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1→# Emoji Ball Battles: Game Design Document
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     3→## Overview
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     5→Emoji Ball Battles is a **physics auto-battler roguelite** where emoji balls equipped with items fight each other in gravity-driven arenas. The player doesn't control the balls directly — combat is a physics simulation that plays out automatically. The game lives in the tension between watching chaotic physics unfold and the strategic decisions that shape each fight.
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     7→Each run begins with a **draft phase** where the player picks 24 items from a series of diminishing pools (8→6→4→2 items shown, always picking 2). From those 24, they build a **bench** of 12 items: 8 in fixed slots and 4 in limited slots. Before each fight, the player sees their opponent and selects 4 items from their bench to equip — but only 1 limited item can be active at a time, making limited slots situational tech rather than core build pieces.
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     9→Items **evolve through use**. When equipped items are used in a winning fight, they gain XP toward evolution. Each item has multiple evolution branches, and the player chooses which path to follow at special events. This creates a central tension: do you use your already-evolved items that might be suboptimal for this matchup, or equip weaker items that counter the opponent but need training? Between fights, various events offer lateral power gains — merging items, buying player abilities, choosing evolution paths, gambling on performance.
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    11→**Note:** All mentions of gold (🪙) as a resource throughout this document are temporary placeholders. The actual economy and resource types will be defined through playtesting.
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    13→---
    14→
    15→## Inspiration
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    17→The physics ball battles are directly inspired by [Earclacks](https://www.earclacks.com/), a content creator known for satisfying physics simulation videos. The community calls these "Weapon Ball" battles — balls equipped with various weapons (swords, spears, daggers, lances) that bounce around an arena and damage each other through physics collisions. The appeal is watching the physics unfold: unpredictable bounces, weapon clashes, and the tension of HP bars draining. Earclacks' videos range from 1v1 duels to battle royales and raid boss fights, demonstrating how the format scales. The mesmerizing quality of these simulations — where you want to watch "just one more fight" — is the target feeling for Emoji Ball Battles.
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    21→## Combat System
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    23→Combat takes place in a rectangular **arena** with solid walls. Gravity pulls balls downward, causing them to arc and fall rather than drift in straight lines. When balls hit walls, they bounce — momentum is preserved and transferred through collisions. The arena is a closed system; balls cannot escape, and fights continue until one ball is destroyed.
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    25→**Arena properties:**
    26→- Rectangular bounds with solid walls
    27→- Gravity enabled (balls arc and fall)
    28→- Box2D physics simulation
    29→- Wall bounces preserve momentum
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1→# Framework API
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     3→Complete documentation for YueScript framework classes. For quick reference signatures, see `FRAMEWORK_API_QUICK.md`.
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     7→## Root Object (an)
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     9→The global `an` object is the entry point for all framework functionality. It manages resources, physics, input, and the object tree.
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    11→### Resource Registration
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    13→#### an\layer(name)
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    15→Creates and registers a layer for rendering.
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    17→```yuescript
    18→game = an\layer 'game'
    19→ui = an\layer 'ui'
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    22→Layers are FBO-backed render targets. Drawing commands are queued during update and rendered later. Layers are stored in `an.layers.name`.
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    28→Loads and registers an image (texture).
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1→Three months after releasing SNKRX I had a vision. An alien vision was downloaded into me, fully formed, out of nowhere. It was very specific and immediately it made me cry. For an entire month, whenever I thought of it, I'd cry. If I thought of it while listening to [Tomorrow by Kevin Penkin](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UBz-8TGVN8k) I'd cry even harder.
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     3→Something like this had never happened to me before. I've read stories of artists talking about having such strong visions, but I always thought they were exaggerating. And then it happened to me. When something like this happens, you have to respect it. I believe I'm a [vessel](https://a327ex.com/posts/self_expression_vesselization) for ideas that come to me from above. So, in religious terms, this is literally God speaking to me. I can't ignore it.
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     5→For the next three years I built an elaborate story around that vision. My goal was to construct a narrative that would maximize it, so that when others reached it, they'd feel it with the same intensity I did. I built a story backwards from that moment, and it ended up having seven parts. The vision became the climax of part six, with part seven being the final showdown that concludes the whole thing.
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     7→But I never felt like I had enough to actually start making it real. That changed at the end of 2024. I had a dream, and from it came a simple idea that eventually became the beginning of the series. Suddenly, I could see a path forward.
     8→
     9→The idea from the dream made it clear that the seven stories also needed to be games, merged with the books in specific ways. The main structure is that the books and games are separate. You can read the books without playing the games, or play the games without reading the books. You can listen to the books while playing the games, as most of them will be low-cognitive demand kinds of games you can play while listening to or watching something else. But importantly, you can also read an interactive version of the book which contains the merged game elements in it. All these options are available, the last one being the most interesting.
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    11→So the plan is releasing a series of seven games + books. I can already make games, but I couldn't write, so I had to learn. That's what I set out to do for 2025.
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    13→<br>
    14→
    15→I immediately had two good story ideas. One became It Follows, and another became the story I'll write after it. They're mirrors of each other, in a way. But they were good enough ideas that I felt strongly compelled to bring them into reality, to not do so would be to be a bad vessel.
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    17→It Follows started from the ending, that's the first piece I had. But really quickly after that, I had the first chapter. It was actually the very first thing I wrote, and it came out in like 1-2 hours, extremely similar to the final version. That's when I realized something about how I work.
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    19→I *need* to have the beginning and the end. I cannot start working on a story without those two components. Later, it became clear that I also needed a third: a constraint. This wasn't obvious immediately because, by chance, It Follows' first chapter has a strong built-in constraint, the curse's rules. This wasn't the case with the next story, where I have the end and the beginning, but not the constraint.
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    21→The constraint is important because when you have the beginning and the end, you want to logically fill the middle so that one thing leads to another. It's easier to do that with a constraint than without one. More importantly, the constraint should be thematically sound with whatever the story implies. In It Follows' case, the curse's frules, combined with how the character goes from follower to followed and how that flips again at the end, turned out to be both thematically coherent and generative. In my next story, there's no obvious constraint yet that follows thematically from the beginning and informs the end in the same way, which is why I haven't started writing it yet.
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    23→But this explains why I suddenly saw a path forward with the whole series after I had the dream. It wasn't clear why at the time, because I didn't know I needed these elements, but once the beginning was in place, suddenly the whole series was locked in.
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    25→<br>
    26→
    27→The same was true for It Follows. Once I had those three elements, filling the middle was easy. Well, perhaps not easy, but logical. I tried a bunch of different middle ideas and eventually, unfortunately, landed on the concept of what I internally called the "grindr descent." Unfortunate because I didn't really set out to write porn. But I had this ending I thought was really good, I had this beginning I thought was really good, and I'm practicing so I can bring this seven-part vision that was sent to me by God to life. To shy away from writing this story because it's icky would be wrong.
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    29→I knew I wanted the story to have a downwards arc from the beginning, because this story is also practice for story one of the seven-part series. That story will have similar downwards motion (without the sex), so using It Follows as practice for that general structure made sense.
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Web search results for query: "Earclacks weapon ball roster all characters abilities 2024 2025"

