2.7 - Pool Party Rework #2

Pool Party now makes Neutral Air much more similar to Orcane's - and now that it changes the move so much, it is now an Achievement Item.


GAMEPLAY

Neutral Air
- Knockback adjusted: 5+.5 > 6+.4
- Added 5 frame hit lockout (like Orcane nair)
- Set all hitboxes to the same hitbox group (shouldn't have any effect on normal gameplay, should fix instances of nair being able to multi-hit certain bosses and maybe other game entities)

Forward Strong
- Hit1 hitpause adjusted: 3.0+0.5 > 6.0+0
- Infernal hit1 hitpause adjusted: 5.0+0.7 > 7.0+0

Down Special
- Now has a 5 frame endlag window


ITEMS

Registration Badge (all variants)
- No longer adds extra hitpause to hit 1

Pool Party
- No longer appears in standard item pool, must now be unlocked.
- Unlock Method: Hit an opponent with Neutral Air two times in quick succession.


ACHIEVEMENT ITEMS

Pool Party
- Neutral Air can now hit an opponent again after bouncing (like Orcane)
- Now decreases Neutral Air's damage by 1 (6 > 5).
- Now increases Neutral Air's startup by 1 (active on frame 5 > 6).
- Now gives Neutral Air a sex kick effect (knockback decays over active duration, ending at 3+.4)
- Hitbox size greatly increased - now matches the beach ball graphic instead of following the handle.


REFINEMENT

Down Special - Updated Shine animation

Pool Party - Updated SFX

- Misc. hurtbox polish


BUG FIXES

- 'M should now correctly only appear as the 6th item when using the GameBoy palette
- Fixed a minor graphical bug on Neutral Air's endlag

2.6 - Online Hotfix


BUG FIXES

- Fixed a bug where the latest workshop patch caused a version # error, making Suitcase unable to be played online.


REFINEMENT

- Couple of frames added to Down Air animation

2.5.1 - Hotfix

GAMEPLAY

Neutral Special
- Removed handle hurtbox from the active suplex portion of the move.
This shouldn't make any difference in a 1v1 match, it just makes the Suitplex less likely to be interrupted in a match against more than 1 opponent.

Side Special
- Drift Slam hitbox now comes out 1 frame sooner


BUG FIXES

- Fixed a visual offset bug with Mr. Embers' Golden Forward Tilt
- Re-wrote Practice Mode XP toggle code so that it should no longer show up as an option on certain scripted stages outside of training mode.
- Fixed a bug where Game-Breaking Glitch's Super Secret Variant wasn't showing up under the expected conditions

2.5 - Booster Pack 2

NEW CONTENT

This update adds 9 new items to the item pool, including...
- 3 new Variants of Registration Badge, appearing under different circumstances and with slightly different effects.
- 4 new Achievement Items, each with its own new unlock method. Two of them push existing Items to greater heights and require those items be unlocked already.
- 1 new Breakfast Item which may occasionally appear instead of Ordinary Carrots, and is apparently quite healthy.
- 1 SUPER SECRET Variant of Game-Breaking Glitch, appearing only under very unique circumstances (differences in Item appearance and effects are purely cosmetic)


GAMEPLAY

Side Special
- Standard hitbox width reduced: 62 > 58px
- Standard hitbox height reduced: 20 > 28px
- Standard hitbox pulled inward to remove front-facing disjoint (more in line with similar burst movement options like Etalus Dash Attack, Maypul Side Special)
Goal: Should be more susceptible to projectiles

Forward Tilt
- Startup increased: 11 > 12 (reverted change from previous patch)
- Hitbox is now a circle instead of the same shape as the sprite
- Now has extended parry stun

Down Tilt
- Hitbox width increased: 94 > 96px (to match new visual)

Down Air
- Hit 3 Knockback adjusted: 4+.7 > 6+.5
- Hit 3 angle flipper removed.
Goal: KB adjustment for better flow. Removing the angle flipper is an experimental change, keeping an eye on this one

Forward Strong
- Adjusted Hit 2 Angle: 361 > 45
Context: Since hit 1 pops the opponent up, it was almost always angle 45 anyway

Up Strong
- Adjusted multihit properties to reduce instances of opponents falling out of the move

Misc
- Hurtboxes adjusted for: Down Tilt, Back Air, Up Air, Up Tilt, Down Strong (most of these to match new animations)


ITEMS - UPDATES

Game-Breaking Glitch
- Waveland Speed Multiplier: +.15 > +.10
- Waveland Friction: No effect > Reduces by .005
Context: Waveland friction modifier removed in patch 1.1. Since then, there are a few cases when this Item has little impact on wavelanding. These tweaks should be hardly noticeable in most cases.

