Lord Zot

Lord Zot is a mod for Risk Of Rain 2.

Discord

https://discord.gg/Mbs7Y4Sm88 (I hope this link doesn't randomly expire despite me telling it not to)

Lord Zot

He is an original character designed as a vessel for me to implement fun ideas. He is largely composed of references to popular villains, particularly from video games.

His implementation in Risk Of Rain 2 is designed as a sort of role reversal. You are playing as a character who, in any other context, would be the antagonist.

You've all heard of DnD characters performing rituals or collecting magical artifacts to achieve ascension, in a maniacal pursuit of power. It then takes a whole party to defeat them.

That is what you will be playing as. Zot is extremely WIP currently, and everything is subject to change. I am a junior programmer using this project as an opportunity to learn C#, and am motivated solely by the desire to craft a specific power fantasy.

Make sure you're prepared for the instability Zot can bring to this plane, and avert your eyes from the debug console. He has no skin index currently, so he's rather incompatible with some mods. I'm working on this issue

About

Zot has a base movement speed of 3/MS. His sprint has no effect, and his jump is unwieldy, yet powerful, able to be charged for geater effect.

he pimp walks at an insultingly leisurely pace unless Titan's Stride is used, which causes him to either blink forward in a burst of speed; additionally, his jumps travel a great distance at high velocity based on gem power infused.

for Zot, movement is calculated and deliberate. he must choose when to move, but when he does, he really moves

which should compliment his overwhelming power. building power, conserving energy, managing and growing resources. most of the time he survives through sheer attrition, and when the time comes,

ending fights immediately in a burst of bibilically earthshattering motion. if he miscalculates, he can end up in a dangerous position for a long time, but to make up for it he is far and away the most durable survivor with a health pool that rivals bosses.

Lord Zot

base stats

Health: 800 Health Regen: Zot regenerates a small percentage of his missing health every second, and has a base value of 0.24. Damage: 0 Speed: 3 m/s Armor: 100

I plan for Zot to not use items, but for now he can. note that Zot is intended to be played completely ignoring items, and is balanced accordingly. He has no base damage, and no proc coefficients, but defensive and healing items are brokenly powerful on him.

Passive 1: Zot does not gain experience from defeating enemies. Instead, he gains power with each Gem obtained. He has a "Gem Power" resource, with a max quantity based on how many gems have been collected. Any of his skills can be held down to infuse it with gem power, granting it an additional effect based on how much power is used. ^ The gem system is not implemented yet, but prototype Gem Power is here!

Passive 2 - PARTIALLY IMPLEMENTED: Special destructible nodes in the environment appear to Zot. These nodes are color-coded to the type of gem fragments they contain. Collected fragments heal Zot for 7% + 180 health. Here is the unimplmeented bit. Gem Fragments are color coded as to the type of gem they contain. After collecting enough fragments of a certain type, Zot gains a gem that he sockets into his armor. Each type of gem grants different bonuses depending on where it is slotted.

Passive 3: The body of Lord Zot is of such immense weight that his descent in the air is nearly impossible to stop. However, he cannot be moved or knocked back by attacks, his footsteps cause up to 200 damage and knockback to nearby enemies based on distance. When falling from heights, Zot takes no damage, and causes powerful quakes that deal damage based on velocity and distance to affected enemies.

Passive 4: Inevitable - Placeholder Passive - Lord Zot gains maximum health and Gem Power with each gem collected, based on a quadratic formula that increases in value every time, accelerating Zot's growth.

Passive 5: Zot exerts the very laws of physics upon his foes, that they arrogantly attempted to ignore prior to engaging him. As long as Zot is present in the level, enemies that impact surfaces will trigger radial damage, based on their velocity and mass. The harder you knock them against a surface, the greater the magnitude.

LMB - Eldritch Fury: Zot throws a punch with one of his shielded gauntlets, alternating arms with each swing, releasing radial explosions. Consumes 1 gem power, or 1% of current Gem Power, whichever is higher.

(Unimplemented bits of this ability next) His Red and Blue shields have different effects based on slotted gems. If charged for 1 second, Zot consumes all Gem Power and swings multiple times over the course of 1.5 seconds, swinging more times over the duration based on Gem Power infused.

RMB - Gem Bulwark: Zot swings with a backhand, (unimplemented - deflecting projectiles and blocking frontal attacks for an instant). Nearby enemies are knocked back, based on maximum Gem Power. If held, Zot then begins channeling Gem Power into his palm every second. Upon release, Zot fires a laser very similar to the ones fired by Golems, with a magnitude based on how much raw Gem Power was infused. 100% damage per 1 Gem Power.

