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[POGO] pogobert, The Eternally Bounding

He doesn't actually come with the pogo stick, sorry.

Are you tired of walking? Does another second thinking of playing neutral make you weak in the knees?
If your answer to these or any similar questions is "No," do I have a product to force on you anyway.

This is pogobert, an experiment I thought of and coded in a few days to turn Rivals of Aether into neighboring Indie-focused Pixel-based Platform Fighter, Indie Pogo! In that game, you're spending most of your time jumping and the rest getting stuck in a pit because you can't get the guy above you out of your hair.

If you need instructions on how to use pogobert, check out the words below.

= = THE BASICS OF pogobert = =

pogobert is The Eternally Bounding. so much so, that he'll almost always be ready to jump when on the ground.
If you do nothing, pogobert will Jump, over and over. He's a good jumper, if not floaty.

But other than letting pogobert bounce, you can do a few things;
-Hold DOWN or SHIELD to go prone. This lets you stay on the ground and evaluate the situation.
-While prone, press LEFT or RIGHT to start rolling! This tactical maneuver can get you across the ground fast.
-While rolling, you can press ATTACK or JUMP to do a Parkour Attack! This is a hefty burst option.
-You can also hold SPECIAL to do a Charge Attack! It's basically a ground-only special move. For pogobert, it's just Up Strong.

In the air, there's a lot more you can do! Such as the basics;
-Press ATTACK to do either a Up Melee, Side Melee or Down Melee. Neutral and Back don't exist, you'll just do Side.
-Press SPECIAL to do all the special moves you'd be familiar with. Neutral, Up, Side and Down are all here!
-And of course, you can Taunt.

You can also do;

= = THE GIMMICKS OF pogobert = =

-Pogo
While falling, you have a natural hitbox below you. Hit someone with it and you'll Pogo off them! Hence the name. Landing a Pogo will give you all your aerial maneuvers back. You'll even have the natural hitbox while in Pratfall!

-Grab n' Toss
pogobert's Airdodge isn't like other Rivals. If you Airdodge into someone, you'll grab them automatically! While holding someone, you can press and hold the ATTACK button to charge up a throw which you can aim in whatever direction you want.
You can also grab an opponent by pressing SHIELD while in the hitlag of Pogo-ing someone. It's always good to be crafty.

-Parkour (on Walls)
pogobert is able to cling to walls as long (and as many times) as he wants, but he'll slowly descend. Leaving the wall will cause pogobert to do the same Parkour Attack that you'd do while rolling on the ground.

-HP Mode
pogobert doesn't quite know what game he's supposed to be in. Because of this, he accidentally brought a Stamina system with him. If your % reaches over 100, you'll evaporate instantly. Whoops!

-POGO Combos and GEM Power
While you're grooving in the air, you may see a POGO counter appear above your head. That's your Combo meter! If you rack up a combo and reach the ground safely, you'll cash it in for GEMS. pogobert, ever resourceful, always starts a match with 2 GEMS in his pocket.

If you're holding onto 5 or more gems at a time, you'll be glowing red. At that point, press the STRONG button at any time while in the air (and we do mean any time, even in the middle of other attacks) to use your SUPER! For pogobert, it's just Sandbert's Up Special. He's not very good at doing it himself, but GEM power lets him let loose.

= = OTHER THINGS ABOUT pogobert = =

pogobert is kinda heliumish. He's a heavy sort, but is very floaty especially when hit. This makes pogobert combo food for other, wild pogobert.

and here's where i drop the uppercase!
pogobert himself isn't really balanced at all (well i nerfed up special) to fit the Indie Pogo playstyle, this is just kindof sandbert but rewired, so if you want to make your own Pogo character (for whatever, unholy reason) here's some things you should know.

-in indie pogo the usual HP value is like 50, but for pogobert it's 100 to make him not explode when fighting the rivals cast. so try not to make moves too weak
-knockback growth is probably something you should avoid, it's an HP-based game after all. don't you want fun death combos
-i have absolutely 0 clue how similar this actually plays to Indie Pogo as it runs very very bad on my laptop but Indie Pogo enthusiasts have said that pogobert Looks Like Indie Pogo so that's a W for me.
-i put a lot of notes in the gml files of things you can/shouldn't touch but at the same time don't let them stop you. i have genuinely no clue what i'm doing, and there's probably 10 billion better ways to code all of this to make it an actual comfortable and polished template like SSL. but i'm just me, so here's my work. i probably won't be updating this unless something horrible is found but if you want to make a more polished template, hit me up ! i'm in the rivals extended workshop discord.
-if you make a pogo character and it's polished and fun, i'll give you a kiss. because i love you

that's about everything i think
have fun
-the frogtaro guy, Bedoop!