Punch Planet - Version 0.5.4

Version 0.5.4 is now released!

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This update contains new free DLC costumes for four of the characters, gameplay system changes, and character balance adjustments

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COSTUMES

- Added new free DLC costumes for TYara, Dog, Agent-G, and Maxx

TYARA - HUNTRESS COSTUME

Before she was Princess to her people she was a Huntress like many others. Featuring huntress armor made from the beasts native to Punch Planet.

• Costume for TYara in Punch Planet
• Includes 10 Colors

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DOG - TERMINATE COSTUME

Before Dog escaped the secret government lab he was sent on "Special Assignments". Featuring battle damage revealing some of his many modifications.

• Costume for Dogin Punch Planet
• Includes 10 Colors

AGENT - PROTOTYPE COSTUME

Before the signature Power Suit was created Galactic Agents field tested various prototypes. Featuring bulky batteries and non inlaid energy wires.

• Costume for Agent-G in Punch Planet
• Includes 10 Colors

MAXX - LUNAR LEAGUE COSTUME

Before Maxx became a bouncer in the Black Market District he was a semi famous Lunar League player. Featuring his signature Lunar League equipment and torn jacket.

• Costume for Maxx in Punch Planet
• Includes 10 Colors

These costumes are now available for all Early Access owners!

TRAINING

• Added support for selecting counter-hit settings while the training dummy is set to "Jump" and "Crouch"
• Added support for selecting block settings while the training dummy is set to "Crouch"
• Added support for selecting reversal settings while the training dummy is set to "Crouch"

CAMERA

• Changed the in-game camera a lot. Should have less and smoother movement in general, and feel slightly more "2D"

HIT STOP

• Slightly decreased hit stop (freeze that happens when hits connect) for medium, heavy, and airborne attacks, should make the game feel slightly faster execution wise

PUSH BACK

• Slightly decreased the speed at which characters are pushed when being hit with attacks, distance is unchanged

CHARACTER HEALTH

• Increased all character health across the board. Some characters gained more than others but generally should extend rounds a bitboard)

DAMAGE - BLOCK

• Chip damage (damage applied when certain attacks are blocked) is no longer affected by character and global scaling
• All attacks that cause chip have been re-balanced (generally less damage across the board)

DAMAGE - COMBO SCALING

• Adjusted combo damage scaling:
  Old: [1.0, 0.7, 0.55, 0.45, 0.4, 0.35, 0.3, 0.25]
  New: [1.0, 0.8, 0.6, 0.5, 0.45, 0.4, 0.35, 0.3]

SUPER FREEZE

• Fixed a bug with super freeze that would allow the throw-immunity frames to decrease during the freeze. This fixes an issue where TYara and Agent-G 4-bar supers could not be jumpable in situations where they were at -1 or -2 frame advantage

ROUND TIME

• Increased frames per game second from 50 to 55, this increases total round time from 82~ seconds to ~90 seconds

ATC

• After a successful ATC, can now block immediately. This should reduce the effectiveness of multi-hit moves and situations against ATC
• After a successful ATC, can now perform special moves immediately. This should open the door to some new punishes and strategies
• Decreased active frames, timing for a successful parry is slightly more strict
• Increased recovery frames, timing for being punished for a failed parry is slightly worse

JTC

• Decreased corner push back when used as a juggle or reset

LIGHT ATTACKS - 4F NORMALS

• Standardized all 4f light attacks so that they are -3 when ATC'd by an opponent. Previously some were -2 and some were -4

EX MOVES - WALL BOUNCES

• EX Special moves that cause a wall bounce have been adjusted so that they now only happen when used in a combo. Previously this was affected by whether the move was used as a reversal or not. This affects Roy's EX.Headbutt, Cid's EX.KnifeRush, TYara's EX.Shield, and Dog's EX.Run.MK, these moves will now need to be combo'd into in order to gain a followup

MOVEMENT

• Decreased walk ramp frames, walk speed will hit max speed quicker
• Walk ramp curve is now linear, walk speed will increase at a consistent pace rather than a curve

NORMAL THROWS

• Decreased startup frames, normal throws are slightly faster
• Increased active frames, should help catch more especially with respect to throw immune frames (now same value = 3f)
• Decreased total recovery frames, should be slightly less punishable on a failed throw

COLLISION BOXES

• Retracted grab box width, need to be slightly closer to throw the opponent. These are also now standardized between body types
• Increased grab box width extension when performing attacks, should increase the chance at being thrown out of things
• Standardized all move box widths between body types (Medium / Big / Dog), previously some were wider than others, should make physical collision situations more consistent

Roy

• Health: Increased from 1000 to 1100
• Walk.Forward: Increased speed
• Walk.Backward: Increased speed
• Jumps: Adjusted arc (distance unchanged)
• St.LK: Decreased push back
• Cr.MK: Extended hit box, extended hurt box
• St.HP: Decreased push back
• St.HK.Charged: Retracted hit box
• Headbutt.All: Retracted hit box
• Headbutt.EX: Increased damage, no longer causes wall bounce unless used in a combo