Shift - Titan's Stride: Zot blinks forward in an immense burst of speed. (Can "pathfind", allowing it to cross gaps (even to a higher elevation!), and pass through thin walls. This has the unfortunate side effect of teleporting you to the nearest pathfind node, meaning it teleports you out of secret areas, and plain doesn't work in the bazaar. Using it in the air circumvents this issue, simply moving in the direction of your aim.)

Costs 2 Gem Power, and 4 in the air.

-If the V key is pressed while in the air, Zot begins to float, consuming a flat amount of Gem Power per second. He can attack freely while floating, and can fly around.

R - Eldritch Slam: Zot holds a fist in the air, and then hurls an immense blow with intense knockback. (If aimed towards the ground, half damage is dealt in an AoE, and enemies are knocked upwards.) This ability can be charged, consuming Gem Power per second for a larger effect. Also instantly charges a small amount of Gem Power, up to 5 if available. (Releasing this ability in the air sends Zot hurtling towards the ground. It can be charged without interrupting floating.)

All of the above is very subject to change, and Zot is very, very unfinished.

This isn't really implemented yet, but I'll talk about it here.

Zot is fused with a sort of magic "gem engine" he uses, which will become quite bedazzled with enchanted minerals. there's no cap to how powerful and plentious your gem collection can become.

gems are not consumed with use but each one contributes to your maximum "gem power" resource and regeneration of said resource, which can be expended all at once on any ability.

Any part of his body that is golden is a potential placement point for gems.

The Gem System is currently not implemented.

Credits

Geartor, GameBoy, and PentaKayle - Placeholder Icons

Geartor -

FOG - Lord Zot's Passive Icon

GameBoy -

PentaKayle -

Rob - I've referenced ExampleSurvivor and many of his mods, and it's probably the only reason I've gotten this far.

KomradeSpectre - Received lots of nice advice on Discord from this person!

Kinggrinyov - Insp.

KingEnderBrine - Advice on discord

Please let me know if I forgot you! I'm very forgetful, but don't intend to miss anyone!

Known Bugs

• Zot falling through the ground, especially when using grounded utility
• Umbra Zot is a mess
• Animations occasionally bug out, and plain don't work in multiplayer
• Do not do more than one Zot in multiplayer, and make sure the host plays Zot.
• Zot breaks UI for non-host players! He also used to mess up ability cooldowns! Everyone is just ever so thankful that I waited until now to include this in the known bugs list, after they've had to painstakingly scour their mod list only to find my disaster mod is the culprit! <--- May or may not be fixed
• multiple charges of secondary causes wonkiness (might be fixed, haven't checked!)
• Jumping while charging slam resets charge, so it will be weaker when doing this.

Changelogs

1.3

• New passive icon, courtesy of FOG
• Updated multiple parts of Zot's model, and animations, but I haven't even bothered fully diving into his art and animations yet, so consider pretty much everything here WIP as well.
• Lord Zot's base health has been increased to 800.
• Gem spawns were added with this update, but this changelog was ported from the discord, where they'd been around for a while, so it'll include some changes relative to that version.
• Gem collection heal: 4% of Zot's maximum health --> 7% of Zot's maximum health + 180.
• Gems now spawn 30% faster on average. However, the timer for gem spawns is randomly modified one way or the other by 15 to 45 seconds.
• Zot's jump should now be much more efficient to use.
• Gems restore 9% of Zot's maximum gem power. I have no idea what it was before but it was less.
• Zot now begins each stage with more of his gem power bar filled.
• Zot has ever so slightly more passive gem power regen.
• Zot's abilities take longer to charge.- Zot's stat boost formula is slightly stronger early, and slightly weaker mid-game. It's still quadratic and thus he will still dominate the late-game hilariously.
• Lord Zot's missing health regeneration is slightly stronger, and he has received a very small flat regeneration value of 0.4
• switched back to R2API
• Eldritch Slam now comes out much quicker when tapped. If done this way, it will have very little effect, naturally, but there is a small hitbox right on zot's fist that is devastating in the early game.
• many random tweaks, such as increased turn speed during eldritch fury
• console is lovingly clogged with garbage
• character select screen prefab less glitchy
• Placeholder Gem bar UI element added. An unfortunate side effect: no numbers telling you what your gem power is or how many gems you've collected; to be fixed later
• UI of other players deleted with great prejudice. Very much a bug and not a feature
• titan's stride can now be used as often as you can tap it, otherwise it repeats at the same rate as before
• camera no longer jumps around when using gem bulwark
• distant enemies receive light knockback from gem bulwark
• Gem Bulwark has been changed; Tap and release quickly to execute the backhand, then immediately hold again to begin charging. If you simply press and hold Gem Bulwark, Zot will not execute the backhand; for those who just want to begin ominously aiming a laser.
• jump physics redone... AGAIN...
• Gems left uncollected do NOT yet travel with you to the next stage! Currently, all you need to do to collect them is destroy them; they don't have too many hitpoints.
• Console will be very bad to look at.
• eldritch fury uses a small percentage of your current gem power if that cost would be greater than 1. (naturally this increases its magnitude, making it useful in the lategame)
• increased starting gem power.
• fix laser when you have less than 3 gem power being weaker than it should
• attempted to make air slam less of an overpowered early maneuver, but its still quite efficient.
• Zot no longer uses base damage as a statistic. (This means anything that boosts it will have no effect.)
• Since Zot no longer gains levels, he no longer gains stats per level either.
• Fixed Gem Bulwark charging effects.
• A wonky, hacked together foot IK system that I programmed to have Zot clip through the floor less.

