souls like absolver combat

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So i recently got Combat Fury. Im trying to make a game with combat like absolver. i cant figure out how to get it to work. if anyone has any idea on how to do it or can show me how its done id appreciate it

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Hello there @SentaiRiderDev!

Combat Fury is a great foundation for souls like games. However, Absolver is more close to a fighting game, with a lot of emphasis in combos and managing hitboxes. The approach to a Dark Souls like combat could work, but will need a lot of tweaking.

As for how to implement it, the module should have all you need to start constructing a prototype. They included extended documentation that can be found here:

Each section also includes video tutorials for the included features.

Now, if you are looking for a more directly guided approach on how to construct a souls like from scratch, I would suggest the following tutorial below:

its quite extensive, but it should cover every step of the way to build the foundation of a game.

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when you say absolver is more fighting game do you have any examples of templates or assets from FAB you could suggest? if so would it be possible to take the fighting game elements and integrate them into the soulslike format ? or vice versa. even without a template?

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Hello again!

I don’t think mixing another template on top of the Combat Fury systems is a good approach, as you already have all the basis you need there to build something similar to Absolver. And yes, even if Absolver behaves more like a fighting game, it’s core is still tied to Souls.

The best start would be to setup the foundation of a Soulslike, try to construct it as a boss rush initially, just the player fighting the enemy, using the systems and animations from the package. Once you have that, start tweaking values to bring your combat to that faster pace, with quick attacks and combos, from Absolver.

Also, check the community on how to approach the prototype, specially if this is your first game. A similar thread covering the same topic can be found below, their findings couid be useful for your goal.