Village styles

Village fighting styles

A player of the Village walk fights in one of six styles: hand to hand, the sword, the axe, the mace, magic or archery. Each style has its own weapon, its own clips, its own skill and its own combos. The swap button takes up the next style the player carries.

examples/fighting_styles.mojo draws this picture. From the left, each fighter presses its style's buttons in turn: three light attacks, the heavy attack and the three specials. The fists are quickest, and the mace is slowest.

The styles

The module is extensions/village/styles.mojo. FightingStyle is a type with is_valid. A bare integer does not compile.

Style	Its weapon	What it is good at
HAND_TO_HAND	Fists and feet	Quick, cheap blows. Its combos grow twice as fast, and its chain point comes at once.
SWORD	A one-handed sword	Even in every way.
AXE	A bearded axe	Hard, wide cuts that tear through guards.
MACE	A flanged mace	Slow blows that break stamina, and hurt through a guard.
MAGIC	A staff with a crystal	Bolts, blasts, a nova and a mend, paid for with mana. Its guard is a ward all around.
ARCHERY	A recurve bow	Quick shots, aimed shots, a volley, a leap back and a rain of arrows.

The traits

StyleTraits change each weapon move, from LIGHT_ONE to PLUNGE. style_traits gives each style's:

Style	Pace	Power	Reach	Arc	Stamina damage	Stamina	Guard damage	Through a guard	Combo step	Dodge	Parry	Chain point
Hand to hand	0.72	0.6	0.75	1	0.9	0.55	1	0	2	1.2	1.3	0
Sword	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	1	1	1	0.3
Axe	1.12	1.3	1.05	1.3	1.1	1.15	1.7	0.1	1	0.95	0.8	0.4
Mace	1.28	1.15	0.95	1	1.9	1.25	1.4	0.35	1	0.9	0.8	0.5
Magic	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	1	1	0.6	0.3
Archery	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	1	1.25	0.7	0.2

Pace, power, reach, arc, stamina damage and stamina are times the move's own. Guard damage is times the stamina that a guard loses to the style's blows. "Through a guard" is the share of a blow's damage that a guard does not stop. The combo step is times the step of a combo's damage. The dodge is times the dodge's length, and the parry is times the fighter's parry window. The chain point is the share of the recovery after which a waiting move starts.

A mace's blow on a guard takes stamina and some health. A mace blow of 100 damage takes 35 health through the guard. A guard that runs out of stamina breaks, and a guard with no health left falls.

The buttons and the moves

FightButton names what the player presses. style_move gives the move that a button makes in a style:

Button	Melee	Magic	Archery
Light	The next light attack of the chain	SPELL_BOLT	QUICK_SHOT
Heavy	HEAVY, or PLUNGE in the air	SPELL_BLAST	AIMED_SHOT
Rising	RISING_EDGE	MEND	LEAP_SHOT
Whirlwind	WHIRLWIND	NOVA	VOLLEY
Wave	GROUND_WAVE	GROUND_WAVE	ARROW_RAIN
Ultimate	ULTIMATE	ULTIMATE	ULTIMATE

The new moves, in the middle stance:

Move	Start-up	Active	Recovery	What it sends	Damage	Stamina damage	Cost
SPELL_BOLT	0.20 s	0.08 s	0.24 s	A spark that follows its target	26	6	7 mana
SPELL_BLAST	0.55 s	0.10 s	0.40 s	An orb that bursts 2.5 m around where it strikes	64	26	20 mana
NOVA	0.30 s	0.12 s	0.45 s	A burst 4.5 m all around	48	30	2 special points
MEND	0.55 s	0.15 s	0.40 s	Light that heals			2 special points
QUICK_SHOT	0.16 s	0.06 s	0.20 s	An arrow	24	5	4 stamina
AIMED_SHOT	0.60 s	0.06 s	0.32 s	An arrow that passes through two more	85	22	12 stamina
VOLLEY	0.32 s	0.08 s	0.40 s	Five arrows in a fan of 50 degrees	26 each	6	2 special points
LEAP_SHOT	0.12 s	0.22 s	0.36 s	An arrow, from a leap 4.2 m back	40	10	1 special point
ARROW_RAIN	0.40 s	0.10 s	0.40 s	Six arrows from the sky onto the target	22 each	6	3 special points

The ultimate's storm. In magic and archery, the ultimate also strikes from afar. As it rises, a storm falls on each standing target within 18 meters:

Style	Its storm	Note
Magic	A star of light, an orb that falls from 9 meters over the target, and bursts	STARFALL!
Archery	A rain of six arrows on the target	ARROW STORM!