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Based on my search, here's what I found about **Earclacks Weapon Ball**:

## Overview
Earclacks is the official hub for the Earclacks phenomenon, featuring viral Weapon Ball videos and an upcoming physics battle game.(no content)Balls are the main characters of these games; they make up every Gamemode.

## Character Roster
The game features a diverse array of 15 weaponized balls, each with unique abilities and attributes, including the newly added Lance. The weapon ball roster includes:

- **Unarmed 👊** (Note: Unarmed and Boots are officially considered the same ball according to Earclacks themselves)
- **Sword 🗡️**
- **Shield 🛡️**
- **Spear 🔱**
- **Dagger 🗡️**
- **Bow 🏹**
- **Katana ⛩️**
- **Scythe 🌾**
- **Wrench 🔧**
- **Hammer 🔨**
- **Staff 🧹**
- **Scepter ⚜️**
- **Shuriken ⭐️**
- **Flask 🧪**
- **Lance 🍢**

A tier list template exists for ranking every ball by how powerful they are in Earclack's weapon ball series, with 52 images (as of October 2025).(no content)A December 2025 tier list includes block breaker crossovers and contains 23 images.

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# Weapon Balls - Complete List

## 1. **Sword**

- **Color:** Pinkish red (#ff6464)
- **Mechanic:** "Increases damage by 1 every hit"
- **Super:** Rotates "twice as fast at 2 rotations per minute"

## 2. **Dagger**

- **Color:** Lime (#02fc02)
- **Mechanic:** "Increases rotation speed every hit"
- **Super:** "Dagger size is multiplied by 5"

## 3. **Spear**

- **Color:** Cyan (#00feff)
- **Mechanic:** "Increases length and damage by 0.5 every hit"
- **Super:** Not yet released

## 4. **Bow**

- **Color:** Yellow (#ffff02)
- **Mechanic:** Releases arrows based on arrow count; "increases bow count by 1 every hit"
- **Super:** "Shoots 2 arrows at slightly different angles"

## 5. **Scythe**

- **Color:** Purple (#ab58fd)
- **Mechanic:** "Increases poison by 1 every hit"
- **Super:** "Has 2 scythes both on opposite sides"

## 6. **Shield**

- **Color:** Brown/Pirate Gold (#b58101)
- **Mechanic:** Deflects projectiles and attacks; "gets wider every parry" and can copy abilities
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Web search results for query: "Earclacks weapon ball mechanics scaling damage rotation speed explained"

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Based on the search results, here's an explanation of **Earclacks Weapon Ball mechanics**, including scaling, damage, and rotation speed:

## Overview

Earclacks is a creator who produces satisfying physics simulation videos, and the community of fans named the concept in these videos "Weapon Ball."(no content)Each ball has their own unique way of fighting, whether it's range-based or melee-based.

## Damage Scaling Mechanics

Different weapon balls scale their damage in various ways:

- **Basic Damage Scaling:** Some weapons increase damage by 1 every hit.
- **Length + Damage:** Certain weapons increase length and damage by 0.5 every hit.
- **Speed-Based Damage:** Some increase max speed by 1 and deal more damage depending on their speed.
- **Fireballs:** Some weapons release fireballs that increase in damage and size by 0.5 every hit.

## Rotation Speed Mechanics

Some weapons increase rotation speed every hit. For weapons like Dagger:

Dagger starts with 100 health (like most other Weapon Balls) but does not rotate at a fixed speed. Instead, the ball starts at 10 attack speed (the default rotation speed), then, with every hit on its opponent, increases the attack speed by 3.75 (formerly 5, originally 10).(no content)Certain weapons increase max rotation speed by 1 every hit, accelerate to max rotation speed, and don't change their weapon's direction when parried/parrying. Their damage depends on rotation speed.

