[WIP] early development

disclaimer:
The mod is designed for a casual signle player/coop experience, pvp balancing is non existant.
The mods code has been writen to large parts by Ai.
Ai has not been used for any other part of the process.

About Gestalten:

What is a Gestalt?

A Gestalt is an invasive soul you'll have to implant into a mob, harvest and awaken within yourself. After you successfully obtained a Gestalt, it acts as your own personal guardian and traversal tool. But the Gestalt is depending on your well being, if you as a host are too weak the Gestalt will not be able to manifest. Make sure to keep yourself well fed to provide the Gestalt with enough energy, otherwise they might crash out.

What do they do?

Your Gestalt will help you in combat, throwing punches and guarding you from foes. They will help you move around by throwing you, pulling you up the ledges and letting you slide down the walls.

Pickaxe broke? No problem your gestalt can be used to mine blocks, but not every Gestalt mines the same, check their STR stat.

Need to reach an item? Pressing G + R-click lets your Gestalt rip out your soul, enabeling you to reach a short distance away from your body. Your real body is vulnerable during this and you'll get snapped back when it is hit or your hunger gets too low. You can end this mode by either right clicking your body to exit normally or G + R-click again as an emergency exit. How far you can move away from your body is determined by your Gestalts RNG stat.

How do I get one?

To awaken your own Gestalt you need to inflict a mob with a dormant soul and harvest it. But first you will have to craft an empty Soul Vessel and use it on some soul fire to create a dormant soul inside it. Start by brushing some crying obsidian.

Info Screen and Player Guide

With Crouch + G you can open the Info Screen.

Here you will get a quick over view of your current Gestalt, its stats, available powers and what lvl they get unlocked at (the number on the powers button matches its unlock lvl).

Click the "?" button in the top right corner to see the players guide and read explanations for all basic systems and abilities all Gestalten share.

Controls:

every key has a crouch and r-click variant

G - to call and dismiss your awoken Gestalt. (crouch tap for info screen, hold for exp siphon)

Z - first power tier

X - second power tier

C - third power tier

(your available powers depend on your Gestalts lvl)

(rebindable in key config)

(The info screen shows unlocked skins and currently available powers by lvl, with tool tips)

Everything past this are minor spoilers, if you want to go in blind you have all the information you need already

Spoiler

How to get a Gestalt, exact process

Craft a brush > brush crying obsidian > cook the nether tear > combine the resonant powder with an amethyst on an anvil > use the empty soul vessel on any type of soul fire > use the fragile soul vessel on a mob > kill said mob > wait till the dormant Gestalt drained 15 lvls from you > Gestalt awakens

Gestalten currently in the mod - obtained through

Amen Break - Creeper

Spillways - Glowsquid

WIP

Planned:

Float Play - Ghast

Scorched Utopia - Zombie

Gestalt Skins

10 skins per gestalt

unlocking contitions:

1 - default

2 - 4 simple recolors available right away

5 biome - visit a gestalt specific biome

6 trial - loot a trial vault

7 penrose - pick up a chorus flower

8 warden - kill warden

9 glitch - have a gestalt crash out 50 times

10 - first time reaching gestalt lvl 15

Future plans:

planned are 6 Gestalten in total

0.4.0 - Spillways + HUD/Info Screen rework and set up

0.6.0 - Scorched Utopia/Float Play Done

0.7.0 - Ravanger + Piligers use their own Gestalt

0.8.0 - Iron Golem

1.0.0 - Polish

Update to new version somewhere along the line.

About the Mod:

The mod is designed in a way so you'll have to intentionally engage with it, I do not want to clutter your inventory with useless items you'll use once and never again. the only exception will be tutorial and lore documents you can find through archaeology. These documents can be disposed off by using them as fuel in a furnace (burns 3 items).

The first of these can be found in the bonus chest and in chests next to a ruined nether portals. This first document should give you a good idea of how to obtain and use your gestalt without reading the spoiler section.

Why did I make the mod?

I made this mostly for myself. I really like the concept of having a stand but I kinda don't need the JoJo flavor in minecraft. Few JoJo mods focus on the stand concept exclusively and are either outdated or add a whole bunch of random JoJo related items, I just simply wanted to create a more focused experience. IF you are not bothered by the JoJo flavor tho I can whole heartedly recommend the two mods Ripples of the Past and Roundabout the JoJo mod, they're honestly way more feature complete and vastly more refined than this is ever planned to be.

Contact

If you have feedback or problems with the mod, or want to yell at me for the use of ai, there's a discord link. The Mod's in early development so if you'd like something to change you can suggest it to me and I might consider it :)