Pocket Cactus
- Initial Dash: No effect > Increases by .1
Context: (intentionally low-value easter egg buff) Cactus now marginally improves Suitcase's Cactuar Dash :D

Boarding Pass
- Pratland Time: Reduces by 2 > No effect
- Now increases height gained after finishing hit of Down Air.
Context: Cementing identity as the "boost to moves that make you go up" item

Registration Badge (all variants)
- Now grants Forward Strong hit1 increased hitpause.
- Modifiers from this Item now stack with modifiers from Infernal Forward Strong. (previously overridden)

Champion Belt
- Renamed (from Champ Belt)
- Damage and Knockback modifiers from this Item now stack with modifiers from Infernal Up Strong. (previously overridden)


ACHIEVEMENT ITEMS - UPDATES

:pandora: Prototype MK-7
- Infernal FStrong hit 2 damage reduced: 15 > 12
- Infernal UStrong finisher base knockback reduced: 8+1.1 > 7.5+1.1


REFINEMENT

- The following animations have been tweaked to varying degrees: Down Tilt, Back Air (normal and Cactus-enhanced), Up Air, Double Jump, Land, Down Special's Item & Achievement Item HUD
- Up Air now raises player arrow while active
- Early Access alt now has a unique intro animation
- Outlines are now properly recolored on the Results Screen for the Golden alt


BUG FIXES

- Mint Toothpaste no longer affects knockback of the bottom hitbox of Up Tilt's finishing hit, fixing a rare interaction when hitting an opponent below you
- When hitting an opponent with Up Tilt's finishing hit with Mint Toothpaste equipped, ice visuals & sfx will now always/only play when an opponent has successfully been frozen.
- Fixed a bug which allowed Godhead to appear in Training Mode.


AI

The CPU can now...
- Use the 2nd part of Up Tilt
- Buy an item during respawn invincibility if able
- Buy an item after KOing an opponent if able
- Utilize Side Special when recovering
- Attempt basic parry punishes at close range
- Look for an opportunity to taunt once a game to unlock an Achievement Item (Creator's Curse)

WORKSHOP SUPPORT

- Added Title support for the Mt. Dedede Stadium stage by Smiley and hyuponia

2.4 - The Side Special Hotfix

Patch 2.5 has been in the works for a while now. 2.5 could be called the "Booster Pack 2" update, as it introduces some new Items and Achievements, revisits a couple older ones, and brings with it a slew of balance tweaks and Boss Room functionality.

I wasn't planning on another update until then, but an over-tuned Side Special and a pretty significant bug with Godhead in the ditto call for swift resolution. While I'm at it, I've decided to front-load some of 2.5's content and experimental balance tweaks into this hotfix.

GAMEPLAY

- Neutral Special
Knockback adjusted: 7+.9 > 6+1.1

- Side Special
Initial horizontal speed decreased: 16 > 15
Begins moving forward after 13 > 16 frames
Hitbox now comes out 3 frames sooner after moving forward (still frame 20)
Cooldown increased: 35 > 60 frames
Goal: Make Side Special more committal

- Neutral Air
Base Knockback increased: 4+.5 > 5+.5
Goal: More interesting interactions at low %

- Jab
Angle adjusted: 75 > 80
Goal: Improve Suitcase's grounded options

- Forward Tilt
Startup Reduced: 12 > 11
Goal: Improve Suitcase's grounded options

- Down Tilt
Hitbox extension during first couple of active frames reduced
Hitbox shape changed
Hitbox width increased: 92px > 94
Startup reduced: 8 (active frame 9) > 7 (active frame 8)
Endlag reduced: 12 (18 whiff) > 10 (15 whiff)
Angle adjusted: 70 > 75
Knockback scaling reduced: 6+.4 > 6+.3
Goal: Improve Suitcase's grounded options

- Forward Strong
Hit 2 angle adjusted: 50 > 361
Hit 2 Base Knockback Increased: 6+1.2 > 7+1.2
Goal: Stronger kill option

- Up Strong
Hitbox height standardized


COMPATIBILITY

- Added a check to prevent starting items/achievements from repeatedly applying. This was only an issue for the Seasonal/Katie/Golden alts, occurring on certain scripted Workshop stages that kept the player in the spawn state for an extended time.
- Dracula Boss dialogue support added.
- Boss Room XP Stimulus added for the following stages (XP will be gained slowly over time to compensate for bosses not registering hit effects):
Dracula (Boss)
Sans Boss Fight
Eye of Cthulu (Boss)


REFINEMENT

- Champ Belt
CEO belt orientation now correct regardless of player direction during Up Strong animation


BUG FIXES
- Fixed a bug with Godhead's Achievement improperly unlocking for all Suitcases in the ditto
- Fixed a visual bug with Infernal Up Strong's pre-finisher hit effects with Champ Belt obtained.

