on this section)
☼ Common everyday objects laying around at work, at home or any places where the player sits
► Objects too obscure, or custom made are thus excluded, but may appear in story mode or modding
☼ Not too small
► Else it would be both unwieldy and looking too much alike
► The smallest class would be the pen cap or the ink cartdridge, but only appear in the story mode
► The actual smallest class is the lighter, which is a bit an omen itself
☼ Not too large
► Else it would be impracticable
► The largest planned items are the ruler, triangle, bottle of water and smartphone
☼ Not too frail
► A CD is very borderline, as it may break under casual IRL H2H sparring under specific constraints
☼ Not perishable
► This excludes food and plant based objects
☼ Not obscene
► Unless you want to make a +18 mod
☼ Not dangerous
► The game may portray scissors, screwdrivers, compass, knifes and box cutter, but we can assume IRL they are neutralized version
☼ Not redundant
► Unless for the story mode
► The Chopstick/pencil and ballpen/clutchpen pairs have very similar shapes, but are actually wielded differently and represents different types of weapons
☼ Leaving enough imagination but not counting too much on it
► Ballpen is a sword, or even a rifle, a spear, an halberd or even a lightsaber ; however taking a gluestick for a sword is too much of a flex
☼ Not too complex
► Exotic items may exist to contrast with the more common ones
► Else the items are either too complex to draw (and thus add unnecessary work) or too complex to have a clear gameplay indentity
► Or just it is too unwieldy
☼ Not too flexible
► This excludes strings, springs, clothes or any dull material
► Same remark for the complexity
☼ Not too expensive
► This excludes jewelry, making the game less immersive (unless you work there)
☼ Being actual weapons
► This excludes wearable like rings, gloves, gauntlets or improvised armor ; they would just be almost like Unarmed
Bellow is the list of classes at least in Alpha status (click on the name or the image to access its page). Their icons are drawn from scratch so they aren't as precise as the class animations.
Each class has a status defining its development advancement ; in terms of number of done animations, balance, game feel and other details. (click on this section)
A planned class may be present or not in the data (name, statistics, descriptions, stances), but doesn't have any animations done nor being able to be selected. They appear in the class gallery as to be added. Any class mentioned is counted as planned.
An Alpha class has some animations present, but isn't playable yet. They also appear in the class gallery as to be added. Although they can be selected with debug commands.
A Beta class has all of the minimal animations present (one idle, move front, move back, spawn, death, jump, land, hit, neutral, side, back, up, down, heavy) and may as well have some combos, but its content doesn't reach the intent of better status. Due to the large amount of work needed to create all of the animations, it is not surprising to see a class staying in a beta-test for a long time. For example the Hexkey stayed like this from 2022 to 2024. They are easily recognized by their small combo repertory and lacking the selection and selected animations. In battle they can have something to say against the other more playable, however their strategy is still limited to what they have.
A class is playable if it can be selected and fight on par with the other ones, meaning they have all of the necessary animations. Balance and tweaks could happen anytime to reinforce its intents. A good standard is about 30 different attack animations spread into a dozen combos. For now there's 5 playable classes.
A completed class contains a large variety of ground and aerial attacks, combos, as well as special moves. No class actually belongs to this category yet, because the goal is to reach at least a dozen playable classes before adding more flesh to them.
A scrapped class has been removed from the game, due to either resembling too much of an existing class, the original item being lost, having no place in the strategy or just for time management reasons. Only the plain stylus is scrapped because the item was obscure, uninteresting and lost, even if it was meant as a NPC fight in the planned solo/arcade mode.
Each class has an initial list of animations. They must be doable IRL (without the fancy VFX) at real time with some training. (click on this section)
☼ Idle played when the entity is inactive, alive, not stunned nor grabbed, or simply in the class gallery
► If the class has multiple idle animations available, it has 1/3 chances to pick a secondary one ; it has 1/2 chances to keep the reselected animation, else it will make another selection cycle
► The entity automatically faces the opponent only if it is in idle animation
☼ Move front/back played when the entity advances/moves backwards on the ground
► In older versions of the game they were called front and back, but could be confused with the side and back attacks
☼ Neutral/Side/Back/Up/Down/Heavy the attack openers when the entity is counted as idle
► Each of these animation have their own follow ups with the same logic
► If the animation is empty, the action is not counted
☼ Jump played during airtime, the animation image depends on the vertical speed of the entity ; at 0 it takes the exact middle of the animation
► During a jump the entity doesn't flip around
► If absent the Idle animation is played instead, even if the entity is moving
☼ Land played when the entity lands from a significant height. Completely cosmetic as it doesn't interfere with other actions.
