Author: Mawral

  • Plusle & Minun

    Plusle & Minun

    Plusle and Minun are a Pokémon duo character, created in under 30 days for the ‘Another Modding Jam’ Rivals Workshop contest (May 2021). The character won 1st place out of 31 entries, and achieved 10,000 unique downloads in the first two weeks of release. This mod was a collaboration with THCGourami, who came up with…

  • RoA Workshop Guide – Recovery Guidelines

    RoA Workshop Guide – Recovery Guidelines

    Recovering in Rivals of aether has many differences to other platform fighters, due to its lack of ledges and reliance on wall-jumps and offense. Each character’s recovery stretches beyond just what their Up-Special can do, as they often incorporate all manner of specials, gimmicks and even normal attacks as they try to get to safety.…

  • On Tailoring Movesets For Rivals | Less Time Wasted

    On Tailoring Movesets For Rivals | Less Time Wasted

    It’s no secret that stalling and zoning characters are the ire of a lot of fighting game communities, and that has been no different in the Rivals Workshop scene. At the time of writing this post, I have created a defensive grappler-like character and a full projectile-based zoner, and co-created a character who is a…

  • Peacock

    Peacock

    This Rivals Of Aether Peacock mod was a collaboration with Notakin, who drew all of the animations. The goal was to reiterate on Notakin’s first attempt at a ‘Skullgirls’ character. We revised the design and rebuilt the character from scratch, tying together the most important elements of her zoner playstyle with Rivals of Aether’s focus…

  • RoA Workshop Guide – Explaining Hitboxes

    RoA Workshop Guide – Explaining Hitboxes

    Setting up hitboxes can be daunting when making a first workshop character. What’s more, many of the template characters have long, bloated lists which can make it difficult to figure out which ones you need to change. This guide will explain just the essential grid indexes, give a rough outline of the numbers you should…

  • Rivals Of Aether Workshop – List of Tools and Resources

    Rivals Of Aether Workshop – List of Tools and Resources

    Below is a list of software, tools, tutorials and information that can help you on your way to building a Rivals Workshop mod.

  • RoA Workshop Guide – Explaining Attack Windows

    RoA Workshop Guide – Explaining Attack Windows

     

  • Rivals of Aether Workshop: A Complete Starter Guide

    Rivals of Aether Workshop: A Complete Starter Guide

    Rivals of Aether hasn’t had any real guides or walkthroughs made since Workshop support debuted a year ago, so here’s an attempt to change that! The goal of this guide is to outline all of the technical aspects for creating a Workshop character, provide links to all the necessary tools and resources, and answer all…

  • RoA Workshop Guide – Making Intuitive Characters

    RoA Workshop Guide – Making Intuitive Characters

    Rivals’s Workshop has seen a huge number of ambitious mods and characters, many of them pushing the bounds of what can be achieved with the platform. Depending on the creator’s goals, the added complexity can either be a boon for their character’s appeal, or a hindrance for players trying to figure out their character, sometimes…

  • Patch Notes: Alpha 0.47

    Patch Notes: Alpha 0.47 Added the following Moves: Fire Spin, Infestation, Magma Storm. Happy spookday. Balance ‘Trapped’ status now additionally inflicts -1 Speed. Lovely Kiss: Accuracy 75% -> 70%. Belly Drum: Now subtracts a fixed -14 HP, previously -30% HP. Agility, Autotomize: Cooldown 2 -> 1. (Tentative. Rock Polish stays at Cooldown 2 for now.)…