2.3

PROPERTIES
Initial Dash Speed: 5 > 6
Ground Friction: .225 > .27


GAMEPLAY
Up Tilt
- Hit 1 now has extra hitpause


Side Special
- Reduced initial speed: 18 > 16
- Adjusted knockback: 6+.7 > 7+.3
- Air Friction after hitting opponent: 0.7 > 0.9


BUG FIXES
- Fixed a bug where getting hit by a move with no knockback (i.e Sein taps, Cuphead default shots, Fox Laser) would reset the acceleration timer for Side Special

2.2.1 Compatibility Hotfix

GAMEPLAY

- Forward Tilt
Projectile speed: 2 > 3
Angle: 60 > 50
Knockback: 6 > 4

- Forward Special
Now has a quick burst acceleration at the start of the move before slowing down to previous top speed
Moving hitbox shape Shape: 0 (oval) > 2 (rounded rectangle)


BUG FIXES
- :dwayne: Kirby Copy Ability and Trummel&Alto Codec should be working again for real this time :fingers_crossed:

2.2 - The Up Tilt Patch

Small patch with a big change to Suitcase's signature move, Up Tilt. Interactions with Kirby and Trummel & Alto should be fixed. Dair multihit properties improved.

GAMEPLAY

- Up Tilt
The second hit now comes out by holding the input or pressing attack again. Meaning you can now just use the first part of the move as a quick anti-air. It works great as a general combo starter/extender since it doesn't send them very far. Please give it a try, see what you can do with the single hit, and get used to holding the attack button (or cstick if you use tilt stick) for the finisher!
Hit 1 active window: 6 frames > 4 frames (links better if you land hit1 early)
Hit 1 hitbox width: 20px > 22px
Hit 2 active window: 24 frames > 22 frames
Hit 2 hitbox comes out frame 34 > 32

- Down Air
Added extra hitpause to each hit.
Angle flipper for hits 1 & 2: 6 > 9 (Now pulls in like Absa nair, making it a much more reliable multihit and giving you much better control of where the final hit (non-:creatorscurse: version) sends the opponent)


ITEMS
- Mint Toothpaste
No longer affects knockback of hit1 (6+0 > 5+.15)


BUG FIXES
- Mint Toothpaste: Reverted frozen player state change from PS_TUMBLE back to PS_HITSTUN, this should resolve the visual noise created while the opponent is frozen.
- Kirby Copy Ability and Trummel&Alto Codec should be working again.

2.1 - The Buffcase Update

Follow-up to the Booster Pack Update. Lots of quality-of-life changes, including a training mode feature and some long-awaited gameplay refinement.
Targeted buffs (though generously applied) to help narrow down Suitcase's archetype as a close-range fighter.

FEATURES
- NEW: Training Mode Max XP Toggle
Pressing Taunt & Parry simultaneously will toggle max XP, allowing items to be purchased without doing damage. I would like to make a special upgrade select menu for Training mode, but this will help in the meantime.

PROPERTIES
- Idle hurtbox height decreased: 52px > 44px
(same height as Orcane and Sylvanos, matching the idle sprite better)
- Walk Accel increased: 0.08 > 0.15


GAMEPLAY

- Neutral Special
Startup reduced: 16 > 13 frames
- Side Special
Begins moving forward on frame: 27 > 14
Moving hitbox comes out on frame: 37 > 20
Drift hitbox size increased
- Up Tilt
Frames between hits: 25 > 24
Hit2 (bottom half) knockback: 8+1.35 > 8+1.3
Hit2 (top half) knockback: 8+1.05 > 8+1.3 [Bug Fix, both halves are intended to have the same properties]
- Up Air
Sweetspot hitbox width slightly increased
Sweetspot base knockback increased: 6+0.8 > 7+0.8
Sourspot active frames: 7 > 9 (now comes out on the same frame as the sweetspot)
Sourspot damage increased: 4 > 5
Sourspot hitbox size slightly increased
Sourspot Knockback increased: 5+0.3 > 6+0.35
- Neutral Air
Startup reduced: 6 > 4 frames
- Forward Air
Startup reduced: 11 > 10 frames
- Back Air
Hit2 Hitbox: Increased size and disjoint
- Down Air
Startup reduced: 9 > 7 frames
Hitboxes 1 & 2 standardized
- Up Strong
Knockback Growth (final hit) increased: 6+1.1 > 6+1.15


ITEMS
- CEO Belt
Now increases Up Strong Base Knockback (final hit): 6+1.2 > 7+1.2
- Godhead
Reduced deathbox size (addresses instances where Godhead would kill opponents too close to the one getting hit by uptilt2) [bugfix]
- Prototype Pandora MK-7
Infernal Up Strong: Increased hitbox size
Infernal Down Strong: Increased hitbox size


ACHIEVEMENTS
- Mint Toothpaste
Unlock Requirement adjusted: Hit any part of Up Tilt on an opponent at or below 32% > Hit the 2nd part of Up Tilt on an opponent at or below 32%.