► However it has priority over idle and move, making a neat transition when landing & moving at the same time
► Like jump it doesn't face the opponent during land, but since it's cosmetic as it is counted as idle
► If absent is not played
☼ Spawn played at fight start/restart
► The hand may looks moving, but it's hitbox stays at the same spot ; because no combat is intended to act at this moment
► If the animation is empty, plays idle animations instead
☼ Death played when the entity reaches 0 HP
► Like for the spawn, the movement is cosmetic
► In certain cases the animation goes outside the camera or area bounds
► If the animation is empty, the entity simply stops being displayed
☼ Hit played when while entity is stunned, or during attack delays
► This animation is not really an animation as it picks a random animation image to be displayed at each separate stun duration
► If the animation is empty, plays idle animation instead
☼ Dodge played when the entity is dodging
► The animation is not really an animation as it picks an animation image depending on when the dodge is
► The last animation image is played at the middle of the dodge duration, then goes backward
► If the animation is empty, takes the last animation image from jump
► If the jump animation is also empty, takes the first animation image from the first idle
☼ Parry played when the entity is parrying
► The animation is not really an animation as it freezes at the second animation image
► Taking hits advances this animation but quickly returns toward the second animation image if not
► Stopping parrying makes the entity able to act only when it fully returns to the first animation image
☼ Dash right/left played when the entity is dashing
► Not yet implemented, but present in the game data
► Even if the class has dash animation, they aren't used in game
► If the animation is empty, plays move front/back animation instead
► They must be called Dash front/back but is not yet changed
☼ Selection played when the entity gets hovered by a player in the class selection menu
► If the animation is empty, takes the default idle cycling
☼ Selected played when the entity gets selected by a player in the class selection menu
► If the animation is empty, keeps the selection animation
► And thus if the selection animation is also empty, cycles between idle animations
To make all of the animations there's multiple steps with custom names, intervening different skills, tools and softwares. By default FlameofChange do everything, but sometimes there's other contributors helping in specific stages of an animation image.
☼ Creator The one actually designing the moves and the character in IRL choreography
☼ Taker The one having its hands taken on pictures
☼ Cropper The one cropping the pictures into smaller more storable versions. This is actually the easiest and fastest job as it takes 10 seconds per image ; but that can accumulate to hours due to the large amount of image remaining to make
☼ Placer The one placing the cropped pictures into the right position in the drawing software, keeping the logic of the movement and more importantly the scale
☼ Hander The one drawing over the placed picture, may also do the coloring. It can also be the one fixing existing works of handers
☼ Effecter The one adding the VFX animations over the drawing, may it be simple wind effects or complete damage gadgets. It can also be the one fixing existing works of effecters
☼ Integrator The one exporting the images, integrating them into the code, setting its values and testing the result
☼ Balancer The one taking decisions on how to balance the attacks, as well as polishing the rhythm without having to edit the images themselves
Also called stats, each class has 10 of them : Strength, Agility, Speed, Stamina, Life, Cut, Pierce, Blunt, Reach and Difficulty ; most influencing diverse computations for movement, combat and physics. The 5 first stats are the main ones, then 3 special, then 2 indicative. Each stat can go from 0 to 10 in intensity, and the sum of the main is always 20. Prior to the 0.1.1.6, the 3 specials and reach were taken in account in the total, which was still 20. The stats were quickly added in the game development to give differences between classes outside their moves. It was considered over putting raw stats for each class, due to the stance system. Each class has unique stats, so two class never share the exact the same base stats.
They each have an icon (in image/icons.png) and color filter added in game. It is not possible to change nor add statistics in the game, nor changing their color code. Prior to the 0.1.1.6 they had a large version but was scrapped to save space and lighten the UI. Like for class icons, stat icons were drawn without rotoscopying, so they look much more clumsy than the actual class animations. In the class galleries and selection menus, a 0 value is still displayed as a single dot, then each point adds a chevron ; else it would make the bar look empty.
