Connections and stability should be better than before, enjoy :)

This update fixes some of the major desync issues with Combo Babies netcode.

For technical details:

The game now uses a blank save state to reset the characters between rounds rather than a hard coded reset. It's very possible the old desync glitch was likely caused by a variable not properly resetting between rounds. This discovery regarding the netcode was made while working on our new upcoming project.

11/28 (1.02f)

+Harold's charge dash special now has an armorless end lag state.
+Harold's j2c has a new animation where he becomes a meat.

11/4 (1.02d)

*REX*
+214d now can parry throws.

*AESTHIR*
+Teleport dash is now 30% faster and can dash dance cancel like the rest of the characters.
(Trial 6 was updated)

*BRENTLEY*
+Crouch state hurtbox is now 25% shorter than before

*ICHIRO*
+Crouch block state hurtbox is now wider than before in order to match the artwork
+214b now goes higher vertically in order to diversify it from 214a more

*DR. DESINKE*
+Crouch block state hurtbox is now wider than before in order to match the artwork
+46a has been reworked to have some jank movement which now causes cross up on block and corner carry on hit

*LUCEY*
+Crouch and crouch block states are now ~25% shorter than before

*SERI*
+214C is now +10 in block instead of -10, despite this it still has a lot of pushback, but it can now frame trap reversals if you use 214B immediately afterward due to 214B's far forward travel

*HAROLD*
+Harold's throw tech animation (which occurs if either player throw techs) is now uniquely fast, and has no pushback, which allows harold to continue aggression after a throw tech rather than forcing a hard reset to neutral.

10/20 (1.02c)

Changes
AESTHIR
+Grab animation has been aesthetically touched up and also the hitbox has been changed to match the animation, this is a decent buff by proxy
+Charge special has been reworked to remain a long range command grab but have less end lag and look prettier, the hitbox is a tiny bit less disjointed and a tiny bit larger, 46a has slightly less knockback in order to make it easier to link moves into, 46b slightly send the enemy towards you for the same reason, and 46c is unchanged
REX
+Parry has been reworked to include more counterplay while still trying to make Rex feel fun, so the goal is to make the matchup more fun for both players. Parry A transitions into a vulnerable forward dash that can cross up. Parry B cancels into a similar back dash. Parry C has no transition animation because it's already so slow. Parry D is now kind of a new move, it uses the j2c animation to create a multi hit corner carry beyblade move that rises into the air on hit and was adjusted to just look and feel as sick as possible
SERI
+j5b now does 12 up from 6
+trial 7 and 9 had to be redone as a result of this
BRENTLEY
+236A can now link into aerials due to having decreased horizontal knockback
LUCEY
+214abc have been reworked. A now goes forwards and this naturally leads to some wild new tech where for example the buffered input for 214 can actually be used twice if you tap A two times over the heads of enemies. 214B and C go farther back giving lucey more wall snap distances in the corner. As always they can rekka into the same button which means lucey can now approach forward with a rapid j.A
ICHIRO
+Tornado now properly causes knockdown when launching enemies
HAROLD
+J2c is now very slightly faster falling.
DR. DESINKE
+236a's throw animation is now the same speed as 236b

1.03b4

-Ichiro's tornado no longer is able to whiff punish

No other changes :) Enjoy

9/28/21 (1.02a)

Changes
+Harold 6d (grab) is now armored. In an already armor filled deck of neutral options, this makes sense to add as a mixup considering that harold's normal grab was unpopular anyway due to being techable
+Harold 2c does 24 instead of 18. The command grab damage nerf plays out how I wanted, so this gives harold a splash of damage on one of his loop pieces that doesn't pop up as frequently as the command grab but also emphasizes the impact of the clap (more damage means more hit stop)
+Rex parry no longer gets hit by moves with active frames
+Aesthir's 6a now has a little more startup, a little more end lag, 6 more damage, and slight hitbox changes. It still isn't whiff punishable. this is kind of a rework of the move in order to make it more fun to fight against without really taking that much power away from it (due to the increase in damage making up for the decrease in speed)
+Aesthir's pool balls now have a max speed. This also gives enemy moves a more distinct angle against them.