Cid

• Health: Increased from 975 to 1075
• Walk.Forward: Increased speed
• Walk.Backward: Increased speed
• Jumps: Adjusted arc (distance unchanged)
• St.LP: Increased recovery, increased hit stun, increased block stun
• St.LK: Increased recovery, increased block stun
• Jp.MP.Fast: Now causes a reset instead of juggle
• St.MK: Decreased damage
• Cr.MK: Increased push back
• Jp.HP.Charged: Decreased hit stun, decreased block stun
• St.HK: Increased push back, decreased block stun
• Jp.HK: Decreased block stun, decreased juggle value
• KnifeRush.L/M/H: Decreased knockback distance
• KnifeRush.EX: Increased damage, no longer causes wall bounce unless used in a combo
• KnifeWheel.EX: Decreased damage
• Super.Ball: Decreased corner push back when used as a juggle

TYara

• Costume: Added Huntress
• Health: Increased from 1050 to 1200
• Damage: Increased scaling from 0.875 to 0.95
• Walk.Backward: Increased speed
• Jumps: Adjusted arc, decreased distance
• St.LP: No longer special cancellable, no longer super cancellable
• St.LK: Updated animation, decreased startup, increased followthrough, retracted hit box, retracted hurt box, increased hit stun, increased block stun, decreased advantage
• Cr.LK: Increased followthrough, increased hit stun, increased block stun
• St.MP: Updated animation, first hit box now active for all frames, removed second hit box
• Cr.MP: New move, close range AA, very advantageous on grounded hit
• Jp.MP: New move, fast low range air normal
• Jp.MK: Moved from Jp.HK
• St.HP: Decreased followthrough, decreased hit stun, decreased block stun
• Jp.Dw.HP: Disabled lower hurt box during startup
• St.HK: Now causes a juggle against grounded opponents, now super cancellable, increased juggle value
• Cr.HK: Adjusted ground / airborne startup ratio
• Jp.HK: Moved from Jp.MK, now causes a juggle against grounded opponents
• ShieldCharge.L/M/H: No longer gains unlimited armor, now gains a new hit of armor on each shield bang, armor now covers into the active frames when released, increased release startup, can now cancel the hold into dash if a hit is absorbed
• ShieldCharge.EX: No longer causes wall bounce unless used in a combo, increased startup, increased travel distance
• HeadLopper.All: Retracted hit box top, increased startup, adjusted hit advantage
• BreakYourBones.All: Increased combo scaling, retracted hit box range
• BreakYourBones.L/M/H: Decreased knockdown frames, increased knockdown distance
• BreakYourBones.H: Increased damage
• BreakYourBones.EX: Decreased damage, no longer throw invulnerable
• FlyingGoddess.All: Increased combo scaling, decreased knockdown frames
• WarDance.Super: Adjusted hit box on 2nd and 3rd hits
• MeteorGoddess.Super: Decreased damage

Dog

• Costume: Added Terminate
• Health: Increased from 925 to 1025
• Damage: Decreased scale from 0.875 to 0.85
• Resets: Increased juggle distance, increased corner push back
• Walk.Forward: Decreased speed
• Walk.Backward: Decreased speed
• Jumps: Adjusted arc, decreased distance
• Dash.Forward: Increased frames
• St.LP: Increased push back, Increased hit stun, decreased block stun
• Cr.LP: Increased push back, decreased block stun
• St.LK: Extended hit box range
• Cr.LK: Extended hit box range, increased recovery, increased hit stun
• St.MP: Extended hit box range, decreased push back, increased hit stun, decreased block stun
• Cr.MP: Changed from low to mid, decreased followthrough, increased push back, extended hit box range, extended hurt box range, decreased block stun
• St.MK: Increased startup, 2nd-hit now special cancellable, 2nd-hit now super cancellable, 2nd-hit increased hit stun, 2nd-hit decreased block stun
• Cr.MK: 2nd-hit now special cancellable, decreased knockdown frames
• Jp.MK: Decreased frames between hits, 2nd-hit changed from mid to high
• St.HP: Added additional hit box that reaches farther, increased startup, increased followthrough, increased hit stun, increased block stun
• Cr.HP: Hurt box now longer lowers during startup, increased startup, decreased active, increased followthrough, increased push back, decreased damage, retracted hit box back, increased hit stun
• St.HK: Increased travel distance during startup, decreased juggle distance
• Cr.HK: Increased grounded startup, decreased block stun
• Jp.HK: Retracted 3rd hit box range, removed last hit box, retracted hit box bottom
• Run.All: Adjusted input order for checking followups so that Stop is checked last instead of first
• Run.L/M/H: No longer cancellable into JTC
• Run.H: Decreased run speed
• Run.EX: Increased armor start frame
• Run->Stop: Changed input so that it is triggered like other followups (can no longer be held), should fix the input issues with doing quick Run->Stop
• Run->Slide.Both: Increased knockdown distance
• Run->Slide.Normal: Decreased juggle value
• Run->Slide.EX: Standardized knockdown with normal version
• Run->MidStrike.Normal: Increased push back on hit, decreased block stun
• Run->MidStrike.EX: Increased corner push back, no longer causes wall bounce unless used in a combo, decreased damage
• Run->LeapStrike.Both: Standardized knockdown frames
• PinWheel.All: Now has one hit of armor during frames where it can cancel into Dive
• PinWheel.EX: Extended hit box range, slightly adjusted airborne -> grounded recovery frames ratio
• PinWheel->Dive.Normal: Increased ground bounce corner push back
• Run.Super: Decreased damage

