Punch Planet - Version 0.7.1.A - GAT · Punch Planet update for 20 March 2021

Version 0.7.1 is now released, Gat joins the fight!

INFO

Little is known about the origins of Gat, but it's believed he has appeared throughout history to reap from times of chaos. He has returned once more and as the new custodian of Punch Planet.

There is much debate as to whether he is truly immortal or using some form of space wizardry to keep himself alive.

Name : Gat
Age : Unknown
Origin : Unknown
Occupation : Space Wizard

Health

1000

Unique Moves

Coffin Kicks: Down + MK (in air, up to 3x)

Special Moves

Gem: QCF + Punch
Prism Cell: QCB + Punch
Levitate: QCF + Kick (in air)
Levitate Followups:
-> Air Reaper: Punch
-> Air Stake: Kick
-> Levitate (EX): QCF + 2x Kick

Super Moves

Gem Lancer: QCFx2 + Punch (Costs 2 Bars)
Diamond Maiden: QCFx2 + Kick (Costs 4 Bars)

Notes

Normals can be chained into higher priority normals (Light -> Medium / Heavy, Medium -> Heavy), grounded and airborne
Airborne normals are cancellable into Levitate (Jp.HP exception)
St.MP, Cr.HP, and St.HK are jump cancellable on hit

Stages

Added Crystal Desert Stage

Music

Added Gat and Crystal Desert Stage.

When selecting stage music, can now choose music from other stages.

Performance Optimizations

Made substantial optimizations to systems that manage many instances of objects, greatly improving how these objects are cached and used. Collision Box, Projectile, Sound, and Game Effect systems should all have a much smaller per-frame performance footprint, which should improve both normal performance and roll-back performance.

Priority Trades

Added priority trade logic to the game. When two attacks collide at the same time, instead of always trading (both hits are applied), the strength of both attacks will be taken into consideration. If one attack has a higher attack strength value (Light -> Medium / Projectile -> Heavy -> Special), that move will win the trade and their attack will land as a counter-hit.

Hit Stop

Lowered hit stop across the board, should speed up the game flow quite a bit.

Light: Remains 6/10
Medium: Decreased from 8/12 to 7/11
Heavy: Decreased from 10/14 to 8/12
Special: Decreased from 12/16 to 10/14
JTC: Decreased from 12/16 to 10/14
Throw: Increased from 10 to 12

Input

Some adjustments to leniency to make links a little easier and cancels a little more strict (still easy). Also a slight adjust to make DP input slightly more strict.

Leniency

HitCancel_Normal: Decreased from 8 to 6
HitCancel_Super: Decreased from 20 to 6
Link_Normal: Increased from 3 to 4
Link_Special: Increased from 3 to 8
Stun: Increased from 3 to 4
Wakeup: Increased from 3 to 4
Dash: Increased from 4 to 6

Sequences

DP_Forward: Decreased buffer frames after last direction input from 8 to 6

Push Back

Some slight adjusts to make push back happen a bit faster

Increased push back scale from 2.75 to 3.0 (moves more each frame)
Decreased push calculation frames from 16 to 14 (happens over less frames)

Positioning

Increased maximum distance between characters from 23 to 24, this will allow characters to be farther apart than before.

Character Hit Shake

Re-enabled and adjusted the character shake that happens when hit collisions occur. Should look better than it did previously and provide some more umfph to attacks, also now applies to the attacker when an attack is parried.

ATC

Special moves that are cancelled out of a successful parry will now orient towards the opponent, should help when parrying moves that are hitting right as they cross up.

Also slightly adjusted the freeze / animation ratio when parrying hits, should animate slightly more than before (no functional change).

JTC

Quite a few buffs that should help the effectiveness of JTC.

Decreased juggle x-velocity and corner push back, should allow for more followups to land based on positioning.

Improved dash version by increasing distance travelled and cancel window by 2 frames.

Collision Boxes

For all body types, extended empty airborne hurt box bottom down from 4.0 to 3.75. Should make it slightly easier to hit airborne opponents before they've pressed an attack.

For Dog body type, slightly extended the width of his standing and crouching hurt boxes by 0.15. Should make him slightly easier to hit on the ground.

Walks

Slightly adjusted how the walk ramp works, increased ramp frames from 4 to 10 and adjusted range from [0.25, 1.0] to [0.5, 1.0]. This means it will ramp over more frames total, but it will start at a faster speed (longer ramp from 50% -> 100%, instead of a shorter ramp from 25% -> 100%).