1.2.7

• Reopened the portal between worlds, allowing Zot's return.
• Gem Power scales over time similarly to Zot's maximum health (boost increases with game time, leading to very high values in the late-game) Very temporary adjustment
• Various stat adjustments, as well as animation tweaks. Zot will be harder to play in some ways, easier in others.
• Zot can walk up small obstacles.
• Jump physics made even worse. We'll see how long it takes for me to fix this
• "I miss the patches before Jot added all this weird stuff that makes everything clunkier" Indeed, and I do hope Lord Zot misses you after I tell him you said that

1.2.6

• Updated dependencies, needs ET 0.1.4.
• Enigma is a legend

1.2.5

• Superjump toggle is now LCTRL+L
• Cheat button is now LCTRL+U
• Flight is still V like normal. Just hope your friends don't type it in the chat at a bad time. Yes I will address this later.
• Titan's Stride requires 2 Gem Power, and travels somewhat further.
• Gem Bulwark SHOULD now destroy projectiles that are near its initial attack, but probably still doesn't.
• When approaching absurd jump speed, Zot quickly slows down to managable levels.
• Footstep knockback direction no longer sends enemies away from you.
• Hopefully, no more lingering effects at high charge levels. But what has hope done for me lately?
• Bunch of misc numbers tweaks
• Jump charges slightly faster.
• I think I actually somehow fixed his multiplayer UI issues?

1.2.4

• Works with anniversary update!

• lighter enemies don't make large wall impacts as easily. heavy enemies basically always do

• Eldritch Slam's area has been massively decreased. HOWEVER! aiming straight down while charging slam strikes the ground, dealing half damage in an even larger area than previously. Using it in the air will send you hurtling to the ground (which will of course, cause a huge landing quake on top of the slam)

Essentially, you now have a single target option and an area effect option.

• eldritch slam can be charged during leap lmao

• eldritch fury and eldritch slam slow your vertical movement in the air somewhat.

• 250 base armor +10 per level -> 100 base armor + 10 per level when the gem system comes out, there will be ways for zot to accumulate armor over time, and i'll probably be nerfing his base values more as that comes into play.

• No more debug logs (for now.)

• No more random speedwalking.

• hopefully, some fixes to make the UI more stable. though considering i did no multiplayer testing, probably just made it worse.

• Eldritch Fury's radius decreased slightly (32m to 25m) (there will be gems for this kind of thing)

• Jump physics completely redone

• Many effects tweaked.

• More bugs!

• Couple new bugs this time.

• Activated 1.5x bug multiplier.

• More bugs.

• Increased bug capacity from 533 to [REDACTED]

• Added a few more bugs,

• More b-

1.2.3

• Should no longer double stock expenditure for all characters, effectively doubling cooldowns (oopsie on that one)
• Prototype knockback impact damage. When Zot's in-game, enemies take knockback damage based on their mass and velocity. So sending them flying into walls is quite destructive. Probably not stable enough to include in a thunderstore release, but is ANYTHING in this mod really?
• Various number tweaks to damage scalings, blast attack falloff models, knockback, timers, whatever! I know reading what changed about these things is fun to read but my development process is such a blur.
• Pressing L now toggles percentage vs flat jump charge. You'll know it worked if Zot gets very... visually loud for a second. (This feature might be temporary!)
• Some bug fixes, and some bugs introduced!
• Did I forget anything? I'm sorry I've been awake for 17 hours

1.2.2

• Gem Power Prototype, with a basic UI. For now, Gem Power increases with level and time. Instead of abilities becoming stronger based on time spent charging, they are boosted by how much gem power you spend while charging. You use a % of your Gem Power per second when charging attack moves, and a flat amount when charging movement abilities like jump. This is GOING to feel really clunky and awkward at first, please bear with me! So much still needs to be done.