REFINEMENT
- Hurt sprites added
Suitcase now uses every type of hurt sprite.
- Up Tilt
Overhead indicator now follows the motion of the handle throughout the attack.
- Godhead
Now lowers stage music volume during the attack. Menacing!
- char_height reduced: 52 > 44
This change just draws overhead indicator closer to the character.
- Trimmed handle pixels from hurtboxes of some animations to line up with new idle hurtbox


BUG FIXES
Please let me know if you run into any issues with the following.
- Forward Tilt
Hopefully fixed an issue where the multihit would not behave as expected for Player 2.
- Godhead
Hopefully fixed an issue where Godhead would not properly spawn for Player 2.
- Mint Toothpaste
Fixed a bug where the unlock requirement would check the % of Suitcase rather than the opponent.


ALTS
- Golden Suitcase
Now has unique intro & taunt (holdable)


OTHER
- Undocumented Easter Egg

v2.0 - The Booster Pack Update

GAMEPLAY

- Neutral Special
XP Crystal moved to Forward Tilt. Neutral Special is now The Suitplex. Who's a "carry-on item" now?

- Side Special
Reworked. Suitcase now surges forward in a taxi. This comes with several mechanics.
1) The dash may be jump-cancelled.
2) Drift Hit: During the dash, inputting the opposite direction or Special while grounded will cause the taxi to drift and turn 180 degrees, producing a powerful slam.
3) Double Jump Refresh: Once per airtime, running the taxi into a wall will refresh your double jump (just like Zetterburn's Down Special), significantly improving Suitcase's recovery options. This is VERY IMPORTANT to know.

- Forward Tilt
The XP crystal replaces old ftilt. It is now a slow multihit projectile. Suitcase will be put into stun when this is parried.

- Down Air
Slight rework. Is now a 3-hit move with a new animation. Reduced landing lag and endlag, so it should feel much less awkward to use now. Dair has a small cooldown in the air (which does reset after landing) to prevent reliably locking opponents into place.

- Back Air
Hit1 window duration increased: 3 > 4 frames to match updated animation

- NEW: Achievements
There are now 6 items which will only appear in the item pool after certain requirements have been met. Can you find them all? (unlock methods will be listed in the character discord in a couple days)


PROPERTIES
- Gravity reduced: .65 > .63
- Fall Speed reduced: 11 > 10
- Fast Fall Speed reduced: 16 > 15
- Max Horizontal Jump Speed increased: 5 > 6


ITEM CHANGES
- Creator's Curse
Is now an Achievement Item.
The finishing hit of Dair will now always be "Sandbert dair" regardless of if the previous hits were landed.
- Mr. Embers
Is now an Achievement Item.
Effects are now purely cosmetic. Will only show up in item pool when the Golden alt is selected.
- Godhead
Up Tilt now has a new animation & hit effects.
- Prize Purse
Removed from the item pool, may be reworked in a later patch.

NEW ITEMS
4 new items implemented (item details will be listed in character discord a couple days)
- The Milestone System
- Down Special
- Mint Toothpaste
- Prototype Pandora MK-7


ACHIEVEMENT ITEMS
When these items appear, the "shop" HUD is gold and plays a sound effect (with special exception for Prototype Pandora MK-7). Unlock methods will be listed in the character discord in a couple days.
- Mr. Embers (reworked)
- Creator's Curse
- Down Special
- Mint Toothpaste
- Prototype Pandora MK-7
- Godhead


REFINEMENT
- All red shading for every Suitcase sprite has been slightly recolored. This change should help the shading style fit Rivals better & allow the colors to play nicer with Rivals' hue shift system.
- New CSS & victory screen portraits
- Touch-ups to MANY of Suitcase's sprites and animations
- Added Intro Animation, as well as unique ones for the Abyss and Katie alts


OTHER
- HUD now properly supports two lines worth of upgrade icons
- Added 6 new palettes. There are a couple of palettes which are special and allow you to start the game with an item, which is reflected on the CSS.


COMPATIBILITY
- Added Kirby support
- Fixed a potential bug with Trummel & Alto codec


BUG FIXES
- When the item pool is depleted, populating the item pool by unlocking an item will now remove Carrots from the item pool until the pool is depleted again.
- Fixed a bug where Godhead would not proc consistently
- Fixed a rare bug with duplicate item purchasing
- Fixed a bug where cancelling Up Special wouldn't reset char_height
- Fixed a bug where CSS skin icons would move around between matches