## Example: Unarmed Ball

Unarmed gains 0.5 speed and damage (and max speed) every hit. It deals more damage depending on the speed it's currently going at. Its speed will be increased whenever it bumps into something it can't damage (like a wall or turret).(no content)Super Unarmed is completely unaffected by gravity and takes much shorter to accelerate to max speed, allowing it to maintain its top speed for almost the entire time, massively increasing its damage potential in the long run.

## Other Unique Mechanics
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# Grimoire: Complete Ability Breakdown

## Basic Information
Grimoire is a Season 2 fighter appearing as a "lavender-greyish ball" wielding "a thick brown book filled with white pages and two gold stripes lining the front cover."

## Core Mechanic
**Minion Summoning**: Upon successfully hitting an opponent, Grimoire "will summon a smaller copy of the opponent with the same stats; however the copy's HP depends on Grimoire's minion HP stat."

**Scaling System**: The weapon "increases minion HP by 1 every time Grimoire lands an attack on the opponent," creating progressive strengthening of conjured duplicates.

## Critical Weaknesses

- Grimoire itself "cannot damage opponents in any way"—all offensive capability relies on summoned copies
- Minions experience "hyper-accelerate scaling," making early-game scalers like Lance or Scepter particularly dangerous matchups

## Strategic Strengths

- Minions serve as protective barriers
- Copies "can scale independently" and inherit opponent abilities
- Unlimited minion generation with no hard cap
- Minion teammates can receive healing from allied Scepter weapons, creating powerful synergies

## Super Form
**None exists**: Grimoire remains one of few weapons without a Super Form, alongside Spear, Shield, Scepter, Axe, Boomerang, and Flail.

## Notable Interaction
Against Shield, the matchup risks simulation crashes due to exponential minion multiplication without damage output.

# Katana - Detailed Breakdown

## Core Abilities

**Slash Mechanic**: Katana's primary ability involves "slashing through" opponents 4 times per second, dealing 1 damage multiplied by its slash counter value. The weapon maintains a "comparably slow" rotation speed, making it easily parried.

**Slash Counter System**: The character gains "+1 to its slash counter everytime it hits or parries an opponent." This counter directly scales damage output, allowing Katana to "always scale up, regardless of hitting or parrying."

## Super Form Mechanics

**Super Katana** transforms the fighter by providing "3 katanas at once, allowing for it to gain a significantly bigger hitbox." This enhancement enables "higher amounts of slashes than its normal form with much more ease," though no other mechanical changes occur.

## Key Weaknesses

- Slashes cannot stack, forcing Katana to wait between attack sequences
- Against unarmed opponents, Katana becomes "effectively a worse Sword" since its gimmick relies on parrying weapons

## Strengths

Once engaged with an opponent, they're "forced to take the full damage" throughout the entire slash sequence. The damage scaling mechanism ensures consistent progression through successful hits or defensive parries.

**Color**: Mint/Aquamarine (#82ffbb)

# Flask - Abilities and Mechanics Summary

## Core Abilities

Flask is a green ball that specializes in **area denial through hazardous liquid spills**. The fighter throws projectiles that create persistent damage zones.

## Projectile System

"Flask releases flasks every 2 seconds which go a decent distance forward before stopping and spilling 1 second later." These spills persist for 10 seconds or until Flask reaches its maximum limit of 3 simultaneous spills.

## Damage Scaling

The damage mechanics involve progressive intensity increases. "The Spills gain 0.2 damage per second every time a ball enters in a Spill." Additionally, "for every second that an opponent is within Flask's spills, they gain 0.2 more DPS."

This creates compounding damage over time, particularly effective in prolonged engagements.

## Super Form Enhancement

Super Flask dramatically accelerates output—"throwing flasks every 0.5 seconds" (4x faster) and doubling the spill capacity from 3 to 6, enabling broader arena coverage.

## Strategic Weaknesses

- DPS requires time to build momentum
- Relies entirely on projectiles with no direct combat capability
- Throws can miss targets
- Shield can reflect flasks and create counter-spills
- Ineffective in team battles due to limited spill area

Web search results for query: "Earclacks Bouncer Speedy Sticky ball abilities wiki"

Links: [{"title":"Speedy | Earclacks Fighting Wiki | Fandom","url":"https://earclacks-fighting.fandom.com/wiki/Speedy"},{"title":"Weapon Balls | Earclacks Fighting Wiki | Fandom","url":"https://earclacks-fighting.fandom.com/wiki/Weapon_Balls"},{"title":"Unarmed | Earclacks Fighting Wiki | Fandom","url":"https://earclacks-fighting.fandom.com/wiki/Unarmed"},{"title":"Infinity | Earclacks Fighting Wiki | Fandom","url":"https://earclacks-fighting.fandom.com/wiki/Infinity"},{"title":"Fibonacci | Earclacks Fighting Wiki | Fandom","url":"https://earclacks-fighting.fandom.com/wiki/Fibonacci"},{"title":"Block Breakers - Earclacks Wiki","url":"https://earclacks.miraheze.org/wiki/Block_Breakers"},{"title":"Block-Breaking Race | Earclacks Fighting Wiki | Fandom","url":"https://earclacks-fighting.fandom.com/wiki/Block-Breaking_Race"},{"title":"Characters | Earclacks Wiki | Fandom","url":"https://earclacks.fandom.com/wiki/Characters"},{"title":"Grower | Earclacks Fighting Wiki | Fandom","url":"https://earclacks-fighting.fandom.com/wiki/Grower"},{"title":"Earclacks Fighting Wiki | Fandom","url":"https://earclacks-fighting.fandom.com/wiki/Earclacks_Fighting_Wiki"}]

