Upcoming features: ability selection and level ups

I added an Abilities tab where players can customize which abilities to bring.

I think 4 total abilities is a good number. I thought about maybe adding one additional ability slot, and having it assigned to the [no-direction] + Special Button input button. But that's probably going to lead to a significant number of miscasts so I don't think it's worth it.

Note that Grabs is not a privilege action unlike the case in Heroine Rumble 1 and Heroine Rescue Team. It is a normal ability just like any other. Meaning that if players wish to play as character without grabs or make bots never use grabs, they can do so soon.

This is the new ability grid displayed in combat to replace the old text based system.

I added cooldowns for abilities and the icon shows the typical decaying gray overlay to represent the cooldown.

I also made it so that direction key + special key and special key + direction key both uses the ability rather than limiting it to special key then direction key in the previous versions.

I am in the process of removing stamina cost in-game. Instead, abilities will cost mana. When the character is out of mana to use an ability, that icon will turn blue. (The left icon as an example.)

Feels like having both regenerating stamina and mana is redundant, and I don't want too many bars. Considering replacing the stamina bar with something like a ultimate or momentum meter, where the player can build up during combat. And then do a special finisher move/grab when maxed.

One way to learn new abilities is through leveling up.

I choose this random level up setup again because I feel it is more interesting than having a fixed level up tree and add a little more uniqueness to different characters.

I decided to add a class system to the game unlike Heroine Rumble 1 and Heroine Rescue Team which is "classless." The class determines which level up options are available. As an example, the fighter class gets level up choices helping them fight in the melee where as the mage class gets level up choices unlocking new spells and fighting in range.

Different classes probably will provide different stat bonuses in the future as well but for now, only determines the level ups pool.

I will finish this post with a poll. I been working on adding new abilities and new internal mechanics to implement new ability effects. Think spells, projectiles, and such. Magical attacks and weaponry is a no brainer for Brawler mode and Heroine Rescue Team 2 SoonTM, but do you want to see magical attacks and weaponry for Versus Mode/ Heroine Rumble 2?