STRAFE GROUNDED/AERIAL
- shouldn't framekill anymore

HOP NEEDLE
+ hitgrab should feel juicier
- i don't want you to combo off of it anymore though

COREBREAKER:
+ Soul Snatcher 9000 no longer happens

GROUNDED HWHIP
- sour hitstun from 16f to 14f
- sweet hitstun from 23f to 20f
~ sweet no longer groundbounces
- sweet damage reduced to 700
~ sweet total hitstop reduced
- difference in sweet hitstop reduced from 2f to 1f

AERIAL HWIP
- sour hitstun from 16f to 14f
- sweet hitstun from 22f to 19f
~ sweet doesn't send grounded targets airborne anymore
~ sweet sends into knockdown on aerial targets
- sweet damage reduced to 600
~ sweet total hitstop reduced

HIGH KICK
- hitstun from 19f to 12f
- damage reduced to 800
~ launch angle pointed more outwards

LOW KICK
- hits on frame 5 now
- hitstun from 15f to 9f
+ proration now 0 (from 1)
~ launch angle pointed more upward

SKY WHIP
- sour hitstun from 24f to 19f

NEEDLE SPIKE
- sour damage reduced to 500

LASH STRING (close/far string values are represented by slashes between the two values)
+ hair tracking fixed
- triggering the string doesn't do any damage anymore
- no longer has any hitstun on the trigger hitbox
+ strings arm a bit faster; 11f/22f instead of 12f/24f
+ strings detonate a bit faster when touched by a fighter
- total move length increased from 12f/12f to 13f/18f
- armed fuse time reduced from 320 to 250
- projectile stop time reduced from 22f to 19f
+ explosion hitstun from 12 to 14

FORWARD/BACK THROW
~ launch angle changed

CROSS SLASH
+ proration now 0 (from 2)

SKY WHIP
- tipper proration now -1 (from -2)

HAMMER
- damage reduced to 1000
- proration now 0 (from -1)

SPALL
- proration now 1 (from 0)

WHIP SLAM
- overall hitstun reduced (20f on sour, 25f on sweet)

HAYMAKER
- proration now 0 (from -2)

SEAMRIPPER
- proration now 0 (from -1)

miniscule fixes to how invalid extra colors are handled

fixed a fatal error which would crash the game if launching a match with sata while using certain styles
if your style doesn't look right with her, just make sure you have an extra1 and extra2 color!

fixed a fatal error which would prevent you from playing this character Ever

custom style particles are in! but they're a touch buggy if you mess with them. please report any bugs you encounter to me! i'll do my best to help iron them out!

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OVERALL
+ particle effects will now copy your player style colors, courtesy of DesianSkies
+ a bunch of moves have been added as interrupts and cancels to other moves!

HOP NEEDLE
+ new aerial; accessible from grounded needle
+ does okay damage, acts as a powerful hitgrab if you manage to get a tipper on an aerial target
+ gives an air option when hitgrabbing
- really slams them away if you get the hitgrab

DRAW STRING / PUSH STRING
- removed

LASH STRING
+ added; replaces draw/push string
+ way more dynamic. you can shape the string how you'd like
+ way cooler
~ pull string will now pull you *along* the direction of the lash string's vector instead of directly towards it
- pull string only works on armed strings
~ arming time is dynamic based on how far you sling the lash-points
~ lots of other changes, including reduced/tweaked damage and hitstun
+ you can still hit T

NEEDLE
+ now free-cancels properly in every situation
- nobody will truly appreciate the work I put into making it work more smoothly
+ hair is a little better
- nobody will truly appreciate that either lol
+ hop needle is accessible from this move

CROSS SLASH
~ land cancels now

HAYMAKER
+ air ok
- uses an air option when in midair

WALL RUSH
+ now moves sata on frame 5 (from frame 7)

AERIAL HORIZONTAL WHIP
- sour hitstun reduced from 19f to 16f
- sweet hitstun reduced from 28f to 22f

RUSH
+ now moves sata on frame 4 (from frame 5)
+ moves a little faster
~ nudges you up instead of down now