Based on the search results, here's information about ball abilities from the Earclacks Fighting Wiki:

## Speedy Ball
Every time it hits a block, average speed range increases by 10. For example, if Speedy hits a block when its speed range is 100-110, its speed range would now be 110-120. Speedy is not affected by any gravity.(no content)Speedy (also known as Speedy Ball) gets faster every bounce.

## Sticky Ball
Sticky (also known as Sticky Ball) gets stickier every bounce.(no content)Sticky gains 1 more stick level every hit, and sticks to blocks depending on stick level.

## Block Breakers Overview
The current list of Block Breaker Balls includes: Grower, Speedy, Duplicator, Gravitron, Sticky, Lazer, Slammy, Fibonacci, Golden Ratio, Splodey, Multiplier, Drilly, Centy, Infinity, and Orbital.(no content)Oftentimes in battles, two different balls are merged into one, which combines their unique abilities, and fight against another for added variety and chaos.

## Related Fusion - Stickynacci
Stickynacci increases stick level by 1 every block hit and increases damage according to the Fibonacci sequence after every sticking is finished.

**Note:** I didn't find specific information about a ball called "Bouncer" in the search results. The Earclacks Fighting Wiki covers various balls and game modes, but Bouncer may be listed under a different name or may not have a dedicated wiki page yet.