• (Hotkey V) sustaining Flight costs gem power, but its movement speed has been increased to compensate. P.S. Flight's hotkey can be really finicky, you may have to press it a few times before it will activate.

• Titan's Stride has no cooldown, but costs 1 Gem Power. Eldritch Fury's damage and range have been increased, but it now costs 1 Gem Power. hopefully this can be considered a buff patch overall. I want Zot's values when he's playing with high gem power to be through the roof, but he has to choose when to use it. He will scale crazily into late-game, of course.

• Zero Proc Coefficients (bands still work)

• New placeholder passive - Inevitable: Every 15 Seconds, Zot gains 1 maximum gem power, and his base health is multiplied by 1.05x (thus, each max health boost is slightly larger than the previous).

• Brought back old footstep effect for now

• Zot's backhand knockback force is mildly increased by Zot's maximum gem power, and it's shockwave effect has a larger radius, but it does not cost anything for now. The knockback direction is entirely influenced by your aim, but the hitbox only cares about where Zot is facing; Aim straight up and anything in front of you will be immediately registered for the Z.S.P (Zot Space Program)

• Zot now alternates arms when swinging, no matter how much time has passed

• Zot is immune to the instant kills caused by Void Reavers, due to the physics of his body being inherently incompatible with its effect. However, this also causes an incredibly violent reaction, causing Zot to emit an intense, forceful blast that deals 1000 base damage to himself, allies and anything else in a huge radius.

• No more NREs every frame while Zot doesn't exist! Instead, NREs every frame that he DOES exist! Yay!

• Skindef added, so hopefully he won't destroy your character select screen anymore.

• Zot has an emissive glow on parts of his armor that activates when he is using gem power. (those weird colored lines are just me experimenting, they won't stay that way!)

• Remember, Zot is a mess, his code is a mess, and I live only for chaos and spectacle. You are downloading a mod created by a beginner, ADHD programmer. It may or may not glitch spectacularly in unexpected or run-ending ways, and can even mess with your game when you're not playing as him! For that reason, I recommend not having Zot enabled/installed unless you or someone in your group plans on playing him.

1.2.1

• V in the air to toggle float. Activation is very finicky and I don't know why yet, so you may have to spam it a bit to get it to work.
• Titan's Stride now has different, very powerful behavior when used on the ground. It utilises the game's pathfinding, allowing Zot to quickly navigate complex terrain, cross gaps, and even go through some walls, and it will never cause Zot to leave the ground.
• Titan's Stride while floating will follow your aim direction, allowing for vertical movement. Any other mid-air striding will follow the usual behavior.
• Eldritch Slam prototype!
• Zot has even less attack speed. And even more damage. ALL Zot's numbers are placeholders right now, just roll with it lmaooo
• Zot regenerates a small percentage of his missing health every frame.
• Landing during float triggers a lighter landing that does not slow zot down, and is less destructive
• Increased base values for landing quake and Gem Bulwark. This is overall a huge buff patch for Zot, and I expect him to be utterly ridiculous for now.
• I either fixed multiplayer, or made it 5000x worse.
• Zot can no longer pseudo-sprint. Energy Drink is Dead.
• Explained Zot's mechanics slightly better in the in-game descriptions, but it's all still very rough.
• Infinite range Zot Laser.
• Incoming projectiles are destroyed by Gem Bulwark's initial attack. (May not be reliable)
• Fixed some bugs, created 5000 more.
• Zot will still clog your debug log with NREs! A great feature that many appreciate
• and he still has no skinIndex, so watch out, skinAPI users!
• Zot's charge rate for all chargeable abilities increases with his level! (A quick and shoddy emulation of the Gem Power system that will scale his abilities as he progresses)

1.1.9

• CTRL in the air to toggle float. Zot isn't any faster while doing this, of course, but can allow you to hold position in the air.
• Aerial Jump attacks mostly implemented. They have some wonkiness, and you can't move after landing with M2.
• M2's screenshake still needs adjustment, and the camera change is jarring, especially if only using the move for the initial knockback.
• This version will actually appear as the latest, unlike the last one.
• Aim animator made slightly worse thanks to a mistake on my part, will tune in the next version.
• Zot's animations can get slightly confused sometimes, I think I know why, but can't fix it quite yet.
• New M2 icon, courtesy of Geartor
• I am hesitantly removing the internal cooldowns on Zot's jump ability, and his landing effects. Now that hopoo feather has been, ahem, dealt with, and his landing values scale with fall velocity, it should hopefully not be such a simple task to spam.