COREBREAKER
+ can be moved a bit more horizontally
+ moves downwards faster
- launch force increased from 8 to 9
~ sends more outwards
~ wall splats

SEAMRIPPER
+ slight sprite changes

HAIR
+ properly recolors if you toggle styles on and off

LANDING
+ no longer janky forever if you bhop once

STRAFE
+ moves faster initially
- slower when backwards
- grounded variant is longer reversible

NEEDLE ARC
- sour hitstun reduced from 26f to 20f
- tipper hitstun reduced from inf to 22f
why were you like this, needle arc?
+ hit cancellable into whip, whip slam, needle spike, and seamripper

NEEDLE UP/DOWN
- can now be parried out of feint

WHIP SLAM
+ animation better reflects its hitbox
~ changed hitbox shape a bit
- sour damage decreased from 750 to 700
~ added horizontal enter force
~ changed static force angle

GROUNDED WHIP
+ tipper hitbox a little wider

AERIAL WHIP
+ tipper hitbox a little wider
~ enter force increased

REELWHIP
+ follows opponent's trajectory a lot better now
- only follows when opponent is di-ing up-ish. you can escape the pull, sort of, by di-ing downwards
- nerfed first-hit hitbox shape and size
+ enter push effect slightly increased
- nerfed second-hit hitbox shape and size
+ second-hit hitbox is more true to the sprite

HAMMER
+ juicier impact
+ damage increased from 1000 to 1100
+ minimum damage now 450
+ proration changed from 0 to -1
~ backwards force increased
- launch force increased from 5.5 to 8

SEAMRIPPER
+ base damage decreased from 1100 to 950
+ base force decreased from 9 to 8
+ chain damage in combo returned to 800
+ chain hitbox priority is now lowered when chains have been used in the combo

GENERAL
~ hair freezes properly during move selection
+ hair also animates faster and more fluidly, which i prefer

PROMINENCE
- no longer hits OTG
forgot to do this

STRINGMINE/WALL
- trigger boxes are a little smaller
- trigger box damage decreased from 300 to 150
+ trigger box proration changed from +1 to -1
+ triggering a mine no longer increases the combo counter

+ explosion size slightly increased
+ explosion hitstun increased from 20f to 22f
- explosions no longer hit OTG

THROW
+ works on itch.io version
- unfortunately back atop the Attacks section of her buttons :(

REELWHIP
- first hitbox hitstun reduced from 30f to 22f
- second hitbox hitstun reduced from 30f to 20f
+ second hitbox proration changed from +1 to 0

HUSTLE
- damage reduced from 2000 to 1500
- hitstun reduced from 40f to 30f

SEAMRIPPER
+ total move length reduced from 34f to 28f
- chain victim hitlag reduced from 48f to 38f
this translates to "your foe is frozen for 4f less now, but you won't be as far away"
- base hit hitstun reduced from 28f to 26f

COREBREAKER
- hitstun reduced from inf to 20
you can read and punish it now instead of being locked into it forever
if you di down you'll still be pulverized, however
- di modifier increased from 0.5 to 1.5
~ hit-cancelling corebreaker will now actually have you inherit some of its velocity

COREBREAKER IMPACT
- damage reduced from 1200 to 1100
- hitstun reduced from 30f to 25f

NEEDLE
+ hitstun increased from 20f to 23f

NEEDLE UP
- hitstun reduced from 25f to 18f

WHIP GROUNDED
- sour hitstun reduced from 19f to 16f
- tipper hitstun reduced from 30f to 23f

LOW KICK
+ hitbox profile lowered further
- hitstun reduced from 19f to 15f

HAMMER
- damage decreased from 1100 to 1000
- hitstun reduced from 25f to 22f

SPALL
- sour hitstun reduced from 26f to 20f
- tipper hitstun reduced from 32f to 28f

CROSS SLASH
- hitstun reduced from 36f to 32f
- damage decreased from 800 to 700
- damage proration changed from 0 to +2

