Freedom Planet/Mechanics and Bugs - Revision history

Mylexsi: /* General Mechanics */ - Added Momentum Stacking

2015-03-18T17:08:41Z

‎General Mechanics: - Added Momentum Stacking

Mylexsi: altered the layout a little; Zips shouldn't be at the bottom on its own like that.

2015-03-18T16:43:32Z

altered the layout a little; Zips shouldn't be at the bottom on its own like that.

Mylexsi: /* Zipping */

2015-03-18T16:38:38Z

‎Zipping

Mylexsi: /* Damage Thresholds */

2015-03-18T16:37:06Z

‎Damage Thresholds

Mylexsi: /* Slopes */

2015-03-18T16:36:51Z

‎Slopes

Mylexsi: /* Air Friction */

2015-03-18T16:27:21Z

‎Air Friction

Mylexsi: /* Air Friction */

2015-03-18T16:26:46Z

‎Air Friction

Mylexsi: /* Enemies */

2015-03-17T14:43:44Z

‎Enemies

Mylexsi: /* Slopes */

2015-03-06T10:14:44Z

‎Slopes

Mylexsi: /* Slopes */

2015-03-06T10:14:29Z

‎Slopes

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 = General Mechanics =
 ==Air Friction==
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 :This also works somewhat in reverse; Jumping '''from''' a slope can drastically affect your jump height & arc; jumping from an uphill slope at high speed will drastically increase your jump height, and jumping while running quickly downhill can have you jumping flat horizontally(which is actually ideal, as it will push you further forwards and ignore air-friction in the process)
-==Zips==
+==Momentum Stacking==
-:When a character is inside a wall, the game will usually try to eject the character out of that wall. In Freedom Planet's case, the player will generally be 'ejected' directly upwards(rather than the standard backwards that most other games use). This is particularly noticeable on the disappearing blocks in Pangu Lagoon and Final Dreadnought 4. The game's tendency to push players upwards limits the usefulness of zips in Freedom Planet, as it is rare for desirable locations to be directly above you.
+:If you do two things that push you in the same or similar directions at the same time, the game will add the 2 momentums together. Since deceleration is linear, this nets you a ''huge'' speed or height boost.
-:There are a handful of useful zips, but since each character performs them differently, they will be discussed in the individual characters' pages.
+:For example, if Lilac uses Cyclone at the same moment as hitting an upwards-facing spring, it will send her ''much'' higher than the added height of a spring and a cyclone; Usually about twice as high as the spring would normally have sent her.
 ==Damage Thresholds==

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 :This also works somewhat in reverse; Jumping '''from''' a slope can drastically affect your jump height & arc; jumping from an uphill slope at high speed will drastically increase your jump height, and jumping while running quickly downhill can have you jumping flat horizontally(which is actually ideal, as it will push you further forwards and ignore air-friction in the process)
-==Damage Thresholds==
+==Zips==
 :This is the way most bosses work in regards to health. They take a specific amount of "damage" and when that amount of damage is done the boss takes a "hit" Some bosses also require parts to be broken that each have their own damage thresholds. "Damage" dealt by the player is determined by what moves they use to hit the boss, but going over the threshold will still deal a single hit. A few bosses have this threshold set to one, and any damage taken will deal a "hit". In most cases upon passing a threshold a boss has a longer set of invincibility. Other bosses only require one threshold to be reached to be killed.
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 ::First is Carol's kicks. Carol's kicks place her directly into this state for as long as she is kicking, essentially making her invincible while kicking except for a few exceptions. This leads to some confusion about the kicks being called I-frames, but the transcendent hitboxes will still hit Carol as she kicks. Those hitboxes are very rare however, and using the kicks to block attacks is extremely powerful.
 ::Second is with Brevon. His knife has a very odd property where certain attacks can hit it as if it were an invulnerable hurtbox. If the knife is hit properly though it places the character into the clanking state for an extended period of time. This state will not end by naturally placing the character back into the normal state, instead the character must be forced into another state. The most common ways for this to happen is either Dragon Boosting or being grabbed by Brevon. While in this state Brevon functionally cannot hurt the player.

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	==Zipping==		==Zipping==
−	When a character is inside a wall the game will usually try to eject the character by pushing them directly up. This is particularly noticeable on the disappearing blocks in Pangu Lagoon and Final Dreadnought 4. The game's tendency to push players upwards(rather than the standard backwards) limits the usefulness of zips in Freedom Planet, as it is rare for desirable locations to be directly above you. There are a handful of useful zips, but since each character performs them differently, they will be discussed in the individual characters' pages.	+	:When a character is inside a wall the game will usually try to eject the character by pushing them directly up. This is particularly noticeable on the disappearing blocks in Pangu Lagoon and Final Dreadnought 4. The game's tendency to push players upwards(rather than the standard backwards) limits the usefulness of zips in Freedom Planet, as it is rare for desirable locations to be directly above you. There are a handful of useful zips, but since each character performs them differently, they will be discussed in the individual characters' pages.