Indicates the raw physical power of the class, not necessarily the damage inflicted (as this bonus is quite minimal). A class with high strength has no problems wielding heavy weapons, pushing adversaries, blocking damage through parrying ; as well as dealing additional stun. This makes a balanced addition to both offensive and defensive capabilities. The strength comes from the aura the item gives, as well as its theme ; contrary of the actual physical leverage nor resistance it has.
In the code the color is #FF0000. The small icon is actually the same as the Heavy attack but with a color filter ; both representing a clenched fist. Each point (click on this section)
☼ Increases inflicted stun duration by 4%
► 5% prior to 0.1.1.6
► At maximum it can reduces to up to 40%, not counting other stacking bonuses
☼ Reduces damage through parrying by 0.5
► As damage is integer, it is always rounded down, meaning having only 1 strength doesn't change the reduction
► The base value of parry is 5, so the max soaked damage through parry would be 15
☼ Increases cut/pierce/blunt damage by 0.5/0.5/1%
► 1/1/2% prior to 0.1.1.6
► The bonus is additive
► As damage is integer, it is always rounded down, meaning the class needs several bonuses stacked together to maybe increase larger damage inputs ; however that could compensates other reduction to avoid a rounding down
► The logic comes from Historical European Martial Arts not because it makes the attacks faster (and thus gaining kinetic energy) but the attack "digs" more into the opponent as the entity pushes through the impact area
► It is the only stat affecting all types of attacks at the same time
☼ Multiplies inflicted push power from attacks by 4%
► 5% prior to 0.1.1.6
► The base factor is 1, so for example at 5 strength it multiplies by 1.2
► This doesn't change the push power from movement, as it is computed with another constant
► In other words attacks pushes more the hit adversaries
☼ Decreases received push power from attacks by 4%
► The base factor is 1, so for example at 5 strength it divides by 1.2
► 5% prior to 0.1.1.6
► This doesn't change the push power from movement, as it is computed with another constant
☼ Removes weight from movement speed and jump power calculations, up to the weight value of the class
► It cannot make the class faster than it is
► In other words the class is much less hindered by the weight of its weapon (or body, hand... you get it)
☼ Increases bulldoze power by 2
► The calculation is a difference between both entities
► Even at 0 it can push 0 strength adversaries
► More info in Bulldoze (TODO)
The full size strength icon prior to 0.1.1.6, which was removed.
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The actual small icon
The placeholder full size icon made in the demo 9.1
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The placeholder small icon made in the demo 9
Also called dexterity, it influences recovery time and flexibility. An agile class has much less trouble at fixing mistakes and exploiting the adversary's. It is heavily inspired from Brawlhalla as their dexterity stat reduces recovery time. In both games it doesn't increase attack speed nor reload time because there's no recovery if the attack hit successfully.
In the code the color is #0000FF. The icon represents a gracious hand flowing with the movement, having some kind of liquid affinity like water. It was at first intended to also reduce attack reload time, but was quickly scrapped. However that makes agile class actually agile by reducing reload times. Prior to 0.1.1.6 the agility increased blunt damage by 2% but was an oversight as it as no relation with it. Each point (click on this section)
☼ Divides recovery time by +0.1
► The base value is 1, so a 0 agility class has no recovery modificator (divison by 1)
► At 5 agility the factor becomes 1.5, removing a third of the recovery time (1/1.5 = 0.66...)
► At 10 agility the factor becomes 2, dividing by 2 recovery time
► The resulting recovery time is an integer, rounding down, which makes two implications
> Even at 1 agility it removes at least one frame of recovery, interesting for short recovery values
> Attacks with high recovery value get more reduced, especially heavy attacks
> For example a 8/50 recovery at 1 agility is reduced to 7/45
► This computation was made to avoid making all recovery times reduced to 0, as before it was intended to be multiplied by 1 - (0.1 x agility)
► Agility has thus absolutely no effects on a player if it completes systematically with success their combos, because there's no recovery time triggered and so no reduction through agility
☼ Decreases dodge margin by 1frame
► The base value is 10 frames (0.2s), meaning for 10 frames at start and at the end the entity is still vulnerable but trapped in the dodge movement
► The dodge margin is always greater or equal to 1, meaning a 10 agility class gets the same dodge margin as a 9 agility class
☼ Decreases dodge reload time by 4 frames
► The base value is 50 frames (1s), starting when the dodge ends, which as a 50 frame duration too
► At 10 agility, the player can dodge every (50-10x4)+50 frames, which is 60 frames (1.2s)
► In conjunction of dodge margin reduction, the entity is invulnerable for 48 frames within 60, which makes a 80% invulnerability ; at 10 agility when constantly using the dodge command
☼ Increases pierce damage by 1%
► 2% prior to 0.1.1.6
► The bonus is additive
► As damage is integer, it is always rounded down, meaning the class needs several bonuses stacked together to maybe increase larger damage inputs ; however that could compensates other reduction to avoid a rounding down
► The logic comes from being able to pierce the right spot for maximum damage. Hitting hard but on a non-vital part is a waste of energy.