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1→# Earclacks Attribute Analysis
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     3→Complete breakdown of Earclacks weapon ball mechanics, extracted attributes, and extrapolations for Emoji Ball Battles.
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     7→## Part 1: Earclacks Roster with Mechanics
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     9→### Weapon Balls (Combat Mode)
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    11→| Ball | Scaling Trigger | What Scales | Amount | Special Mechanics |
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    13→| **Sword** | On hit | Damage | +1 | Super: 2x rotation speed |
    14→| **Dagger** | On hit | Rotation speed | +3.75 | Super: 5x size |
    15→| **Spear** | On hit | Length + Damage | +0.5 each | Extended reach |
    16→| **Bow** | On hit | Arrow count | +1 | Fires volley, then 1s cooldown. Super: dual rows |
    17→| **Scythe** | On hit | Poison power | +1 | DoT effect drains HP over time |
    18→| **Shield** | On parry/contact | Width | +0.1 | Reflects damage + abilities, can copy abilities |
    19→| **Scepter** | On hit | Lifesteal | +0.5 | Heals self on damage dealt |
    20→| **Unarmed** | On hit | Speed + Damage + Max Speed | +0.5 each | Damage scales with current speed. Wall bumps also increase speed. Super: no gravity, faster acceleration |
    21→| **Staff** | On hit | Fireball damage + size | +0.5 each | Releases fireballs. Super: fires two directions |
    22→| **Shuriken** | On hit | Bounce count | +1 | Throws bouncing projectiles. Super: 2x bounces, half cooldown |
    23→| **Wrench** | On hit | Turret spawned | 1 turret | Cannot deal direct damage. Super: 3-barrel turrets |
    24→| **Hammer** | On hit | Max rotation speed | +1 | Damage depends on rotation speed. Super: unparryable, always max speed |
    25→| **Katana** | On hit OR parry | Slash counter | +1 | Slashes 4x/sec dealing (counter) damage. Super: 3 katanas |
    26→| **Flask** | On enemy in spill | Spill DPS | +0.2/sec | Throws flasks creating 10s pools. Max 3 spills. Super: 4x throw rate, 6 max spills |
    27→| **Lance** | On hit | Joust damage | +2 | Jousts every 2-3s with invincibility + speed. Super: aims at opponents |
    28→| **Grimoire** | On hit | Minion HP | +1 | Summons enemy copies as minions. Cannot deal direct damage. |
    29→| **Axe** | On hit | Crit chance | +2% | Crit damage = crit chance % |
    30→| **Boomerang** | On hit | Boomerang damage | +2 | Throws boomerang every 3s |
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1→Title: Super Auto Pets mechanics
     2→Date: 2022/06/28 10:48
     3→Link: /posts/super_auto_pets_mechanics
     4→Tags: design
     5→Thumbnail: /posts/images/_super_auto_pets_logo.png
     6→
     7→# Super Auto Pets mechanics
     8→
     9→## Start
    10→
    11→I've been playing a lot of Super Auto Pets recently. I was kinda late to play it because last year when it came out I was quite auto battler fatigued, so I couldn't bring myself to try it.
    12→But I finally tried it like 2 months ago and have about 100 hours in it since then and I really really like it.
    13→
    14→This is a good place for me to write this post because my thoughts on it are freshest, and I've already gotten most analytical insights I'll get even though I'm going to keep playing it for 
    15→hundreds of hours more most likely. And this happens because there are diminishing returns to such insights, since I've learned the most from the first 100 hours and subsequent ones will each teach less.
    16→
    17→One example of this is that I distinctly remember the first ~10-20 hours of SAP feeling *alien* to me. I don't think I've ever played a game that had quite this combination of mechanics
    18→(and by mechanics I mean what each unit does, not the fact that it's an auto battler or that it has a rerolling shop) so they all felt very distinctly weird to me until it all started connecting.
    19→
    20→So I'm going to spend this post going over every unit in the game and generalizing the mechanics.
    21→SAP has a lot of unique and good ideas that are very easily transferable to any game that is built around a rerolling shop (like SNKRX, Brotato, Just King, Underlords, TFT, etc) so it's worth it to go through it thoroughly.
    22→
    23→## Tier 1
    24→
    25→[⬆️ Start](#start)  
    26→[1️⃣ Tier 1](#tier-1)  
    27→[2️⃣ Tier 2](#tier-2)  
    28→[3️⃣ Tier 3](#tier-3)  
    29→[4️⃣ Tier 4](#tier-4)  
    30→[6️⃣ Tier 6](#tier-6)  
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800→Technically there should be two different summon types, one for allies and one for enemies, but because summoning enemies seems kind of really specific to SAP I'm just not going to bother.
   801→
   802→### Shrimp
   803→
   804→![](https://i.imgur.com/vIkzV3h.png)  
   805→
   806→| Trigger | Description |
   807→| --- | --- |
   808→| `Ally sold` | `when an ally is sold` |
   809→| Ally summoned | when an ally is summoned |
   810→| Before attack | before the unit is about to attack |
   811→| Buy | when the unit is bought |
   812→| Consumes item | when the unit is given an item |
   813→| End turn | when the current turn (shop round) ends, but before battle |
   814→| Enemy summoned | when an enemy is summoned |
   815→| Enemy pushed | when an enemy is pushed |
   816→| Faint | when the unit dies |
   817→| Hurt | when the unit is hit |
   818→| Item bought | when an item is bought |
   819→| Level-up | when the unit levels up |
   820→| Sell | when the unit is sold |
   821→| Start of battle | when the battle starts |
   822→| Start of turn | when the turn (shop round) starts |
   823→| Upgrade shop tier | when the shop levels up |
   824→
   825→### Faint
   826→
   827→![](https://i.imgur.com/W0ug5Qn.png)  
   828→
   829→* Trigger: faint
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1600→### Tropical Fish
  1601→
  1602→![](https://i.imgur.com/aqNESpA.png)  
  1603→
  1604→* Trigger: end turn
  1605→* Effect: stat change
  1606→* Effect target: two adjacent allies
  1607→
  1608→
  1609→### Blobfish
  1610→
  1611→![](https://i.imgur.com/BLYryY7.png)  
  1612→
  1613→* Trigger: faint
  1614→* Effect: give experience
  1615→* Effect: stat change
  1616→* Effect target: 1 ally behind
  1617→
  1618→### Capybara
  1619→
  1620→![](https://i.imgur.com/qcmrvag.png)  
  1621→
  1622→| Trigger | Description |
  1623→| --- | --- |
  1624→| Ally ahead attacks | when an ally in front attacks |
  1625→| Ally ahead faints | when an ally in front faints |
  1626→| Ally bought | when any ally is bought |
  1627→| Ally consumes item | when an ally is given an item |
  1628→| Ally hurt | when any ally is hurt |
  1629→| Ally sold | when an ally is sold |
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User has answered your questions: "In the design doc, the player equips 4 items to their ball before each fight. Is the ball itself also an emoji (a face like 😀 or 😈) with its own base stats/abilities, or is the ball generic and ALL behavior comes from the 4 equipped items?"="The ball is a specific face emoji (smiles, etc), and it has its own stats and behaviors. There will be many of these balls, and the player will choose his (or multiple) in the draft phase.", "For weapon-type items (swords, hammers, etc.), should they be visually attached to the ball and swing/rotate like in Earclacks videos, or are they more abstract 'equipped effects' without persistent visuals?"="The weapons themselves (usually one) will be visual. If I can make the rest of the loadout visual I'll also try to, but the weapon is the only one that will have direct physical effect, at least that's my idea so far. If during implementation I notice that attaching the entire loadout to the ball looks cool, I might try to make some of them also have physical effects. But by default, you should assume the only things that collide are the ball and the weapon rotating around it.", "Can a ball equip multiple of the same item, or is each item unique (only one copy active at a time)?"="Can equip multiple, except for weapons, unless it's a class or there's an item that allows for that.". You can now continue with the user's answers in mind.

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1→# Emoji Ball Battles: Item & Class Design
     2→
     3→Design document for ball classes, weapons, and items supporting 5 core archetypes.
     4→
     5→---
     6→
     7→## Target Archetypes
     8→
     9→| # | Archetype | Fantasy | End-Game Vision |
    10→|---|-----------|---------|-----------------|
    11→| 1 | **The Blender** | Rotation speed, close-range shred | Ball covered in spinning weapons, anything nearby gets shredded instantly |
    12→| 2 | **The Artillery** | Projectiles, ranged spam | Screen filled with bullets/arrows, enemy pelted from all angles |
    13→| 3 | **The Rampage** | Exponential scaling | Starts weak, becomes unstoppable god after enough hits |
    14→| 4 | **The Wall** | Unkillable tank | Massive HP, regenerating shield, enemy can't kill it fast enough |
    15→| 5 | **The Berserker** | Risk/reward, low HP power | Near-death ball dealing 10x damage, clutch victories |
    16→
    17→---
    18→
    19→## Design Principles
    20→
    21→1. **One core identity per ball class** — Simple to understand, complex in execution
    22→2. **Items enhance, not replace** — Items should amplify what the ball already does
    23→3. **Clear scaling paths** — Player should see how their build gets "broken"
    24→4. **Cross-archetype synergies** — Some items bridge archetypes for creative builds
    25→5. **SAP design language** — Preserve emoji associations where sensible (🍎 = stats, 🧄 = armor, etc.)
    26→6. **Physical first** — Weapons are the primary damage source via physics collision
    27→
    28→---
    29→
    30→## Part 1: Ball Classes (Face Emojis)
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358:#### 💢 Anger Symbol (as item)
589:#### 💀 Skull (as item)
690:- 💢 Anger Symbol (+damage per % HP missing)