Throws

Increased throw tech frames from 7 to 6, a little harder to tech.

Decreased recovery frames on whiff from 23 to 21, a little harder to punish on whiff.

Throw breaks now use the push back system for breaking the two characters apart. This will standardize how throw break movement is applied to all characters, instead of relying on their throw break animation. Also, this allows throw breaks that happen in the corner to apply extra push back and maintain the same break distance regardless of stage position.

Also improved leniency coming out of a throw break to use Special leniency instead of Normal.

Supers

Adjusted camera zoom for all Super activations, should look cooler.

Damage

Standardized damage systems and removed Global / Character scaling functionality and adjusted new values accordingly. Damage is now strictly calculated by BaseDamage * ComboScaling.

Meter

Standardized meter gain on use for all special moves to 100 (some were at 150). Also standardized meter use frame for all EX / Super moves from frame 1 to 2 to avoid extra usage when kara-cancelling.

Sweeps

Sweeps have had their block stun reduced across the board and are slightly worse when cancelling into DTC.

EX Reversals

Extended hit box bottom on all reversals so that they are not so easily low-profiled, they should hit more often against low opponents.

Roy

Fw.MP: Damage slightly decreased
Cr.MK: Early frames no longer low-profile, reduced hit box range
Cr.HP: Damage slightly increased
St.HK.Charged: Damage slightly decreased
Cr.HK: Decreased block stun and advantage
Headbutt.EX: Extended hit box bottom, increased grab invincible frames
Gunshot: Damage slightly decreased

Cid

St.MP: Damage slightly decreased
Cr.MP.Pre-Hold: Early frames no longer low-profile
Cr.MP: Damage increased
Cr.MK: Damage slightly decreased
St.HP.Charged: Decreased damage
Cr.HP: Increased damage
Cr.HK: Decreased block stun and advantage
KnifeRush.L/M/H: Decreased meter gain on use
KnifeRush.EX: Increased grab invincible frames
Grenade.L/M/H: Decreased meter gain on use
Grenade.Projectile: Extended hit box top, increased push back
Grenade.Projectile.EX: Now slides after first hit

Tyara

Cr.MK: Decreased block stun and advantage, decreased knockdown frames on normal hit, increased knockdown frames on counter-hit
St.HP: Increased armor startup frame
Jp.Splash: Increased block stun
Jp.HP: Updated animation, decreased block stun
Shield.L/M/H: Increased meter gain, adjusted armor properties, release changed from airborne to standing
Shield.L/M: Increased block stun and advantage
Shield.EX: Decreased movement distance, increased grab invincible frames
BreakYourBones.L/M/H: Decreased meter gain on use, increased spike x velocity, increased corner push back
HeadLopper.All: Now beats projectiles instead of trading
FlyingGoddess.L/M/H: Decreased meter gain on use
Super.WarDance: Decreased corner pushback against airborne opponents, decreased knockdown frames
Super.MeteorGoddess: Decreased knockdown frames

Dog

Added FX to special moves
Dash.Forward: Decreased distance
Throw.Air: Added Air Throw
Throw.Forward: Fixed not having leniency going back to neutral
Cr.MK: Decreased block stun and advantage
St.HP: Increased knockdown frames, decreased juggle value
Cr.HP: Decreased push back, increased block stun and advantage
St.HK: Increased juggle value
Dw.HK.Slide: Increased recovery frames, decreased block stun and advantage
Run->LeapStrike.Regular: No longer causes hard knockdown, increased damage, increased block stun and advantage
Run->LeapStrike.EX: Increased recovery frames, decreased block stun and advantage
PinWheel: Extended move box bottom
PinWheel.EX: Decreased corner push back
PinWheel->Dive.All: Now an overhead, adjusted animation
PinWheel->Dive.Regular: Decreased hit stun and block stun
PinWheel->Dive.EX: Decreased hit stun
PinWheel->Grab: Added PinWheel -> Grab followup, hits against standing opponents only (not crouching or airborne)
PinWheel->Slide.EX: No longer super cancellable
PinWheel.EX->ComboGrab: Added grab followup that hits against airborne and only usable if the EX.PinWheel hits on the way up