1.1.8

• This is a fun one.
• Hopoo shader applied, elite materials work and Zot should look much better visually!
• Gem Bulwark prototype added. expect instability. walk animation is weird, aim is slightly weird, and i had to weirdify the camera somewhat to get the raycast to function properly. Animations are supremely unfinished.

1.1.7

• After a certain point in your jump dependent on charge power, Zot's fall speed will massively accelerate.
• Jump has a 1.5 second cooldown. This makes things more stable, and allows me to buff the shockwave effect to non-trivial levels.
• Jump Charge maximum duration is now truly infinite.
• Landing animation now fully functions out of jump.
• Jump Charge effects tweaked.
• Currently, when landing from jump, you cannot cancel out of the landing animation with any of your abilities.
• Now that jump has a cooldown, you can jump instantly if you choose, but it'll be the tiniest little hop.
• When Eldritch Fury is interrupted by landing, if it is at least 20% of the way towards unleashing its attack, it will do so immediately.
• Zot's fall speed generally accelerates over time even when not jumping.
• Zot's Hurtbox adjusted so enemies more appropriately aim at him.

1.1.61

• Credits!

1.1.6

• Can attack and turn while jumping. Eldritch Fury will be interrupted when landing.
• Attack frequency is now consistent for an enhanced muda experience
• Hopefully fixed Zot speedwalking after jumping
• Blue and Pink colors desaturated somewhat
• Adjusted Villainous Skirt Physics
• I forgot to add additional placeholder icons again

1.1.5 -- GOD HOW DID I NOT NOTICE EVERYONE HAS ZOT JUMP -- Titan's Stride tweaked. -- Jump physics tweaked, you should have a bit more control over your jump now.

1.1.4

-- Zot's power jump implemented. If jump is held, Zot will begin storing energy for the jump. The longer jump is held, the higher Zot will jump. While jumping, Zot has increased speed, proportional to charge time. Additionally, enemies near Zot's initial jump will be carried straight into the air with him. Zot will have high air control at the start of the jump, but will soon lose the ability to change direction. Zot's charge rate increases slightly with character level. -- Titan's Stride completes sooner. -- Fixed Zot's teamindex, he no longer damages allies. -- Zot's quake is now sweetspotted, dealing far more damage to enemies closest to Zot, and far less to enemies further away. -- Placeholder icons, courtesy of Geartor (and a lil later, PentaKayle and GameBoy) -- Zot's footsteps and landing quake now send enemies slightly upwards.

1.1.3

• Titan's Stride now goes much further, to offset his lowered movement speed
• I made M1 look more ridiculous. I will probably change it later
• Fixed the uphill issue, hopefully.
• Tweaked acceleration a little bit. I don't want to bring his turnspeed down just yet.

1.1.2

• Aim Animator has been tweaked and should perform much better (though not perfectly)
• Zot no longer becomes airborne as easily when striding downhill (still doable)
• Zot is unable to move for a moment when landing, and the landing blast has greatly increased force (knockback)
• If I did it correctly, Zot is unable to be moved by large enemies even if they try to run into him.
• Zot has lowered movement and attack speed.
• Zot gains 10 armor per level, and 0.3 health regen per level. Like most of Zot's insane numbers, this is to compensate for his incomplete moveset..
• Zot's shields dematerialize after 6 seconds of inactivity, and are summoned when attacking
• Eldritch Fury has a subtle visual effect that helps indicate it's AoE somewhat. Keep in mind this is placeholder. Although Eldritch Fury has an insanely large blast radius, it is coded to do far more damage within the very center.
• During Zot's immobile period after landing, Hopoo Feathers will not do the thing. Hopoo Feathers are still insane, but it's not as freely spammable, and you're slowed down while using it this way. Still bonkers. I need a hook to keep it from making Zot airborne if he is grounded.
• Zot gains iframes during Titan's Stride's dash (probably)
• Footstep blasts

1.1.1

Released Thunderstore Version