Each missile carries the ultimate's blow. The melee styles spin, as the sword does: see Village combat.

A blast and an aimed shot break a piercing attack, as a heavy attack does. A mend heals the player, the companion and each raider within 8 meters by 18 percent of their health. In a raid, the heal adds to the player's threat.

Mana

A spell spends mana, not stamina. A fighter has 100 mana, which comes back at 9 points a second. A spell that costs more mana than the fighter has does not start. The mana shows under the style's name while the player fights with magic.

Missiles

The module is extensions/village/missiles.mojo. A spell or a shot sends Missiles from the player's hand. They fly at the locked target, or else at the nearest standing target within 26 meters and 70 degrees before the player.

Kind	Speed	How it flies	Strikes within
ARROW	42 m/s	Straight, and gravity pulls it down at 4 m/s²	0.45 m of a chest
SPARK	24 m/s	It turns toward its target at 5 radians a second	0.55 m
ORB	13 m/s	It turns at 2 radians a second, and bursts 2.5 m around	0.7 m

lob finds the speed that carries an arrow onto its target's chest. A missile strikes when its last step passes within its reach of a chest. So a fast arrow does not pass through a target between two frames. A missile ends at the ground, at the end of its life, or when it can pass through no more targets.

Skills and the specialty

Each style has its own skill, which fighting in the style trains: see Village skills. Each level over 1 makes the style's blows 5 percent stronger. A level also teaches the style's combos: see Village combos.

BattleParameters.specialty names the style that the player specializes in. Its blows are 10 percent stronger, and only it teaches MASTER combos.

The weapons and the clips

The weapons are in extensions/village/weapons.mojo. Each is built along plus z from the middle of its grip, as the sword is: see Village combat.

Weapon	What it is, for a person of six feet	Where it is stowed
Axe	A haft of ash 75 centimeters long, and a bearded steel head with a poll	At the hip
Mace	A haft 60 centimeters long, wrapped in leather, and an iron head of six flanges and a spike	At the hip
Staff	A haft of dark wood 1.7 meters long, banded in brass, and a glowing crystal in three prongs	Across the back
Bow	A recurve bow 1.3 meters from tip to tip, and its string	Across the back

The clips are in extensions/humanoid/rig/style_clips.mojo. Each lasts as long as the sword's move of the same button, so the style's pace plays it faster or slower.

Clip	Seconds	What it shows
fists_ready_clip	2.0, loops	The other foot forward, the fists up by the chin
jab_clip	0.5	The lead fist snapped straight out
cross_clip	0.5	The rear fist driven straight out, the hips turning
kick_clip	0.77	The rear leg chambered and kicked in an arc at the ribs
haymaker_clip	1.09	The rear fist cocked back, and swung over and down
uppercut_clip	0.81	A crouch, and the rear fist driven up
spin_kick_clip	1.06	A whole turn of the body with the rear leg out
ground_punch_clip	0.65	The rear fist raised, and driven down to the ground
staff_ready_clip	2.0, loops	The staff upright at the side
staff_bolt_clip	0.52	The staff pointed at the foe, the free palm out
staff_blast_clip	1.05	The staff drawn back, and thrust out with both hands
nova_clip	0.87	The staff raised high, and driven into the ground
mend_clip	1.1	The staff raised high and held
bow_ready_clip	2.0, loops	Side on, the bow low
quick_shot_clip	0.42	A short draw to the chin, and a loose
aimed_shot_clip	0.98	A long draw to the ear, held, and a loose
volley_clip	0.8	The bow canted, drawn, and loosed in a sweep
leap_shot_clip	0.7	A crouch, the legs tucked in the air, and a loose
rain_clip	0.9	The bow raised high, and loosed at the sky

Arms plays a style's clip for each move it has one of, and the sword's clip for any other. The weapon of the style in use shows in the hand while it is drawn, and stowed while it is not. The axe, the mace and the sword use the sword's clips.

Limits

• The ultimate is the sword's spin in each style. Magic and archery add their storms to it.
• Fists and shots leave no blade's trail. A spinning kick does.
• The bow's string does not move as the arm draws it.