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 ==Damage Thresholds==
-This is the way most bosses work in regards to health. They take a specific amount of "damage" and when that amount of damage is done the boss takes a "hit" Some bosses also require parts to be broken that each have their own damage thresholds. "Damage" dealt by the player is determined by what moves they use to hit the boss, but going over the threshold will still deal a single hit. A few bosses have this threshold set to one, and any damage taken will deal a "hit". In most cases upon passing a threshold a boss has a longer set of invincibility. Other bosses only require one threshold to be reached to be killed.
+:This is the way most bosses work in regards to health. They take a specific amount of "damage" and when that amount of damage is done the boss takes a "hit" Some bosses also require parts to be broken that each have their own damage thresholds. "Damage" dealt by the player is determined by what moves they use to hit the boss, but going over the threshold will still deal a single hit. A few bosses have this threshold set to one, and any damage taken will deal a "hit". In most cases upon passing a threshold a boss has a longer set of invincibility. Other bosses only require one threshold to be reached to be killed.
-Let's look at an example of Mantalith in Relic Maze as Carol to explain the thresholds. To complete one phase of the fight, both arms must be broken and then the eyes must be broken. This must occur 5 times, so we can say it takes 5 hits to beat Mantalith. The arms each have a set amount of damage they take before they break, which increases in the third phase. As soon as this threshold is reached, the arm will break off. When the head comes down it also requires a set amount of damage to break. Using Carol as an example the head takes either four hits from her kicks or a single Wild Claw. Going over the threshold on the head does not do additional damage and will always apply only 1 out of the 5 "hit"s required to kill Mantalith.
+:Let's look at an example of Mantalith in Relic Maze as Carol to explain the thresholds. To complete one phase of the fight, both arms must be broken and then the eyes must be broken. This must occur 5 times, so we can say it takes 5 hits to beat Mantalith. The arms each have a set amount of damage they take before they break, which increases in the third phase. As soon as this threshold is reached, the arm will break off. When the head comes down it also requires a set amount of damage to break. Using Carol as an example the head takes either four hits from her kicks or a single Wild Claw. Going over the threshold on the head does not do additional damage and will always apply only 1 out of the 5 "hit"s required to kill Mantalith.
 ==Hitboxes and Hurtboxes==

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 ==Slopes==
-'''TODO'''
+:Since characters cannot simply run to their top speeds, slopes become an important source of momentum.
-Running down them makes you faster. Running up them makes you slower. Hitting one while moving down quickly converts downwards momentum to forwards momentum by an amount relative to slope angle.
+:Obviously, running downhill will speed you up, and running uphill will slow you down, however if you '''land''' on a downhill slope, your downwards momentum will be converted to forwards momentum at a ratio depending on the angle of the slope. Conversely, slamming down into an uphill slope will pretty much stop you dead in your tracks.
-Slopes affect your jump angle & height based on your speed, slope angle, slope steepness.
+:This also works somewhat in reverse; Jumping '''from''' a slope can drastically affect your jump height & arc; jumping from an uphill slope at high speed will drastically increase your jump height, and jumping while running quickly downhill can have you jumping flat horizontally(which is actually ideal, as it will push you further forwards and ignore air-friction in the process)
-Something about sweetspot of when to jump while running up large slopes(lost speed from running uphill vs steeper angle & jumping from higher up)
 ==Damage Thresholds==

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 ==Air Friction==
-Air Friction is what slows you down in the air.
+:Air Friction is what slows you down in the air.
 :The rules for air friction in this game are very simple - If you are airborne and moving upwards(at any angle), then your horizontal speed will decrease until it reaches your character's normal running speed. If you're travelling flat horizontal or lower, your speed will be maintained.
 : Certain techniques, however, will completely negate air-friction for the duration of the jump - Lilac's Dive Kick, Carol's Boost-Jump, and Milla's Super Shield Burst.

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 :'''Transcendent:'''
 ::This style of hitbox can hit the character even in the clanking state, but still will not hit the character if they are invincible. These hitboxes are extremely rare, occurring perhaps only five times in the game. Those times are: Trap Hideout lasers, Trap Hideout's first miniboss, Serpentine's purple bullets(as they head upwards), the FD4 laser, and Brevon3's throw. Brevon's throw is unique in that it will hit regardless of the character's state.
 ===Characters===