☼ Decreases jump reload time by 1 frame
► The base value is 15 frames (0.3s), starting when the entity lands
► At 10 agility the entity can jump again after only 5 frames (0.1s)
► The logic comes from being able to fully utilize the muscle inertia to jump again
The full size strength icon prior to 0.1.1.6, which was removed.
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The actual small icon
The placeholder full size icon made in the demo 9.1
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The placeholder small icon made in the demo 9
Indicates the nimbleness in combat of the class, affecting movement speed and jump power. Placement and timing is important in combat, so a fast class even without much power can still evade attacks by simply moving away.
In the code the color is #FFFF00. The icon represents a gun finger going fast with thunder effects. Each point (click on this section)
☼ Increases movement speed by 2 pixels per frame
► Was 3 pixels per frame prior to 0.1.1.6
► The base value is 15 pixels per frame, so at 10 speed the class moves more than twice as fast
► It is reduced by weight (see bellow)
☼ Increases jump power
► It works as a initial velocity when starting a jump
► The base value is 30 pixels per frame, and for each point it increases by 4, then the increase is reduced by 0.75 until a minimum of 1
► This means the relative increase is +4, +3.25, +2.5, +1.75, +1, +1 etc
► This makes a total of 34, 37.25, 39.75, 42.5, 43.5, 44.5 etc... to a max of 48.5 pixels per frame
► It doesn't change gravity
► Was +5, decremented by 1 per speed ; so the max was 50 pixels per frame
► The gravity decreases the vertical speed by 2 pixels per frame
☼ Decreases jump reload time by 1 frame
► The base value is 15 frames (0.3s), starting when the entity lands
► At 10 speed the entity can jump again after only 5 frames (0.1s)
► It stacks with the agility bonus, which can put the reload time bellow 0 frames, and thus instant reload
☼ Increases cut damage by 1%
► 2% prior to 0.1.1.6
► The bonus is additive
► As damage is integer, it is always rounded down, meaning the class needs several bonuses stacked together to maybe increase larger damage inputs ; however that could compensates other reduction to avoid a rounding down
The full size strength icon prior to 0.1.1.6, which was removed.
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The actual small icon. It is almost the same as a directional combo indicator but with the thumb out.
The placeholder full size icon made in the demo 9.1
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The placeholder small icon made in the demo 9. It looked almost exactly as a directional combo indicator.
Indicates the overall bulkiness of the class, mostly from its item. Some stances gives different matter to the object, affecting its performance. In other words making a class lighter may indirectly make it faster, but is more easily pushed around and broken. There exists some exceptions, for example characters and stances. While it increases the inertia of the entity and push resistance, it also slows it down. A heavy class is also much harder to push and to break guard.