BARRAGE
- third hit hitstun reduced from 34 to 30

SOLAR WIND
~ hits high now
- now you can only act out of it if you hit
- endlag increased by 2f
- no longer framekills perfect parries executed with free cancel

STRAFE
- bhop no longer plays the tony hawk pro skater sound
+ instead, it has a better nicer sound effect
+ bhop no longer uses the normal landing sprite animation
~ bhop no longer sends as fast

GENERAL
+ sata is now compatible with extra-style custom colors. you can even change her hair color!
+ extra color 1 is her whips and strings; extra color 2 is her hair and tippers!
i checked, and unfortunately i don't think i'll be able to get animated hair into character select without modifying vanilla code. thankfully this will probably be fine!

HIGH KICK
- hitstun reduced from 21f to 19f
- startup increased from 4f to 5f
+ damage increased from 800 to 900
+ proration reduced from 1 to 0
+ sends you further when used
she really should not have had that much kiss-range rps game. high kick now serves a slightly different purpose in applying slower but more aggressive pressure

GROUNDED HORIZONTAL WHIP
- sends you less far when used
- tipper hitbox is a little thinner
+ tipper proration reduced from 1 to 0
this is no longer cowboy hslash but better; should be backdash-avoidable in more situations
for compensation, i've reduced its proration a little since it's less guaranteed

AERIAL HORIZONTAL WHIP
+ revised animation slightly

NEEDLE ARC
+ accessible from whiff cancel
noting that only seamripper was available from whiff made me sad, so i gave it a few friends :D

HAYMAKER
+ accessible from whiff cancel
why wasn't it before????

COREBREAKER
+ accessible from whiff cancel
WHY wasn't it before!?!?!?!?!?
+ no longer minus on block

SEAMRIPPER
+ uses hashed rng now; the chain visuals are now consistent

STRAFE
+ bhop window increased by 1 frame
no comment; blame tsutsuji

GRAB
> grounded and aerial throws are both updated to use the latest technology; you now buffer the throw direction

SKY WHIP
- tipper hitstun reduced to 26f
- tipper hitlag reduced to 11f
- sour hitstun reduced to 22f

HAMMER
- hitstun reduced to 22f

SPALL
- tipper hitstun reduced to 28f
- sour hitstun reduced to 21f

CROSS SLASH
- hitstun reduced to 25f

BARRAGE
- all proration reset to 0

SOLAR WIND
- hitstun reduced to 26
- i was going to make it not hit OTG, but it doesn't seem to do that anyways so we're good

PROMINENCE
- hitstun reduced to 30f
- no longer hits OTG
- damage reduced to 1000
- victim hitlag reduced to 10f
- is a miniscule amount larger

sweeping hitstun reductions, i know — but this should make playing against her slightly more fun and less hitstun-filled.
also, she can no longer trap you OTG nearly as well if you decide that DI-ing down while in a knockdown state is the best plan (it really is not)

SPALL
- spall tipper hitbox size decreased slightly
- spall tipper now has DI/SDI modifiers of 0.8 and 1 respectively, from 0.5 and 0.8
- spall tipper now sends a lot more outwards
- spall tipper force increased to 5.5, from 4.5
these changes address spall being way too easy to chain and follow using just jump

WALL RUSH
- wall rush is now ground OK
this was a bug

SEAMRIPPER
- seamripper is now wall stance usable
- seamripper is now reelback stance usable
felt like both stances were missing the potential shenanigans of seamripper; also, reelback was lacking a horizontal/laggy option for catching dodges or enemy jumps

- seamripper chain hitbox damage in-combo reduced from 800 to 250
- seamripper chain hitbox damage out-of-combo increased from 250 to 800
this was a mistake on my end lol

- seamripper chain hitbox is now active for 1 frame longer
- seamripper chain hitbox is now a little wider and thinner
this SHOULD make it hittable as a read against longer rolls and in a few more momentum situations in neutral or otherwise

MISC
needle now uses a different whiff/swing sound
seamripper now has the squeaky swing sound :)