Rivals of Aether

Rivals of Aether

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Kafka

Description
"Good times never last..."


Kafka is a calm and beautiful Stellaron Hunter who is wanted across the galaxy. Proficient in many different kinds of weapons, she wears down her prey with shocking precision before closing in on them. Warping her way to the world of Aether, she's ready to take on any opponent for the sake of the "script".

Shock
Several of Kafka's attacks use her signature dual guns, which will apply the "Shock" debuff to the opponent. Shocked opponents will take damage over time, 1% per second for 7 seconds. However, they can attack Kafka to reduce how long this lasts, so keep up the offensive to refresh the Shock and rack up damage!

In addition to the damage, Shock interacts with most of her specials, providing enhanced benefits when hitting shocked opponents.

Moveset

  • Gentle but Cruel (NSpecial) - Shoots three fast projectiles forwards, applying Shock to opponents. When used in the air, it fires at a sharp downwards angle instead. When shooting at a web created with Dspecial, it will create a large burst around the web, applying shock to opponents and launching them away.

  • Caressing Moonlight (Fspecial) - A fast dash forwards, which can also be aimed up or down. When hitting a shocked opponent, Kafka will cause a delayed second hit, popping up opponents for combos! Just be careful, as this move will have pratfall if it doesn't hit a shocked opponent.

  • Twilight Trill (Uspecial) - Kafka gracefully spins around, firing her guns in every direction. This move can be used to recover to the stage, or to launch opponents. Its knockback is stronger if you stay on the ground, and it also lets you move left and right during the move.
    Once the shock counter next to the opponent reaches 7, Uspecial will be greatly enhanced, dealing far more hits at the end and launching them away with a "boom~". This special attack gets stronger the higher the counter is, so keep the opponent shocked as long as possible to capitalize on this, and leave no trace of them left.

  • Spirit Whisper (Dspecial) - Creates a web trap, which will remain onstage. Kafka can have a maximum of two webs out at once. They will deal minor damage and knockback to opponents who get caught in them, allowing Kafka to use them to ensnare and combo her foes. Shocked opponents will become wrapped by the web, becoming stunned for a moment.

Info/Credits
  • This mod is a fan creation based off Honkai Star Rail. All spritework and coding are done by me, however.
  • Hold the attack button during Nair to gain a little boost upwards.
  • Dstrong is unique, as Kafka's only non-gun move to apply Shock.
  • When using Uspecial on the ground, hold up + special to rise into the air.
  • Kafka's victory theme is "A Dramatic Irony" produced by Hoyo-Mix and based off Antonio Vivaldi's "Winter".
  • Voice lines are available as a toggle on the character select screen, in English and Japanese. All voice lines are taken from Honkai Star Rail and Kafka's voice actresses: Cheryl Texiera (English) and Ito Shizuka (Japanese). Chinese and Korean voice lines are not present, as I'd need to record some of the lines manually in Star Rail. They will likely be added at a later date, if there's enough demand.

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20 Comments
Saturn's Ring May 15 @ 5:33pm 
I'm not really a Honkai fan (Girls' Frontline will always be my preferred game, shoutout to WA2000), but I am a fan of your work on Kafka! I think she's got some of your best spritework yet, and her style is easy to understand & fun to master.
Her command grabs are very fun to pull off as well, but I've never been the best with setplay gimmicks like her webs. I think in the right hands though they'd be very powerful, maybe a bit too much? Her other tools feel really good however, my only suggestion would be to add more indication for when she can use her N-Special, since the default indicator arrow changing colour is IMO too small and easy to miss.
Looking forward to whatever comes next!
Voltaro May 15 @ 3:37am 
As a Honkai: Star Rail fan, i was considering on adding Kafka eventually in Rivals of Aether but you beat me too it. But of course Kafka isn't the only Stellaron Hunter so i am working on the hacker instead. Those who play Star Rail will know who i mean. Anyway great character!
Lil' chew chew May 13 @ 11:25am 
No clue where she's even from but DAMN her playstyle is great, new main.
Specter May 13 @ 5:41am 
OMFG YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS
antlion_grub.mdl May 12 @ 4:54pm 
MY WIFEEEE MY BEAUTIFUL LESBIAN WIFE
DFO May 12 @ 10:11am 
My take:
The Dspecial string traps I'd say you could change it to where she doesn't lay traps, but can use it if she's close to you (Dunno if I explained it right), cause they are kinda annoying to deal with cause from my knowledge you can't counter it, and you can lay 3 at a time...

Seems like a fun character overall except for that part! Very well made!


Character Recommendations:

Vivian from ZZZ
Hoshimi Miyabi from ZZZ
Pulchra from ZZZ
Rina from ZZZ
Mike Ehrmantraut May 11 @ 6:27pm 
This is genuinely a really fun character with phenomenal sprites. Though, balancing wise, they are very powerful. Two things I would suggest are...

- Making Down Air not fast fall when you grab an opponent

- Allow only one web from Down Special to be placed down at a time

Great job though overall! :sans:
arkham_fox May 11 @ 5:52pm 
could you do blade next my friend would jump out of his seat
tenacity25 May 11 @ 5:33pm 
Great character mod, very fun to play. honestly love seeing any star rail characters playable in a platform fighter.
..doesn't help my pipe dream of a honkai fighting game, but, whatever.

Maybe someone will be brave enough to make Aventurine?
N3chro May 11 @ 5:06pm 
OMG KAFKA YIPPEEEE