Fixes
+Rex forward special no longer can land cancel (this is a fix).
+training mode resets now apply to a handful of important variables that otherwise were able to cause training mode glitches
+refactored all of the game manager code, mainly so that all the variables are in one place, and then i double checked every single variable to see if it could be causing desyncs. There is only one potential thing I changed and I have no idea if it fixes the desyncs but I tested it by playing 3 matches against myself and didn't desync so who knows. This was the last massive chunk of code that I had to sift through in order to double check that there are, without a doubt, absolutely no variables in the entire game that could possibly be causing desync. so if desyncs still occur, it has to be in my rollback implementation and not the save states.

Discord: https://discord.gg/mC9HbP2Naz

Added:
+each character got 2 new skins based on community requests in the discord
+combo trials now reset 30 frames after you do an incorrect move in order to give you time to see what move you did incorrectly
+added auto trial progression as an option
+you can leave the pause menu with B button or with pause button
+you can press 4pause or 6pause or 8pause for different training mode resets
+ichiro has a new 214abcd which is a kick flip, you can hold up or down or neutral(which goes up) to choose a direction when you begin ichiro's 214d wall ride
+lucey can wall run with 236abcd and 214abcd now
+there is now a little red ui crossout to display if you are locked out of burst or not
+2pause now resets to center, and 5pause now resets to the previous side you reset with, and it also remembers if you swapped
+added reversal options (5a, 2a and recording) and an option for random block

Changed:
+rollback is 30 frames instead of 10
+duke stand b now juggles better (it is not a launcher) this allows for 2b (dash) -> 5b(jump) -> double jump -> air c -> bomb on oki or true combo depending on how you time it. fun
+reduced camera zoom max value
+reworked ichiro's air c to be more fun and have better game feel but more precise
+made it so pause is 2x shorter in training instead of 10x shorter
+burst particle effects now are a little more clear on which type of burst you did (yellow blue or red)
+aesthir 5a, 5b and 2c have had aesthetic reworks but work the same
+aesthir 6b and 6a have been essentially completely reworked from scratch
+aesthir's damage reduced on j5a first hit, 5b, and j5b
+aesthir j5a has less active frames towards the end, this is actually unlikely to affect much since it is usually canceled before this applies
+new aesthir 2c animation
+training mode has a little bit more time before auto resetting from trials (60f on success, 30f on fail due to wrong move)
+aesthir j5b has 3 hitboxes in an arc with different timings that have different ball angles
+air blocking puts you into a light knockdown guaranteed, air blocking can no longer cause wall bounce or ground bounce
+baby cancel provides +5 advantage instead of +20
+dr desinke's bomb physics are being changed to be more bouncy
+aesthir has a new super
+aesthir j5c has new animation, hits once
+aesthir 5c has a new animation, deals 6 instead of 18, has a new close hitbox where there used to be a dead zone that launches straight up
+aesthir 236d and 214d are no longer invincible
+seri j5b has 2 more startup frame, 2 more end frame, a hitbox that more accurately matches the art
+seri 236d: 24 damage -> 18 damage (if all 3 hit)
+seri j5a: is now a disjointed hitbox
+the first hit of ichiro 236c does 6 instead of 12
+ichiro 2c now has a more accurate smoother animation
+harold 214d can now be jump canceled, comes out much faster, and launches, but does 24 from 30
+harold special throw does 6 from 18
+"hit string" is now in blue
+you can now cancel a baby cancel into any button or jump if the enemy is in hitstun
+the damage on aesthir's 6b, j5c, 5c adjusted
+aesthir 6b now always launches
+the kill spark has been changed to not make you drop frames and instead look simpler
+delay buffer is set to 2 from 3 online
+version number is now displayed on the title screen

Fixed:
+ips push back is reinstalled after using states that reset your forces, allowing states to still be resetting your forces without causing infinites
+all of the missing keyboard keys should now work fine for controls binding
+fixed ground bounces
+inputting 63214d no longer results in nothing, now it correctly will perform 214d
+training mode now resets projectiles when you reset
+there's now a 10f cooldown before the online cancel button is pressable after waiting online in order to fix a glitch
+your projectiles no longer cause your character to enter hit lag when they are blocked
+jump canceling a move unfreezes the enemy (this was a weird glitch that would happen often with moves like brentley super)

The brackets:
https://challonge.com/combobabies
https://challonge.com/combobabiesAD

The discord:
https://discord.gg/EyHu9JxH

Thanks for playing!