Collective Ability Matrix
279 castable abilities (274 abilities, 3 buffs, 2 summons) from 10 groups: the original 230, sorted into 23 elements, ten each, and 49 Matrix Expansion casts (every element has at least two), plus 11 character moves (walk, run and dash among them) and 7 archived effects, all in one sandbox: one scene, one character and one set of target dummies.
Open the matrix, pick any ability, cast it, tune it, and copy its settings as a preset for your own Three.js games. Walk the caster around the arena while you do it.
Install it as an app
The hosted matrix is a PWA: it installs on phones, tablets and desktops and can run with no connection.
- First visit opens a short guide (reopen it any time from Guide) that covers casting, moving, presets, and installing.
- Install. Chrome, Edge and Android show Install app in the header. On iPhone and iPad use Share, then Add to Home Screen. Safari on macOS uses File, then Add to Dock. Firefox on desktop cannot install web apps.
- Offline. The guide's last step has Download for offline (about 65 MB: every model, texture and preset). The page, catalog and anything you have already cast are also cached as you use them. The download is resumable.
- Updates. Each deploy is a new release. Installed copies notice it, keep only the files that changed, and show a Reload bar so a new version never lands mid-cast.
How it fits together:
| File | Role |
|---|
manifest.webmanifest, icons/ | name, colours and icons (node tools/make-icons.mjs regenerates the PNGs; the output is committed) |
sw.js | precaches the shell per release, caches packs/ and presets/ on use, keeps big files across releases when their hash is unchanged |
tools/make-precache.mjs | run by stage-site.sh: writes site/precache.json (hash and size per file) and stamps the release into site/sw.js |
An unstamped sw.js (a source checkout, vite dev) is a pass-through, so local work never serves stale files. Service workers need HTTPS or localhost; test the real thing with npm run build && npx serve site.
One sandbox
packs/sandbox is the single page that runs everything. The matrix (index.html) embeds it and acts as its picker.
| Group | Runs on | Count | Notes |
|---|
| Collective | sandbox engine (native) | 12 | Collective originals |
| Matrix New | sandbox engine (native) | 12 | New: shaders, rigs and dummy reactions at Collective quality |
| Ability Atlas | sandbox engine (native) | 10 | New: the ten Atlas mechanics, rebuilt on the full engine with the character and dummies |
| Elemental Codex | sandbox engine (native) | 152 | New: every element filled out to ten castables. 72 were written by hand; the 80 pure-element casts are generated (see Procedural rigs) |
| Linear | vendored linear engine | 6 | |
| Linear Ext | vendored linear-ext engine | 7 + 3 buffs | Gate, ring and scribe aims; Electric, Magic and Fire boosts on the character |
| Linear Extended | vendored linear-extended engine | 10 | Includes the Cyber Serpent model |
| Hand Cast | vendored handcast engine | 9 | Includes the drone, monowheel and phoenix rigs; the two summons are drivable |
| Ability Casting | vendored casting engine | 9 | The shark, wolf, dragon, gyroscope, amethyst, tome and reliquary rigs, with ragdolls |
| Matrix Expansion | sandbox engine (native) | 49 | Live: casts with their own combat rules (echoes, inherited marks, recorded paths, deployed sentries) through the expansion combat adapter, including one next-wave cast per element. See Matrix Expansion |
How the source packs run inside it
The five source repos each ship their own copy of the particle, decal, burst, aim and pooling systems, and those copies drifted apart. Their abilities are written against their own copies. So the sandbox does not port them; it runs each one verbatim:
- Vendored code.
packs/sandbox/src/vendor/<pack>/ is a byte-for-byte copy of packs/<pack>/src; the test suite checks this.
- Own systems. Each pack keeps its own AbilityManager, ParticleEngine, DecalSystem, BurstSystem, AimController, settings and editor folders. They are hosted by
src/sandbox/createRuntime.js.
- Shared scene. All packs share the scene, camera, lighting, environment, character, camera shake, screen flash and target dummies. The host frame uniforms (clock, depth and light direction) are copied into each pack every frame.
- Loaded on demand. A pack's engine loads lazily the first time one of its abilities is picked.
Every ability is addressed by uid: <pack>/<id>, for example casting/dragon or atlas/stillpoint.
Pack-only features
Two features stay in their original packs and are not in the hosted sandbox:
- Hand-tracking cast (Hand Cast and Ability Casting,
M). It needs a webcam.
- Duel Hall burn (Ability Casting,
`). It needs that pack's gothic hall scene.