685:### The Berserker Example Build
686-
687-**Ball Class:** 😡 Rage (damage scales with missing HP)
688-**Weapon:** 🪓 Axe (slow, high damage, +crit damage)
689-**Items:**
690-- 💢 Anger Symbol (+damage per % HP missing)
691-- 💔 Broken Heart (massive boost below 30% HP)
692-- 💊 Pill (survive lethal at 1 HP)
693-- 💥 Collision (+damage from impact velocity)
694-
695-**End-game fantasy:** Gets hit down to 1 HP, triggers all low-HP bonuses, becomes a glass cannon dealing 10x damage with massive crits.

515:### Utility Items
516-
517-#### 🍬 Candy
518-**Effect:** Increased item effect stacking (diminishing returns reduced)
519-**Synergy:** Multi-stack builds
520-
521-#### 🎀 Ribbon
522-**Effect:** +evolution XP gain
523-**Synergy:** Evolution-focused runs
524-
525-#### 🪝 Hook
526-**Effect:** Slightly pull enemy toward you constantly
527-**Synergy:** Blender (close range)
528-
529-#### 🪶 Feather
530-**Effect:** Reduced gravity (float more)
531-**Synergy:** Aerial control
532-
533-#### ⚖️ Balance Scale
534-**Effect:** Balance HP with enemy at fight start (average)
535-**Synergy:** Against high-HP enemies
536-
537-#### 🔮 Crystal Ball
538-**Effect:** See opponent's items before loadout selection
539-**Synergy:** Strategic counter-picking (Oracle-style)
540-
541-#### 🎱 8-Ball
542-**Effect:** +luck (affects all random rolls positively)
543-**Synergy:** Random-effect builds
544-
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557:#### 🔔 Bell
558-**Effect:** On-hit effects have chance to trigger on being hit too
559-**Synergy:** Thorns/reactive builds
560-

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733:**Total: 18 ball classes, 18 weapons, 72 items = 108 emojis**

