soulborn

uhh really early prototype. a roguelike

hollow knight inspired movement

w to look up, s to look down, ad to move, space to jump, e to dash, left click to attack, right click to secondary attack.

for now 3 of the 7 classes have been done (not with super)

you spawn as revenant class. basically, you have left and right m1, and when ur in air and u press s+lmb u can do a dive, which removes 10 health. secondary, is like you can sacrifice 50 hp for a projectile, and when that projectile kills enemies, u regain health.

1) Vanguard (Momentum Fighter) — close-range, dash-heavy

Movement identity: momentum/building speed, dash in 4 directions
Core abilities

• Primary Attack: 4-directional melee (up / side / down determined by mouse quadrant; side attacks flip sprite)

• Secondary (Lunge): charge forward toward mouse (capped distance, damages enemies in path)

• Dash: short burst (left/right default, or toward mouse if configured), temporarily overrides movement

• Passive: Momentum builds while running on ground and increases effective speed/damage
  Special: Impact Nova — absorb current momentum and release as large AOE slash (knockback)
  Implementation notes: class scene holds AnimatedSprite2D + disabled CollisionShape2D; sets player.velocity for dashes; has update_stats() for momentum modifiers.

2) Occultist (Reality Manipulator) — slow, tactical, anchor/teleport play

Movement identity: blink/teleport based; anchors change platforming geometry
Core abilities

• Primary Attack: slow but powerful spells around anchors / near anchors apply slow/reverse effects

• Place Anchors: place up to 2 anchors in world; anchors are points you can teleport between

• Blink (teleport): teleport between anchors — teleport damages enemies on the path (or along a line)
  Special: Echo Rift — leave a phantom clone at teleport origin; both phantom + player attack in sync for a time
  Implementation notes: class stores 2 anchor nodes, teleport applies area damage & optionally time-slow; anchors can alter boss attack timing. .

3) Revenant (Risk Junkie) — self-destruct / life-trade combat

Movement identity: bursty; HP-powered mobility (burst jump consumes HP)
Core abilities

• Primary Attack: HP-cost melee — low HP → boosted damage

• Secondary: high-damage HP-cost moves that restore HP on kill

• Burst Jump: consumes HP to gain extra jump height / midair burst
  Special: Overkill Surge — temporarily remove HP cap; huge damage output but if timer ends you die (high-risk timer mechanic)
  Implementation notes: track current_hp / max_hp, clamp; attacks decrement HP; killing enemies restore HP; GUI warning for Overkill timer.

4) Silksworn (Mobility Artist) — grappling, aerial combat, thread tethers

Movement identity: grappling/swinging physics; attacks tether to enemies/surfaces
Core abilities

• Primary Attack: throws a thread that tethers to an enemy or surface; pulling you toward it or pulling enemy into air

• Swing / Grapple: attach to surfaces to swing; string-based movement changes platforming feel

• Secondary: targeted tether to lift enemies or hold them in place
  Special: Threadstorm — latch threads to all enemies in range and pull yourself through them in a spinning multi-hit chain
  Implementation notes: needs rope/constraint logic (a simple spring-based pull or kinematic interpolation); collision shape tall/thin while swinging.

5) Chanter (Rhythm Brawler) — beat-based combat and hybrids (ipod/boombox idea)

Movement identity: rhythm-timed boosts; inputs tied to beat windows
Core abilities

• Primary Attack: beat-timed strikes — perfect timing gives crits / buffs

• Secondary: switch music (ipod mechanic) — different tracks alter attack type (ranged beat-shots vs boombox melee)

• Beat Platforming: jump boosts or speed boosts when you act on-beat
  Special: Resonant Fury — hijack boss soundtrack rhythm to amplify combos massively (timed window)
  Implementation notes: implement a small tempo manager; each track is a mode with different projectile / melee behavior; use timing window (±X ms) to judge perfect hits.

6) Arcanist (Aimed Ranged Caster) — aim-mechanic, charged projectile that grows and explodes

Movement identity: air/aim emphasis; hold-to-aim slows movement while charging
Core abilities

• Primary Attack: aimed bolt (hold to aim — if in air and hold, player slows and can aim precisely)

• Secondary (Charged Orb): projectile that grows while firing; when it reaches a threshold it explodes (AoE)

• Special: 360° burst — large radial spell, short cooldown
  Implementation notes: charging increases projectile size and explosion radius; aim mode sets a player.aiming state and reduces horizontal influence.

7) Gunner / Mechanist (Turret Ranged) — heavy ranged with stationary turret special

Movement identity: less vertical mobility (can’t jump or limited jump), reliance on ground positioning and turret placement
Core abilities

• Primary Attack: shotgun/short-range blast (ammo-like mechanic if desired)

• Secondary: deploy a turret (normal ability places turret that auto-fires)

• Dash / Mobility: limited or replaced by recoil mechanics when firing down for boosts
  Special: mount the turret for sustained machine-gun fire + shield while mounted; turret stays until shield breaks or time ends
  Implementation notes: turret is a separate node with its own firing loop; mounting toggles player movement lock and aim to turret.