Chopper

Player experience

Heavy duty, blood red. The heaviest of the basic rifles, an LMG with slow fire and heavy knockback. Hold the trigger and the belt feeds itself. Slugs crack apart on impact. Tracers punch through. A kill collapses nearby enemies into the corpse.

Product goal

Chopper is the automatic for when the horde is too heavy to spray down. The knockback keeps them off you, and the upgrades reward staying on the trigger. Its late-round viability is mass and crowd collapse. The heal stays on Stream.

Upgrades

API Tracer. Every few slugs, a heavier tracer punches through with more size, damage, and pierce.
Belt Feed. Slugs cost less energy, and the gun steadies as it ranks. Kills refund energy. Sustained fire triggers a free Overfeed burst.
Cracker Round. Slugs shatter on impact into fragments that crack again. At the top rank, splinter kills spray micro-shards.
Shock Collapse. A kill pulls nearby enemies into the corpse.

Open

Chopper is lacking a bit in terms of power fantasy / visual identity. We could move the heal effect to Chopper and make it a vampiric LMG. Stream would remain powerful thanks to the fire-red spread upgrades.

As built

Shop gate: round 4.

FireMode.HeavyStream.

Hold fire and the gauntlet emits heavy slugs. Each hit adds the weapon's knockback impulse along travel. A slug ends on range, pierce, or bounces.

Shop upgrades, all required on Chopper:

API Tracer — every few slugs fires a heavy tracer with extra size, damage, and pierce.
Belt Feed — slugs cost less energy and steady the gun as it ranks. Kills refund energy. Sustained fire triggers a free Overfeed burst.
Cracker Round — slugs shatter on impact into fragments that crack again into splinters. At max level, splinter kills spray micro-shards.
Shock Collapse — kills pull nearby enemies toward the corpse.

Configuration

WeaponDefinition

Assets/Data/_AssetData/Addressables/Slumber/Chopper_WeaponDefinition.asset

_itemId: Chopper
_displayName: Chopper
_rarity: Common
_itemLevel: 1
_sellValue: 0
_icon: Assets/Art/DemonsDungeon/UI/GauntletIcons/Chopper.png
_fireMode: HeavyStream
_weaponId: Chopper
_maxEnergy: 100
_energyCostPerShot: 10
_rechargePerSecond: 100
_rechargeDelay: 0
_fireRate: 25
_damage: 500
_range: 85
_spread: 0.5
_hitMask: 16375
_projectileProfile: Assets/Data/_AssetData/Addressables/Slumber/Chopper_ProjectileProfile.asset
_heavyStreamConfig: Assets/Data/_AssetData/Addressables/Slumber/HeavyStreamConfig.asset
_shardVisual: Assets/Art/DemonsDungeon/Weapons/Gauntlet/Gem/Visuals/ShardVisual_Chopper.prefab
_fireSfxKey: weapon_fire

ProjectileProfileConfig

Assets/Data/_AssetData/Addressables/Slumber/Chopper_ProjectileProfile.asset

_speed: 35
_radius: 2.8
_wallRadius: 0.5
_pierceCount: 8
_maxBounces: 1

HeavyStreamConfig

Assets/Data/_AssetData/Addressables/Slumber/HeavyStreamConfig.asset

_knockbackImpulse: 6

StackableAbilityType

Assets/Data/_AssetData/Addressables/DeepForestLabs/Slumber/Rewards/Ability_Chopper_ApiTracer.asset

_abilityId: ApiTracer
_displayName: API Tracer
_description: Every few slugs fires a heavy tracer round with extra size, damage, and pierce.
_icon: Assets/Art/DemonsDungeon/UI/Mockups/selectIcon.png
_maxLevel: 5
_pointCostOverride: -1
_requiresSpell: false
_requiresWeapon: true
_requiredWeaponId: Chopper
_requiresAbilityLevel: false
_prerequisiteAbilityId: HealthRecharge
_prerequisiteLevel: 1

ApiTracerConfig

Assets/Data/_AssetData/Addressables/DeepForestLabs/Slumber/Rewards/ApiTracerConfig.asset

_shotInterval (5)
- [0]: 10
- [1]: 8
- [2]: 7
- [3]: 6
- [4]: 5
_radiusMultiplier: 2
_damageMultiplier: 1.5
_bonusPierce: 3
_puddleMinLevel: 1
_puddleRadius: 2.5
_puddleDuration: 2.5
_puddleDamagePercent: 0.15
_puddleTickInterval: 0.25
_splinterMinLevel: 1
_splinterCount: 3
_splinterDamageScale: 0.5
_splinterConeHalfAngle: 35
_splinterSpeed: 45
_splinterRange: 18
_splinterRadius: 1
_splinterPierce: 1

