Valor Mortis First-Person Soulslike Mechanics Lab

FIRST-PERSON VIEWPORT // FOV: 95° RADAR: 1 ENEMY TRACKED

HEALTH

STAMINA

PARRY CD

CONTROLS: CLICK CANVAS OR USE BUTTONS TO STRIKE / PARRY

Parry Success Rate 0%

Combat Clashes 0

Damage Inflicted 0

Damage Taken 0

COMBAT ENGAGEMENT LOG

System ready. Click canvas to turn or test sword collisions against Blackguard Knight.

DEVELOPER TUNING BENCH VALOR MORTIS v0.4a

Camera Field of View (FOV) 95°

Higher FOV expands peripheral awareness but distorts melee strike depth perception.

Parry Timing Window 180 ms

Soulslike standard: ~160-200ms. Shorter windows demand tight visual tell anticipation.

Stamina Consumption Rate 1.25x

Punishes greedy swinging without third-person spatial omni-vision.

Threat Proximity Radius 4.5 m

Audio Occlusion & Directional Cues

Spatial Blind-Spot Radar Overlay

PERSPECTIVE TRADE-OFF MATRIX

Why the Valor Mortis devs chose first-person over the traditional third-person formula:

Design Dimension	First-Person (Valor Mortis)	Third-Person (Classic)
Weapon Contact	Visceral in-your-face impact; direct parallax collision	Telegraphed animation loops viewed from 4m rear anchor
Flanking Danger	Extreme tension; requires audio cues & positional tracking	Omnipresent camera reveals flankers behind player back
Parry Timing	Microsecond blade deflection read at blade tip	Character model stance read rather than weapon contact
Claustrophobia	Dungeon walls constrain weapon swings and line-of-sight	Camera clips through geometry or pulls back awkwardly