In the code the color is #804000. The icon represents a deformed fist by its weight, crushing the ground cracking it. Each point (click on this section)
☼ Decreases movement speed by 0.75 pixels per frame
► Was 1 prior to the 0.1.1.6
► With a base value of 15, the worst movement speed existing at 10 weight makes the entity moving twice as slow
► Each strength point compensates the speed loss of one weight point, but cannot increase speed
> 5 strength 3 weight class doesn't have its speed decreased
> 3 strength 5 weight has a reduction of 1.5 pixels per frame
► A high speed class won't benefit fully from its bonus movement speed if it has also a high weight value
☼ Decreases jump power by 2 pixels per frame
► Was 3 prior to the 0.1.1.6
► Each strength point compensates the power loss, but cannot increase jump height
> 5 strength 3 weight class doesn't have its power decreased
> 3 strength 5 weight has a jump power of 26 pixels per frame
► A high speed class won't benefit fully from its bonus jump power if it has also a high weight value
☼ Increases jump reload time by 2 frames
► Each strength point compensates 1 frame loss from weight, but cannot exceed the base value, for example
> 5 strength 3 weight increases jump reload time by 3x2 - 5 = 1 frames
> 3 strength 5 weight increases jump reload time by 5x2 - 3 = 7 frames
> 7 strength 3 weight has no modifier, since 3x2 - 7 < 0 frame
► The base value is 15 ; so he worst jump reload time would be 0 strength, 0 agility, 0 speed and 10 weight, resulting in 35 frames duration
☼ Increases guard by 5
► The base value is 20, so at 10 weight the class has 70 guard
► Every damage and stun duration consumes 1 guard ; when broken all damage is converted into stun
► This means a heavy weight class is harder to be interrupted
☼ Increases blunt damage by 1%
► 2% prior to 0.1.1.6
► The bonus is additive
► As damage is integer, it is always rounded down, meaning the class needs several bonuses stacked together to maybe increase larger damage inputs ; however that could compensates other reduction to avoid a rounding down
☼ Divides received push power from attacks by 4%
► 5% prior to 0.1.1.6
► The base factor is 1, so for example at 5 weight it divides by 1.2
► This doesn't change the push power from movement, as it is computed with another constant
► It is multiplied with the strength bonus, which could reach a potential division by 1.92 at 10 strength and 10 weight
The full size strength icon prior to 0.1.1.6, which was removed.
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The actual small icon. The thumb is slightly raised to look like a elbow drop.
The placeholder full size icon made in the demo 9.1
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The placeholder small icon made in the demo 9.
Also called endurance, it represents the staying power of the class and its ability to be unfazed by hits. This is different than Life because stamina reduces incoming damage, reduces the effects of stuns, increase guard regeneration time and improves the total and regen for HP, but is clearly separated from HP. For its creator stamina is the most OP stat since it makes the class much tankier.
In the code the color is #FF8000. The icon represents a arching hand shielding itself, with a hexagon shape (FlameofChange loves hexagons and orange). It element could be linked to fire. Each point (click on this section)
☼ Reduces stun duration by 8%
► At 10 stamina the entity receive only a fifth of the stun duration
► The stun duration is an integer, so even having 1 stamina removes at least 1 frame of stun duration
☼ Reduces received damage by 4%
► Was 5% prior to 0.1.1.6, and 10% prior to 0.1.0.2
► At 10 stamina the entity receive 40% less damage
► As damage is integer, it is always rounded down, meaning any reduction rounds down to at least one frame bellow. If the source has no bonuses that makes it interesting on paper
► The multiplication is done after the damage calculation, so for example a +10% damage then 12% damage reduction puts the damage at 1.1/1.2, which makes 91.66...% total received damage
► Blends best with strength and weight, as the damage is soaked by the parry after stamina
☼ Increases guard regen by 1.5 per second
► The guard regens only 20 frames after the last received hit
► The base value is 10 guard per second, so at 10 stamina the entity regens its guard 300% faster
☼ Reduces the regen period by 5 frames
► The base value is 50 frames, so a player can regen 1 HP per second
► The player only regen life if its outer bar is destroyed
► At 5 stamina the entity regens twice as fast
► At 10 stamina the regen is instant
> This may be an oversight, but no class has 10 stamina yet
> This consumes a stamina bar, so sooner or later the entity will run out of HP to regen
► This means more the entity has stamina, faster it regens but faster it consumes its stamina
☼ Increases the stamina bar by 10
► The base value is 20, so at 10 stamina the entity has 120 stamina bar
► Consumes one stamina to regen one HP every regen period
► The stamina bar has also other application, see combat (TODO)
► This means more the entity has stamina, more total HP it can regenerate
► In conjunction with the regen period, a moderate stamina value doesn't depletes quickly, as it is also used for other mechanics
► Completing successfully combos makes the player regain stamina, which can be used to stay longer in battle
The full size strength icon prior to 0.1.1.6, which was removed.
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The actual small icon. It was given another shape to be clearly different than agility.
The placeholder full size icon made in the demo 9.1
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The placeholder small icon made in the demo 9. It looks almost like agility icon but rotated 90°.
