Rivals of Aether

Rivals of Aether

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Desirae
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Jan 22, 2023 @ 6:29pm
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Desirae

In 4 collections by FROTTAGER AERO
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Description
Desirae, a lizard scavenger lost in the past after stealing a mysterious hourglass from a local Loxodont deputy, travels the Lonely Dustbowl, a vibrant and ethereal plain covered in fog, much different from the cold passionless desert of her time. On her journey, she unlocks the power of the hourglass, using it to aid herself in unraveling the twisted tale shes found herself in.

The Time Walker
Desirae's control of the flow of time relies heavily on her hourglass. She can consume the hourglass to enter fast forward state, or use it offensively to cast rewind state on the enemy. On top of this, desirae's time powers and new environment spark her dormant connection with aether that would otherwise be impossible in the future, giving her sand manipulation.



Specials

Nspecial
Deadeye - aiming her reticule, she can not only shoot her six shooter, but activate sand pillars spawned by uspecial. During fast forward, Desirae can mark enemy players by hitting attacks, with each hit stacking more marks. Pressing nspecial when marks are present will consume fast forward state and fire each mark as a bullet, auto targeting the enemy from any distance!


Fspecial
Side-Winder - Desirae enters one of her sand serpent forms, in the ground this move buries opponents hit by the initial dive, when pressing attack or letting the move end normally, Desirae pops up with a vicious rolling attack. If you press jump anytime during her movement prior to this, she can instead eject and activate her hourglass, entering herself into fast forward, or extending existing fast forward.

In the air this move turns into a slamming attack, as Desirae slings her sand empowered tail into the enemy. This move will also activate Uspecial sand pillars upon contact!


Uspecial
Sand Pillar - Desirae soars upwards in serpent form, dragging a pillar of sand up towards her. This pillar will slow descent for either player, in addition you can fire Nspecial or hit aerial Fspecial in order to activate it for an attack.

If you throw an hourglass into the pillar, the pillar becomes rewind empowered! Any enemies knocked into the pillar enter full rewind state.


Dspecial
Sands of Time - Desirae tosses an hourglass into the air. This can be hit by Desirae physically to consume it and enter fast forward, however if you hit an enemy with it, they become Primed for Rewind. If Desirae is able to deal 25% damage to the enemy player within a period of time, the enemy is placed into full rewind. In full rewind, when the enemy exits hitstun they rewind back to this point of contact, meaning you can combo them during rewind and track them back to the rewind point to finish them! In the air, hold down to throw the hourglass downward!

On cooldown as well as during fast forward, dspecial is replaced by a jump cancelable burst move called time shift!

Holding nspecial while the hourglass is out will auto target the hourglass, bouncing it upwards to keep it in the air, keeping your opponent guessing!

Special Normals
During fast forward, Jab's finisher immediately swaps to nair, gaining you many marks on deadeye!

Up strong can be gatling comboed from hitting dash attack! This can be done normally, in or out of fast forward.

Credits:
Victory theme, art, concept and design - Regina
Code - Mcducky
27 Comments
GlitchSans240 May 16 @ 4:05pm 
Wait... An hourglass that can control time? IS THAT A TIME PIECE FROM THE HIT INDIE 3D COLLECTATHON PLATFORMER GAME A HAT IN TIME?!
Marshmallow Zorua Aug 15, 2023 @ 12:41pm 
So an interesting bug I ran into while playing; I am not *entirely* sure what caused it but I hazard a guess that I hit the enemy and proc'd rewind the *exact* frame it fell off causing them to be in the effect as if they were rewound, but with non of the actual effects of it. It completely locked me out of using my hourglass for the duration of the glitch and the opponent had a red outline just stuck in a place while they were running around as normal. It only went away after I ko'd a stock of theirs (it may have also went away if I got ko'd too, but if it's a frame perfect thing it's not exactly the easiest thing to test.)

I doubt it will happen very often at all (especially if it is frame perfect) as I don't even know how it happened in the first place, only a guess due to circumstances, but figured it would be something to report.
The Scrapinator Aug 12, 2023 @ 7:06am 
no joke A+ changes to the hour glass much more fair and fun to do!!
Weaselly Apr 4, 2023 @ 5:50pm 
One of my new favorite workshop characters. Love everything about 'em.
FROTTAGER AERO  [author] Feb 4, 2023 @ 2:14pm 
@Sweg_Gentleman
thanks! I really appreciate comments like these!
Sweg_Gentleman Jan 31, 2023 @ 12:10pm 
Love this character. Very flavorful design, polished animations and fun mechanics. Lots of options, but not too gimmicky. Great job.
FROTTAGER AERO  [author] Jan 30, 2023 @ 11:07pm 
@the ogrelord
nah, its an inside joke lmao
The Ogrelord Jan 30, 2023 @ 10:40pm 
I'm gonna go out on a limb and guess McDucky's Steam account got hacked.
corolla stroker  [author] Jan 29, 2023 @ 9:24pm 
hey, sorry I saw your profile and I just thought you looked cute in your picture, I wanted to tell you that :)) It's really rare to see girls playing video games haha! I don't know why its a guy thing honestly I'm like really against misogyny and like ill be the one in the kitchen making sandwiches. We should play l4d2 sometime its a cool zombie game with a lot of scary moments, but don't worry ill be there to protect you ;) sorry that wasn't flirting I swear I'm just trying to be friendly I like your profile picture sorry was that too far? Sorry I'm shy I don't go out much haha add me on skype we should talk more you look nice and fun xxx
FROTTAGER AERO  [author] Jan 29, 2023 @ 9:23pm 
@testitwist
ill keep an eye on this, sometimes its a bug that could be either of the characters of stage itself, so let me know if you can recreate it. Thanks for playing her!