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Soma Cruz
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Soma Cruz

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The newest incarnation of Dracula joins Rivals! Soma Cruz from the Castlevania series is here!

With his ability to utilize the souls of the monsters he defeats, Soma has a lot of options in combat. He has two separate sets of specials that can be switched between using Soma's DSpecial.

Most sprites are from Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow.
Character select portrait, victory background, preview image art, and BAir and UAir animations made by Dors, rapier sprite from Castlevania: Symphony of the Night, and small icon from Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow.

As of now, all of Soma's animations are present, though some things may end up still having some jank to work out. Pallete swaps are present, most of which referencing other characters from Aria of Sorrow and Dawn of Sorrow, but they also affect some of the weapons and effects, an unavoidable side effect.
I'm also open to further feedback.

Special thanks to Dors for the sprites mentioned above, feedback, and just generally being a great dude, as well as the Rivals of Aether Discord server for technical help.
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mio nichijou 12 Jul, 2020 @ 10:48am 
Best of luck to you, my guy

I really wish I could help, but I don't know shit about coding a character
gsgoat  [author] 12 Jul, 2020 @ 7:01am 
I've seen a lot of feedback on the character. I feel like Soma would need to be reworked from the ground up to truly work. Of course, this iteration will still get patched, including balance changes and some support for other mods, but I won't be working on reworking Soma right now. Heck, I don't even know if I'll ever do it because i'm a lazy frick because I might not ever really be motivated to. But it is certainly something that may be on my mind in the future.
gsgoat  [author] 18 Jun, 2020 @ 1:21pm 
Oh, cool! If I continue to update this character (which seems to be necessary), I'll see if I can do something with that, and possibly other interactions, like Kirby's copy ability
Captian Close 18 Jun, 2020 @ 1:08pm 
Salameder is talking about the newest one by Harbige12. It is a boss fight against Dracula that you can have custom dialogue for your characters at the start of it, and he's wondering if you'll give Soma something to say to him.
gsgoat  [author] 18 Jun, 2020 @ 12:44pm 
(also i wish i could respond to specific comments)
gsgoat  [author] 18 Jun, 2020 @ 12:43pm 
@Salamender Which one?

@GodSlayerFenrir Wow, that's a lot. Some of the things involving Soma's height are unfixable with his current sprites, but I'm considering unique sprites. However, I might not be skilled enough in pixel art right now and I don't want to give the burden to Dors, so things might not happen. I'll try to fix these complaints.
And about the art, Dors has seen what has been said about the art. He hasn't really said anything other than that.
JRetrioX 18 Jun, 2020 @ 7:02am 
Uh dude his thumb is backwards
Monika 18 Jun, 2020 @ 6:22am 
That art needs updating, it's all wrong.
Salamender 17 Jun, 2020 @ 9:38pm 
Do you plan on added support with the Dracula boss stage
GodSlayerFenrir 17 Jun, 2020 @ 3:47pm 
Originally, i wrote another comment, but steam is informing me that it's far too long. so, tl;dr: He's too tall and his jab flies over the heads of many characters as well as inflating his hurtbox. Side smash is too slow, and basically unusable on top of being unrewarding. Up/down smash are too fast and basically unpunishable. He basically has 4 different recovery moves (giant bat moves + whirlwind + dummy teleport) and the dummy is too slow for anything but a recovery. Fireball stays out way too long and is irritating as hell to deal with. His moves don't flow well, and he doesn't feel rewarding to play. I like the concept but the character needs work. Also the art makes it look like Soma's neck got snapped backwards and he can now look down at his shoulder blades.