StackableAbilityType

Assets/Data/_AssetData/Addressables/DeepForestLabs/Slumber/Rewards/Ability_Chopper_BeltFeed.asset

_abilityId: BeltFeed
_displayName: Belt Feed
_description: Slugs cost less energy and steady the gun as it ranks up; kills refund energy, and sustained fire triggers a free Overfeed burst.
_icon: Assets/Art/DemonsDungeon/UI/Mockups/selectIcon.png
_maxLevel: 5
_pointCostOverride: -1
_requiresSpell: false
_requiresWeapon: true
_requiredWeaponId: Chopper
_requiresAbilityLevel: false
_prerequisiteAbilityId: HealthRecharge
_prerequisiteLevel: 1

BeltFeedConfig

Assets/Data/_AssetData/Addressables/DeepForestLabs/Slumber/Rewards/BeltFeedConfig.asset

_energyCostMultiplier (5)
- [0]: 0.92
- [1]: 0.84
- [2]: 0.76
- [3]: 0.68
- [4]: 0.6
_killEnergyRefundPercent (5)
- [0]: 0
- [1]: 0
- [2]: 0.04
- [3]: 0.05
- [4]: 0.06
_recoilMultiplier (5)
- [0]: 0.88
- [1]: 0.76
- [2]: 0.62
- [3]: 0.5
- [4]: 0.38
_overfeedRecoilMultiplier: 0.25
_overfeedThreshold: 20
_overfeedShots: 3
_overfeedDamageMultiplier: 1.25

StackableAbilityType

Assets/Data/_AssetData/Addressables/DeepForestLabs/Slumber/Rewards/Ability_Chopper_CrackerRound.asset

_abilityId: CrackerRound
_displayName: Cracker Round
_description: Slugs shatter on impact into fragments that crack again into splinters. Higher levels deepen the cascade; at max level splinter kills spray micro-shards.
_icon: Assets/Art/DemonsDungeon/UI/Mockups/selectIcon.png
_maxLevel: 5
_pointCostOverride: -1
_requiresSpell: false
_requiresWeapon: true
_requiredWeaponId: Chopper
_requiresAbilityLevel: false
_prerequisiteAbilityId: HealthRecharge
_prerequisiteLevel: 1

CrackerRoundConfig

Assets/Data/_AssetData/Addressables/DeepForestLabs/Slumber/Rewards/CrackerRoundConfig.asset

_fragmentCount (5)
- [0]: 3
- [1]: 3
- [2]: 4
- [3]: 5
- [4]: 6
_fragmentDamageScale (5)
- [0]: 0.675
- [1]: 0.72
- [2]: 0.75
- [3]: 0.78
- [4]: 0.825
_fragmentConeHalfAngle: 25
_fragmentSpeed: 45
_fragmentRange: 22
_fragmentRadius: 1.2
_fragmentPierce: 1
_splinterCount (5)
- [0]: 2
- [1]: 3
- [2]: 3
- [3]: 4
- [4]: 4
_splinterDamageScale (5)
- [0]: 0.525
- [1]: 0.525
- [2]: 0.57
- [3]: 0.57
- [4]: 0.6
_splinterConeHalfAngle: 30
_splinterSpeed: 42
_splinterRange: 14
_splinterRadius: 0.9
_splinterPierce: 1
_microMinLevel: 5
_microCount: 2
_microDamageScale: 0.45
_microConeHalfAngle: 40
_microSpeed: 40
_microRange: 12
_microRadius: 0.8

StackableAbilityType

Assets/Data/_AssetData/Addressables/DeepForestLabs/Slumber/Rewards/Ability_Chopper_ShockCollapse.asset

_abilityId: ShockCollapse
_displayName: Shock Collapse
_description: Kills pull nearby enemies toward the corpse, gathering packs for follow-up fire.
_icon: Assets/Art/DemonsDungeon/UI/Mockups/selectIcon.png
_maxLevel: 4
_pointCostOverride: -1
_requiresSpell: false
_requiresWeapon: true
_requiredWeaponId: Chopper
_requiresAbilityLevel: false
_prerequisiteAbilityId: HealthRecharge
_prerequisiteLevel: 1

ShockCollapseConfig

Assets/Data/_AssetData/Addressables/DeepForestLabs/Slumber/Rewards/ShockCollapseConfig.asset

_attractRadius (4)
- [0]: 3.5
- [1]: 4.5
- [2]: 5.5
- [3]: 6.5
_attractForce (4)
- [0]: 4
- [1]: 5
- [2]: 6
- [3]: 7
_attractTtl (4)
- [0]: 0.25
- [1]: 0.33
- [2]: 0.42
- [3]: 0.5