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1→# CLAUDE.md
     2→
     3→Guidelines for Claude Code instances working on Emoji Ball Battles.
     4→
     5→---
     6→
     7→## Engine vs Game
     8→
     9→**Engine** — C code in `anchor/engine/src/anchor.c` exposing functions to Lua  
    10→**Game** — YueScript code using the engine to build games  
    11→**Engine Mode** — when modifying anchor.c or engine behavior  
    12→**Game Mode** — when writing gameplay code in YueScript  
    13→
    14→This is a **Game** repository. For Engine Mode, work from the Anchor repository (`E:/a327ex/Anchor/`).
    15→
    16→---
    17→
    18→## Engine Documentation
    19→
    20→The engine lives in `anchor/` (submodule). Key docs:
    21→- `anchor/docs/ENGINE_API_QUICK.md` — function signatures
    22→- `anchor/docs/ENGINE_API.md` — detailed API with examples
    23→- `anchor/docs/ANCHOR_CONTEXT_BRIEF.md` — design reasoning
    24→
    25→---
    26→
    27→## Engine Wants
    28→
    29→When you encounter something that would require an engine change (new C function, API modification, etc.) but isn't blocking current work, add it to `docs/ENGINE_WANTS.md` instead of switching to Engine Mode. These get batched and tackled in dedicated Engine Mode sessions.
    30→
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1→---
     2→name: end-session
     3→description: End the current session. Converts transcript to markdown, writes summary, syncs files, commits, and pushes to GitHub and Blot.
     4→---
     5→
     6→# End Session Workflow
     7→
     8→When the user invokes this skill, follow these steps exactly. Complete all steps before the final push.
     9→
    10→## Step 1: Get Session Title
    11→
    12→Ask the user for a session title (max 30 characters). Examples: "Anchor Phase 10 Part 5", "Windows Setup", "Timer System Fix"
    13→
    14→## Step 2: Find and Convert Transcript
    15→
    16→```bash
    17→# Find the two most recent transcripts (current session + previous session to summarize)
    18→ls -t ~/.claude/projects/E--a327ex-Anchor/*.jsonl | grep -v agent | head -2
    19→
    20→# The SECOND file is the session to summarize (the first is this current end-session conversation)
    21→# Convert to markdown (use lowercase hyphenated slug)
    22→python E:/a327ex/Anchor/scripts/jsonl-to-markdown.py [SECOND_JSONL_PATH] E:/a327ex/Anchor/website/logs/[slug].md
    23→```
    24→
    25→**Note:** When running this skill in a fresh session, the most recent transcript is the current end-session conversation. The second most recent is the actual work session to summarize.
    26→
    27→## Step 3: Read the Full Log (CRITICAL)
    28→
    29→The log is often too large to read in one pass. You MUST read it systematically:
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     4→
     5→---
     6→
     7→## Engine vs Game
     8→
     9→**Engine** — C code in `anchor/engine/src/anchor.c` exposing functions to Lua
    10→**Game** — YueScript code using the engine to build games
    11→**Engine Mode** — when modifying anchor.c or engine behavior
    12→**Game Mode** — when writing gameplay code in YueScript
    13→
    14→This is a **Game** repository. For Engine Mode, work from the Anchor repository (`E:/a327ex/Anchor/`).
    15→
    16→---
    17→
    18→## Engine Documentation
    19→
    20→The engine lives in `anchor/` (submodule). Key docs:
    21→- `anchor/docs/ENGINE_API_QUICK.md` — function signatures
    22→- `anchor/docs/ENGINE_API.md` — detailed API with examples
    23→- `anchor/docs/FRAMEWORK_API_QUICK.md` — framework class signatures
    24→- `anchor/docs/FRAMEWORK_API.md` — detailed framework documentation
    25→- `anchor/docs/ANCHOR_CONTEXT_BRIEF.md` — design reasoning
    26→
    27→---
    28→
    29→## Game Design Documents
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1→---
     2→name: end-session
     3→description: End the current session. Converts transcript to markdown, writes summary, syncs files, commits, and pushes to GitHub and Blot.
     4→---
     5→
     6→# End Session Workflow
     7→
     8→When the user invokes this skill, follow these steps exactly. Complete all steps before the final push.
     9→
    10→## Step 1: Get Session Title
    11→
    12→Ask the user for a session title (max 30 characters). Examples: "Anchor Phase 10 Part 5", "Windows Setup", "Timer System Fix"
    13→
    14→## Step 2: Find and Convert Transcript
    15→
    16→```bash
    17→# Find the two most recent transcripts (current session + previous session to summarize)
    18→ls -t ~/.claude/projects/E--a327ex-Anchor/*.jsonl | grep -v agent | head -2
    19→
    20→# The SECOND file is the session to summarize (the first is this current end-session conversation)
    21→# Convert to markdown (use lowercase hyphenated slug)
    22→python E:/a327ex/Anchor/scripts/jsonl-to-markdown.py [SECOND_JSONL_PATH] E:/a327ex/Anchor/website/logs/[slug].md
    23→```
    24→
    25→**Note:** When running this skill in a fresh session, the most recent transcript is the current end-session conversation. The second most recent is the actual work session to summarize.
    26→
    27→## Step 3: Read the Full Log (CRITICAL)
    28→
    29→The log is often too large to read in one pass. You MUST read it systematically:
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     4→---
     5→
     6→# End Session Workflow
     7→
     8→When the user invokes this skill, follow these steps exactly. Complete all steps before the final push.
     9→
    10→## Step 1: Get Session Title
    11→
    12→Ask the user for a session title (max 30 characters). Examples: "Anchor Phase 10 Part 5", "Windows Setup", "Timer System Fix"
    13→
    14→## Step 2: Find and Convert Transcript
    15→
    16→```bash
    17→# Find the two most recent transcripts (current session + previous session to summarize)
    18→ls -t ~/.claude/projects/E--a327ex-Anchor/*.jsonl | grep -v agent | head -2
    19→
    20→# The SECOND file is the session to summarize (the first is this current end-session conversation)
    21→# Convert to markdown directly to Blot folder (use lowercase hyphenated slug)
    22→python E:/a327ex/Anchor/scripts/jsonl-to-markdown.py [SECOND_JSONL_PATH] E:/a327ex/anchor.blot.im/logs/[slug].md
    23→```
    24→
    25→**Note:** When running this skill in a fresh session, the most recent transcript is the current end-session conversation. The second most recent is the actual work session to summarize.
    26→
    27→## Step 3: Read the Full Log (CRITICAL)
    28→
    29→The log is often too large to read in one pass. You MUST read it systematically:
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1→# CLAUDE.md
     2→
     3→Guidelines for Claude Code instances working on the Anchor engine.
     4→
     5→---
     6→
     7→## Engine vs Game vs Framework
     8→
     9→**Engine** — C code in `engine/src/anchor.c` exposing functions to Lua
    10→**Game** — YueScript code using the engine to build games