Indicates the additional amount of HP the class begins with, as a shield protecting the base HP. While the entity cannot regenerate this shield, it delays the consumption of stamina through HP regen for several hits. Thus a class with high HP can benefit from faster guard regen. A both high life and stamina class may be the tankiest entity of the game, but don't forget how strength (parry damage reduction), weight (max guard) and agility (dodge margin and reload time redution) also affects defense. Each point
☼ Increases the max HP by 15
► With a base value of 200, an entity can have up to 350 HP, which is a 75% increase
► The UI shows a proportional additional shield going out of the main HP bar
In the code the color is #FF00FF. The icon represents a hand standing and extending its fingers, with flows of energy surrounding it. While traditionally videogames portrays life with a heart, the hands don't have actual heart (beside the person attached to it). It was planned to make the hand heart shaped, but it's both complicated with one hand and incoherent to do it with two hands (which is reserved for faction banners in the lore).
The full size strength icon prior to 0.1.1.6, which was removed.
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The actual small icon. It actually doesn't look like the full size icon so every finger is not drawn.
The placeholder full size icon made in the demo 9.1
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The placeholder small icon made in the demo 9
Indicates the power of cutting attacks, meaning strikes with sharp (and not pointy) ends with the item. Even if the object is not sharp as it is (i.e. ballpen, ruler, Blunt back of scissor blades), it is counted as cut when it looks like a blade in the imagination. Every class base stance starts at 5 cut. Values above increases cut damage, and bellow reduces it. Each point difference influences the damage by +/-2%. Strength/speed also increases cut damage by +0.5/1% each. As damage is integer, it is always rounded down, meaning the class needs several bonuses stacked together to maybe increase larger damage inputs ; however that could compensates other reduction to avoid a rounding down. The most theoretical cut damage bonus would be at 10 strength, 10 speed and 10 cut, making +35% damage. However each class are limited by 20 total points, so the actual maximum is 10 cut and 15 points spread between strength and speed (not 10 nor 20 because the stance needs to remove 5 points anywhere to add it into the cut stat) ; in this case speed is superior since it has the highest bonus.
Originally the bonus was +2% per cut prior to the 0.1.1.6, but this stat was counted in the total. As it takes space in the class stat list, it will display only if the value is modified with plus and minus signs. In the code the color is #C0C0C0. The icon represents a kitchen knife. It was added to greatly influence damage output without changing other stats. Its gray color accentuates its neutral effect on other aspects of the game.
The full size strength icon prior to 0.1.1.6, which was removed.
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The actual small icon. The design was updated to be more distinctive with the pierce icon.
The placeholder full size icon made in the demo 9.1
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The placeholder small icon made in the demo 9.
Indicates the power of piercing attacks, meaning strikes with pointy ends with the item. Even if the object is not pointy as it is (i.e. ballpen, chopstick), it is counted as pierce when it looks like a spear in the imagination. Every class base stance starts at 5 pierce. Values above increases cut damage, and bellow reduces it. Each point difference influences the damage by +/-2%. Agility/speed also increases cut damage by +1/0.5% each. As damage is integer, it is always rounded down, meaning the class needs several bonuses stacked together to maybe increase larger damage inputs ; however that could compensates other reduction to avoid a rounding down. The most theoretical cut damage bonus would be at 10 agility, 10 speed and 10 pierce, making +30% damage. However each class are limited by 20 total points, so the actual maximum is 10 cut and 15 points spread between agility and speed (not 10 nor 20 because the stance needs to remove 5 points anywhere to add it into the pierce stat) ; in this case agility is superior since it also reduces recovery times and has the highest bonus.
Originally the bonus was +2% per pierce prior to the 0.1.1.6, but this stat was counted in the total. As it takes space in the class stat list, it will display only if the value is modified with plus and minus signs. In the code the color is #808080. The icon represents a pen. It was added to greatly influence damage output without changing other stats. In previous version its color was the same as cut, but has been altered for better readability. Its gray color accentuates its neutral effect on other aspects of the game.
The full size strength icon prior to 0.1.1.6, which was removed.
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The actual small icon. The design was updated to be more distinctive with the cut icon, and having a slightly darker color.
The placeholder full size icon made in the demo 9.1
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The placeholder small icon made in the demo 9.
