Conduit

Player experience

The electricity rifle, electric yellow. Damage per hit stays low. The shot chains through the swarm and turns into a cloud of electric death. Hold the trigger and the coil charges a longer chain. The arc forks. A chain that kills everything it touches pays the energy back.

Product goal

Conduit is the automatic for a swarm that is spread out, not stacked in one line. The chain is the crowd control. The low damage is what keeps the fantasy on the web, rather than on a heavy hit. It arrives late, once the horde is too wide for a single stream.

Upgrades

Capacitor. Holding fire charges the coil and adds chain jumps the longer you hold.
Closed Circuit. A chain that spends every jump and kills everything it touches refunds its energy.
Forked Arc. The chain splits in flight into extra arcs that seek nearby enemies.
Long Line. A jump can leap farther.

Open

The upgrades still need work. The chain is the identity, and is very powerful in early rounds, but it falls off in later rounds due to low damage and lack of unique upgrades.

As built

Shop gate: round 12.

FireMode.Chain.

Each shot is a shard whose lifetime is its chain. Every enemy contact spends one jump and redirects to the nearest un-hit living enemy in range. The shard dies when jumps run out or no target is in range. Damage falls off per hop.

Shop upgrades, all required on Conduit:

Capacitor — holding fire charges the coil and adds chain jumps the longer the stream is held.
Closed Circuit — a chain that spends every jump and kills everything it touches refunds energy.
Forked Arc — the chain splits mid-flight into extra arcs that seek nearby enemies.
Long Line — extends how far a jump can leap.

Configuration

WeaponDefinition

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

_itemId: Conduit
_displayName: Conduit
_rarity: Common
_itemLevel: 1
_sellValue: 0
_icon: Assets/Art/DemonsDungeon/UI/GauntletIcons/Conduit.png
_fireMode: Chain
_weaponId: Conduit
_maxEnergy: 100
_energyCostPerShot: 0.8
_rechargePerSecond: 96
_rechargeDelay: 0.033
_fireRate: 66
_damage: 166
_range: 70
_spread: 1
_hitMask: 16375
_projectileProfile: Assets/Data/_AssetData/Addressables/Slumber/Conduit_ProjectileProfile.asset
_chainStreamConfig: Assets/Data/_AssetData/Addressables/Slumber/Conduit_ChainStreamConfig.asset
_shardVisual: Assets/Art/DemonsDungeon/Weapons/Gauntlet/Gem/Visuals/ShardVisual_Conduit.prefab
_fireSfxKey: weapon_fire

ProjectileProfileConfig

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

_speed: 66
_radius: 3
_wallRadius: 0.4
_pierceCount: 0
_maxBounces: 0

ChainStreamConfig

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

_baseChainJumps: 16
_chainRange: 25
_hopDamageMul: 0.9

StackableAbilityType

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

_abilityId: Capacitor
_displayName: Capacitor
_description: Holding fire charges the coil, adding extra chain jumps the longer you sustain the stream.
_icon: Assets/Art/DemonsDungeon/UI/Mockups/selectIcon.png
_maxLevel: 4
_pointCostOverride: -1
_requiresSpell: false
_requiresWeapon: true
_requiredWeaponId: Conduit
_requiresAbilityLevel: false
_prerequisiteAbilityId: HealthRecharge
_prerequisiteLevel: 1

CapacitorConfig

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

_secondsPerJump: 1
_maxLevel: 4

StackableAbilityType

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

_abilityId: ClosedCircuit
_displayName: Closed Circuit
_description: A chain that spends every jump and kills everything it touches refunds energy.
_icon: Assets/Art/DemonsDungeon/UI/Mockups/selectIcon.png
_maxLevel: 5
_pointCostOverride: -1
_requiresSpell: false
_requiresWeapon: true
_requiredWeaponId: Conduit
_requiresAbilityLevel: false
_prerequisiteAbilityId: HealthRecharge
_prerequisiteLevel: 1

ClosedCircuitConfig

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

_refundPercent (5)
- [0]: 0.4
- [1]: 0.55
- [2]: 0.7
- [3]: 0.85
- [4]: 1

StackableAbilityType

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

_abilityId: ForkedArc
_displayName: Forked Arc
_description: The chain splits mid-flight, forking into extra independent arcs that seek nearby enemies.
_icon: Assets/Art/DemonsDungeon/UI/Mockups/selectIcon.png
_maxLevel: 5
_pointCostOverride: -1
_requiresSpell: false
_requiresWeapon: true
_requiredWeaponId: Conduit
_requiresAbilityLevel: false
_prerequisiteAbilityId: HealthRecharge
_prerequisiteLevel: 1

ForkedArcConfig

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

_forkHopIndex: 2
_damageScale: 0.6
_minForkJumps: 1
_maxLevel: 5
_realForkCountPerLevel (5)
- [0]: 1
- [1]: 2
- [2]: 3
- [3]: 3
- [4]: 3
_instantArcStartLevel: 4
_instantArcTargetsPerLevel (5)
- [0]: 0
- [1]: 0
- [2]: 0
- [3]: 4
- [4]: 6
_instantArcDamageScale: 0.45
_arcWidth: 0.18
_arcLifetime: 0.09
_arcTracerCountPerLevel (5)
- [0]: 0
- [1]: 0
- [2]: 0
- [3]: 1
- [4]: 2
_tracerSpeed: 55
_tracerRange: 18
_tracerRadius: 0.35
_tracerWallRadius: 0.2

StackableAbilityType

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

_abilityId: LongLine
_displayName: Long Line
_description: Extends the chain's reach so arcs leap to enemies much farther apart.
_icon: Assets/Art/DemonsDungeon/UI/Mockups/selectIcon.png
_maxLevel: 4
_pointCostOverride: -1
_requiresSpell: false
_requiresWeapon: true
_requiredWeaponId: Conduit
_requiresAbilityLevel: false
_prerequisiteAbilityId: HealthRecharge
_prerequisiteLevel: 1

LongLineConfig

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

_bonusRange (4)
- [0]: 4
- [1]: 8
- [2]: 12
- [3]: 16