Agent-G

Dash.Forward: Decreased distance
Dash.Backward: Increased distance
Throw.Forward: Decreased knockdown frames
St.LK: Decreased damage
Cr.LK: Extended hit box range
Fw.MK: Increased startup frames, increased followthrough frames, increased hit stun, decreased hit / block advantage
Fw.MK->HK: Decreased startup frames, increased damage, extended hit box top
Fw.HK: Extended hit box range
St.HP: Retracted hit box range, extended hurt box range, now beats projectiles instead of trading
Cr.HK: Decreased block stun and advantage
LunarDisk.All: Increased projectile spawn y position (slightly higher)
LunarDisk.Projectile.EX: First hit now juggles against grounded opponents, decreased juggle x velocity
CrescentKicks.All: Extended hit box bottom, decreased first hit corner push back against grounded opponents, retracted first hit hit box left position (does not extend as far back)
Super.LegendaryAgent: Decreased invincibility frames

Maxx

Added FX to moves that are buffed and granting armor
Jumps: Slightly increased jump height
Fw.MP: Now has a charged version
Fw.MP.Fast: Decreased movement distance, increased followthrough frames, decreased hit stun, decreased hit and block advantage
Fw.MP.Charged: Requires 7 frames of holding, grants better advantage and moves farther
Cr.MK: Decreased hit box range, decreased hurt box range, damage increased
Fw.HP: Now has a charged version
Fw.HP.Fast: Now causes a soft knockdown against airborne opponents, decreased followthrough frames, decreased recovery frames, decreased hit and block advantage
Fw.HP.Charged: Requires 8 frames of holding, grants ground bounce against airborne, farther range, and better advantage
Cr.HP: Increased startup frames, decreased hit box range, decreased block stun and advantage
Cr.HK: Increased juggle remove value
GroundAndPound.L/M/H: Decreased meter gain on use
GroundAndPound.L: Now causes a hard knockdown, increased juggle remove value, decreased damage
GroundAndPound.H: Increased damage
HornyToad.L/M/H: Decreased meter gain on use
HornyToad.All: Extended initial hit box bottom
HookSwing.L/M/H: Decreased meter gain on use
HookSwing.EX: Increased second hit juggle y velocity
Buff-U.Projectile: No longer has proximity box
Super.LastCall.Buffed: Decreased damage

ARN-01D

General: Decreased health from 1100 to 1050
Dash.Forward: Increased distance
Throw.Backward: Fixed juggle animation on KO
Jp.LK: Extended hit box range, extended hurt box range
St.MP: Increased followthrough frames, decreased recovery frames (no total change)
Cr.MP: Increased followthrough frames, decreased recovery frames (no total change)
Dw.Bk.MP: Decreased startup frames
Jp.MP: Increased active frames, decreased followthrough frames
St.MK: Increased followthrough frames, decreased recovery frames, extended second hit hit box range, extended hurt box range
Cr.HP: Decreased startup frames, upper hit box no longer hits against crouching oponents, decreased upper hit hit box range, decreased lower hit hit box range, retracted hurt box range, now beats projectiles instead of trading
Jp.HP: Decreased hit stun, decreased block stun
St.HK: Decreased damage
Cr.HK: Adjusted proximity box range, decreased block stun and advantage
Jp.HK: Increased active frames, increased hit stun, increased block stun, extended hit box range
BatteryDischarge.L/M/H: Decreased meter gain on use
BatteryDischarge.All: Juggle now always launches away
EnergyTurret.L/M/H: Decreased followthrough frames, decreased meter gain on use
EnergyTurret.Projectile.All: Extended hit box bottom
EnergyTurret.Projectile.L/M/H: Increased hit stun, increased block stun, now juggles against airborne opponents in a combo (still resets against jumping)
EnergyTurret.Projectile.EX: Increased projectile hit value (no longer loses to gunshot)
RapidTaser.All: Extended hit box range, extended hit box bottom
RapidTaser.L/M/H: Decreased meter gain on use
RapidTaser.M: Increased distance, retracted final hit hit box range
RapidTaser.H: Increased distance
RapidTaser.EX: Increased distance, now has armor frames later in startup, increased grab invincible frames
OrbitalStrike.L/M/H: Decreased meter gain on use
JetPack.L/M/H: Increased hold speed
BackBoost: Can now cancel into regular JetPack
Super.MaximumThrusters: Increased damage on block
Super.AccessDenied: Decreased meter lost per frame

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