Indicates the power of blunt attacks, meaning strikes with any non-pointy, non-sharp ends with the item ; even just fingers. Every class base stance starts at 5 blunt. Values above increases blunt damage, and bellow reduces it. Each point difference influences the damage by +/-1%. Strength and weight also increases cut damage by +0.5% each. As damage is integer, it is always rounded down, meaning the class needs several bonuses stacked together to maybe increase larger damage inputs ; however that could compensates other reduction to avoid a rounding down. The most theoretical cut damage bonus would be at 10 strength, 10 weight and 10 blunt, making +35% damage. However each class are limited by 20 total points, so the actual maximum is 10 cut and 15 points spread between strength and weight (not 10 nor 20 because the stance needs to remove 5 points anywhere to add it into the pierce stat) ; putting more weight could be interesting but it makes the class heavier, and thus slower if not invested in strength.
Originally the bonus was +2% per pierce prior to the 0.1.1.6, but this stat was counted in the total. As it takes space in the class stat list, it will display only if the value is modified with plus and minus signs. In the code the color is #404040. The icon represents a hammer. In previous version its color was the same as cut, but has been altered for better readability. Its gray color accentuates its neutral effect on other aspects of the game.
The full size strength icon prior to 0.1.1.6, which was removed.
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The actual small icon.
The placeholder full size icon made in the demo 9.1
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The placeholder small icon made in the demo 9.
Also called range, indicates the effective range of its attacks. This stat doesn't affect directly the class, as it is just indicative. Prior to the 0.1.1.6 the value was counted in the total stat, and had a smaller scale of values. In the code the color is #808000, making a dark yellow. As a neutral stat it was gray, but to give more readability the color was shifted to another. The icon represents a measuring tape.
The full size strength icon prior to 0.1.1.6, which was removed. It represented a splayed hand with an arrow measuring it, but was changed to a more explicit item ; like for cut, pierce, blunt and difficulty.
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The actual small icon.
The placeholder full size icon made in the demo 9.1
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The placeholder small icon made in the demo 9.
Like for reach, is strictly indicative but was added in later developments. This is the most subjective stat as each player has different affinities and level of experience. A high difficulty class is very tricky to learn and to use, but is not necessarily stronger than others. On the other hand a low difficulty is very easy to learn but not spared from being long to master. In the code the color is #408000, making a dark green. As a neutral stat it was gray, but to give more readability the color was shifted to another. The icon represents a grip strengthener.
The full size strength icon prior to 0.1.1.6, which was removed.
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The actual small icon.
The placeholder small icon made around the demo 11
A stance is a variant changing the stats of the class, but still keeping the total amount (20). It reduces at least one stat by 1 and increases another one by 1. It however bypass the rule where two class can never have the same stats ; thus two class may have similar through specific stance. selection. They have been added to flavor the game and increase the personality of classes. While other fighting games changes directly the strategy through the name, H2H emphasizes item variants through color and/or materials (Unarmed is currently the sole exception, as it doesn't have any weapons to actually vary). Another rule is to never make a stat go negative or above 10, as the game might get unstable elseway. There's no rules about the total of stat changes, as long as it keeps its balance. When material properties aren't affected, it lies more into the implied personality of the class stance (for example colors of ballpen, foutainpen and fine felt). Two stances from different class may have the same name or the same modification, but aren't necessarily related. Each class has at least one base stance (without modifiers), also called default ; and a second one. If not it may be because the class is not finished. The base stance is intended in most cases to be the vanilla and common version of the item (wooden chopstick, black ballpen, full gluestick, HB wooden paper pencil, etc).
It is planned to grant different animations and combos for some stances, but that would increase a lot the work to be done. However CPU players may have custom behaviors depending on the class and stance. Stance combination for some class is also planned ; for example material-hardness-color for the pencil. For now they are just separate stances accumulating these three changes.
Each stance also have their unique color and color intensity ; it is not defined in the class. Each class also have a color filter to make it recognizable ; due to technical limitations the hand itself is also colored. If the class doesn't have an attributed color, it copies the player. In the code the images are black and white, then a filter is displayed on top with a single color and transparency value. When two players have the same class and stance, the player 2 gets an alternate color and color intensity. This also happens when the two have similar colors, for example black Ballpen and metal Hexkey.
The material of a class is a list of sound types played when hitting. As each attack may strike with different sides of the weapon (or just fingers), the sound is different. For example a screwdriver may have a wooden or plastic handle, changing the sound it makes. By default all class has at least an index for finger sounds ; unless it never strikes with fingers. This flexible system is defined per animation image, so a complex attack may have multiple different sounds.
