Gimped Hero Games

Living Worlds • Crafted by Underdogs • Built with Love

Our Vision

To design living worlds, crafted with love by underdogs, filled with conflict and soul, telling timeless stories that emerge uniquely from every patron's choices

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Current Project: ManaBat

An isometric action RPG where elemental magic meets procedural storytelling

What is ManaBat?

A love-letter mashup inspired by Secret of Mana, Dynasty Warriors, and Kingdom Under Fire. Command elemental companions in epic battles while your choices echo across a living, procedural world spanning 1000 in-game years.

▸ Deep weapon combat with 8 unique elemental companions
▸ Dynamic magic system with combined elemental abilities
▸ Living procedural world where NPCs evolve across generations
▸ Epic endgame: defend against the army of chaos

Development Status

Overall Progress: 62–67% Complete

Updated: Week of May 24–31, 2026

Weapons System 80-85%

3 weapon types (Dual Wield, Staff, Sword & Board) with full animation chains — light/heavy attacks, idles, blocks, parries, dodges. Target lock-on, block/dodge reactions, floating damage numbers (per-element colors).

Elemental Abilities 75-80%

7 core elements + combos via Scriptable Objects. Momentum/attunement, status effects (Confuse/Blind), environment modifiers, UI (icons + momentum bar).

World Generation 82-87% ⬆️

Phases 1–5 complete. Water polished: sawtooth smoothing, surface-inset coupling, per-vertex flow data, ocean/river split into separate materials + shaders. Legacy systems removed (HydrologyPass, HydraulicErosionPass). Phase 6 underway: multi-chamber cave generation live, entrance spline system in progress (cliff/floor candidate scan → spline pairs around obstacles → terrain mesh merge next).

Enemies 15-25%

Basic scaffolding + damage/collision fixes. AI modularity in progress.

Next Up: Cave entrance spline pass debugging, surface terrain punch-through & mesh merge, then biome asset integration

🎯 Target: Combat Prototype complete & playtest-ready by June 2026