Agent-G

• Costume: Added Prototype
• Health: Increased from 950 to 1000 (now lowest in the game)
• Walk.Forward: Increased speed
• Walk.Backward: Increased speed
• Jumps: Adjusted arc (distance unchanged)
• St.LK: Can now cancel recovery into Legendary.Agent
• Fw.MK->HK: Decreased knockdown frames
• Cr.MK: Can now cancel recovery into Legendary.Agent
• Jp.MK: Extended hit box range
• St.HP: Decreased juggle value, decreased damage
• Cr.HP: Increased damage
• Fw.HK: Decreased block stun
• Cr.HK: Retracted hit box top
• Jp.HK: Retracted hit box bottom
• CrescentSplits.All: Adjusted grounded/airborne startup ratio
• CrescentSplits.EX: Decreased block stun
• CrescentKicks.L/M/H: Decreased damage
• LunarDisc.Attack.All: Retracted projectile spawn position
• LunarDisc.Projectile.L/M/H: Decreased block stun
• Legendary.Agent.Super: Can now cancel into from hits

Maxx

• Costume: Added Lunar League
• Health: Increased from 1025 to 1150
• Damage: Decreased scale from 0.925 to 0.875
• Charge Frames: Increased from 44 to 46
• Walk.Forward.Buffed: Decreased speed
• Walk.Backward.Buffed: Decreased speed
• Walk.Forward.Normal: Increased speed
• Dash.Forward: Decreased total frames
• Dash.Backward: Decreased distance
• Cr.LP: Decreased recovery, decreased hit stun, decreased block stun
• Jp.LK: Increased hit stun, increased block stun
• St.MP: Decreased startup, increased hit stun
• St.MK: Changed from low to mid, decreased startup, retracted hit box range, increased hit stun, decreased block stun
• Cr.MK: Extended hurt box range, increased followthrough
• Jp.MK: Increased juggle value
• St.HP: Increased Buff-U armor start, now loses Buff-U after using, retracted hit box range, retracted hurt box range, increased push back on hit, decreased push back on block, increased hit stun
• Fw.HP: Increased damage, increased Buff-U armor start, now loses Buff-U after using, now causes a ground bounce against airborne opponents
• Cr.HP: Fixed animation movement, now gains armor with Buff-U, now loses Buff-U after using
• Jp.HP: Decreased startup
• St.HK: Now special cancellable, increased juggle value, increased Buff-U armor start, now loses Buff-U after using, retracted hit box range, increased followthrough, increased hit stun
• Cr.HK: Now gains armor with Buff-U, now loses Buff-U after using, decreased corner push back, decreased juggle distance, increased active frames
• Jp.HK: Increased active frames, extended hit box bottom
• HookSwing.All: Increased travel distance during startup
• HookSwing.L/M/H: Retracted hit box range, decreased push back, decreased travel distance during active / followthrough
• HookSwing.L: Decreased block stun
• HookSwing.M: Increased followthrough, increased hit stun, decreased block stun
• HookSwing.EX: Retracted 1st-Hit hit box range, 2nd-Hit now cancellable into forward jump on hit, 2nd-Hit now cancellable into Buff-U on hit, 2nd-Hit decreased juggle height
• GroundAndPound.All: Decreased combo scaling, how hits against juggled opponents, changed pre-grab animation on opponent, fixed an issue when hitting on the same frame as opponent is parrying a Buff-U bottle
• GroundAndPound.L/M/H: Last hit now cancels into HappyHour
• GroundAndPound.L: No longer causes a hard knockdown, decreased knockdown frames
• GroundAndPound.M: Decreased whiff recovery frames
• GroundAndPound.H: Decreased whiff recovery frames
• LastCall.Super.Normal: Decreased corner push back, decreased damage, first hit now OTGs
• LastCall.Super.Buffed: Increased damage
• HappyHour.Super: Now drains a small amount of meter while active

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