    11→**Framework** — YueScript framework classes in `Anchor/framework/anchor/` (object.yue, init.yue, etc.)
    12→
    13→**Engine Mode** — when modifying anchor.c or engine behavior
    14→**Game Mode** — when writing gameplay code in YueScript (from a game's repository)  
    15→**Framework Mode** — when editing the YueScript framework classes in `Anchor/framework/anchor/`
    16→
    17→This is the **Engine** and **Framework** repository. For Game Mode, work from a game's repository (e.g., `emoji-ball-battles/`).
    18→
    19→---
    20→
    21→## Read First
    22→
    23→**Source of truth:** `engine/src/anchor.c` — the complete engine implementation (~7000 lines, single file).
    24→
    25→**Engine API:**
    26→- `docs/ENGINE_API_QUICK.md` — compact function signatures, one per line (for quick lookup)
    27→- `docs/ENGINE_API.md` — detailed documentation with examples for every function
    28→
    29→**Framework API:**
    30→- `docs/FRAMEWORK_API_QUICK.md` — compact function signatures for YueScript framework classes
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1→---
     2→name: end-session
     3→description: End the current session. Converts transcript to markdown, writes summary, commits, and pushes to GitHub.
     4→---
     5→
     6→# End Session Workflow
     7→
     8→When the user invokes this skill, follow these steps exactly. Complete all steps before the final push.
     9→
    10→## Step 1: Get Session Title
    11→
    12→Ask the user for a session title (max 30 characters). Examples: "Physics Arena Setup", "Blender Build Test", "Item System Start"
    13→
    14→## Step 2: Find and Convert Transcript
    15→
    16→```bash
    17→# Find the two most recent transcripts (current session + previous session to summarize)
    18→ls -t ~/.claude/projects/E--a327ex-emoji-ball-battles/*.jsonl | grep -v agent | head -2
    19→
    20→# The SECOND file is the session to summarize (the first is this current end-session conversation)
    21→# Convert to markdown (use lowercase hyphenated slug)
    22→python E:/a327ex/Anchor/scripts/jsonl-to-markdown.py [SECOND_JSONL_PATH] E:/a327ex/emoji-ball-battles/logs/[slug].md
    23→```
    24→
    25→**Note:** When running this skill in a fresh session, the most recent transcript is the current end-session conversation. The second most recent is the actual work session to summarize.
    26→
    27→## Step 3: Read the Full Log (CRITICAL)
    28→
    29→The log is often too large to read in one pass. You MUST read it systematically:
    30→
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     1→---
     2→name: end-session
     3→description: End the current session. Converts transcript to markdown, writes summary, commits, and pushes to GitHub and Blot.
     4→---
     5→
     6→# End Session Workflow
     7→
     8→When the user invokes this skill, follow these steps exactly. Complete all steps before the final push.
     9→
    10→## Step 1: Get Session Title
    11→
    12→Ask the user for a session title (max 30 characters). Examples: "Physics Arena Setup", "Blender Build Test", "Item System Start"
    13→
    14→## Step 2: Find and Convert Transcript
    15→
    16→```bash
    17→# Find the two most recent transcripts (current session + previous session to summarize)
    18→ls -t ~/.claude/projects/E--a327ex-emoji-ball-battles/*.jsonl | grep -v agent | head -2
    19→
    20→# The SECOND file is the session to summarize (the first is this current end-session conversation)
    21→# Convert to markdown directly to Blot folder (use lowercase hyphenated slug)
    22→python E:/a327ex/Anchor/scripts/jsonl-to-markdown.py [SECOND_JSONL_PATH] E:/a327ex/anchor.blot.im/logs/[slug].md
    23→```
    24→
    25→**Note:** When running this skill in a fresh session, the most recent transcript is the current end-session conversation. The second most recent is the actual work session to summarize.
    26→
    27→## Step 3: Read the Full Log (CRITICAL)
    28→
    29→The log is often too large to read in one pass. You MUST read it systematically:
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1→By default, Claude Code automatically deletes local session files (the `.jsonl` files in `~/.claude/projects/`) that are older than 30 days. This happens silently on startup. Many users — and even Claude itself — assume local files persist indefinitely. This post documents the issue and the fix: adding `"cleanupPeriodDays": 99999` to your `~/.claude/settings.json`.
     2→
     3→---
     4→
     5→> Hi, Claude. Does session history automatically gets deleted after 30 days?
     6→
     7→<details>
     8→<summary><code>Task (Check session history retention)</code></summary>
     9→
    10→<pre><code>[
    11→  {
    12→    "type": "text",
    13→    "text": "Based on the official Claude Code documentation, here's what you need to know about session history retention:\n\n## Session History Retention Policy\n\n**Yes, session history is automatically deleted, but the timeline depends on your account type:**\n\n**Consumer users (Free, Pro, Max plans):**\n- If you allow data use for model improvement: 5-year retention period\n- If you don't allow data use for model improvement: **30-day retention period**\n\n**Commercial users (Team, Enterprise, API):**\n- Standard: **30-day retention period**\n- Zero data retention: Available with appropriately configured API keys (no server-side storage)\n- Local caching: Your Claude Code client may cache sessions locally for up to 30 days for session resumption (configurable)\n\n## Key Points\n\n1. **30-day automatic deletion** is the default for most users who don't opt into data improvement or who are commercial users\n2. You can change your privacy settings at any time at [claude.ai/settings/data-privacy-controls](https://claude.ai/settings/data-privacy-controls)\n3. **Local session files** stored on your machine (like the `.claude/projects/` directory) are separate from cloud retention and aren't automatically deleted\n4. If you use the `/bug` command to send feedback, that transcript is retained for 5 years\n\nSince your setup logs session timestamps to `.claude/session-timestamps.log`, you might also want to periodically clean up old local session JSONL files if you want to manage your own storage."
    14→  },
    15→  {
    16→    "type": "text",
    17→    "text": "agentId: a9ea7ec (for resuming to continue this agent's work if needed)"
    18→  }
    19→]</code></pre>
    20→
    21→</details>
    22→
    23→Yes, session history is automatically deleted, but the exact timeline depends on your account type and privacy settings:
    24→
    25→**Consumer users (Free, Pro, Max):**
    26→- 30 days if you've opted out of data use for model improvement
    27→- 5 years if you allow data use for model improvement
    28→
    29→**Commercial users (Team, Enterprise, API):**
    30→- 30 days is the standard retention period
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