What's here
index.html the matrix: picker + the embedded sandbox
packs/sandbox/ the one sandbox (Vite app)
src/config/{collective,matrix-new,atlas,codex}/ native ability settings
src/abilities/{collective,matrix-new,atlas,codex}/ native ability code
src/assets/codex/ each pure-element cast's own geometry module (<Cast>Geometry.js) and RigKit.js, the toolkit they share
src/config/elements.js every castable's element
src/sandbox/Locomotion.js walking, running, dashing
src/vendor/<pack>/ the five source packs, verbatim
src/vendor/runtimes/ how each pack is hosted (models, summons, buffs)
packs/<pack>/ each source pack and the collective, still runnable on its own
packs/atlas/ the asset-free Atlas prototype (presets/runtime.js)
presets/catalog.json every ability, buff, summon, move and archived effect, with its element
presets/<group>/<id>.json one preset per ability (full default settings block)
presets/library.json every preset in one file
tools/ build-all.sh · stage-site.sh · extract-presets.mjs · sculpt-pure.mjs · pure-rigs.mjs · rigs/ · rig-sheet.mjs
tests/ npm test
The quality bar
Every castable is held to one bar: the three original Linear packs. docs/castable-quality-standard.md writes that bar down as checks (form, motion, material, layers, engineering) and names the anti-patterns found when casts were compared side by side with the originals, so an agent that cannot see the screen can still build to it.
- Reference storyboards.
docs/castables/ has a beat-by-beat storyboard (metres, seconds, hex colours, the file behind each layer) for every original Linear cast, contact sheets of the twelve references, and a catalogue of 26 named craft techniques with where each one lives in the code. New and upgraded casts add their own storyboard in the same format.
- See a cast without a screen.
node tools/capture-cast.mjs <out> <uid> [uid ...] --sheet renders any cast in the real sandbox under a fixed 30 Hz clock and writes frames plus a contact sheet. By default seven dummies stand where the cast lands, so hits show. --module=<path> loads one unregistered expansion cast on its own; captures queue for a machine-wide slot (CAPTURE_SLOTS, default 2).
- Guards.
tests/expansion-2026/editor-keys.test.mjs builds every registered expansion cast's editor against a strict GUI, so a control without a settings key fails in CI rather than taking the sandbox down at boot.
Run it
sh tools/build-all.sh
sh tools/stage-site.sh
npx serve site
npm run build does both steps. Vercel runs that command and publishes site (vercel.json). The same tree is copied to dist so a Vite preset that still expects dist succeeds. The hosted matrix loads the sandbox with ?bin=wasm; staging renames models and HDRIs to .wasm and the sandbox bridge rewrites those requests.
To work on the sandbox alone: cd packs/sandbox && npm i && npm run dev.
Sandbox keys:
| Key | Action |
|---|
W A S D / arrows | Walk (relative to the camera) |
Shift | Run |
Space | Dash |
[ / ] | Previous / next ability, across every pack |
Q E R F V X B Z N K Y U | The twelve Collective originals |
G | VFX editor |
P | Pause |
C | Clear |
T | Reset targets |
H | Help |
While a summon is out: WASD / arrows steer it instead of the caster, Space or hold-click fires, and the same ability recalls it.
Moving the caster
The caster walks, runs and dashes around the arena:
- W A S D (or the arrows) walk relative to the camera, Shift runs, Space dashes the way you are moving (or facing).
- Cast on the move. The aim arrow and the zone circle ride with the caster. While an ability is armed, the body keeps facing the aim and strafes, at
aimSpeed of its pace.
- A rigged PBR caster. The caster is the Vanguard soldier (
packs/sandbox/public/models/Soldier.glb), a skinned glTF with its own PBR materials and its own Idle, Walk and Run clips. SandboxCharacter blends Idle, Walk and Run by speed and scrubs Walk and Run by the gait phase, so the feet match the ground speed. The three cast gestures (cast1–3.fbx) were authored on a different Mixamo rig, so they are retargeted onto the soldier's skeleton once at load. Each clip is split at the hips: a cast always drives the upper body, and drives the legs only while the caster is standing, so casting on the move keeps the legs walking. A rig with no Walk clip falls back to the old procedural gait.
- The caster walks round the dummies rather than through them, and stays inside
arenaRadius. The dummies re-form round wherever you stand.
- Steering stands down while a summon is out, and while Blink Step, Voidstep Rift, Parallax Blink or Chrono Recall is moving the body.
- Every value (speeds, dash, every gait angle) is in
settings.move and the editor's Movement folder, and ships in each group's _shared.json. The bridge takes move('dash').
Procedural rigs
Each of the 80 pure-element casts (the ten castables per element that split the combined elements) owns two authored solids, written in Three.js geometry rather than drawn by a shader alone:
- a piece, about one unit across, thrown through the cast's
InstancedMesh (up to 48 of them), and
- a hero, a larger rig that stands, drops or rides at the heart of the cast: a hexagram of glyph stones, a gimbal of three rings, an hourglass that flips, a chain of fourteen links.
Both are built in packs/sandbox/src/assets/codex/<Cast>Geometry.js from RigKit.js: lathes, lofts, polygon prisms (concave outlines are ear-clipped), tubes along curves, ribbons, blades and faceted crystals, placed with a transform stack. The recipes are authored in tools/rigs/*.mjs and written out by node tools/sculpt-pure.mjs.
Every solid is split into parts. A part carries a pivot, a hinge axis, a swing angle, a delay and a stage (rise or beat), and the detail vertex shader folds it about its pivot as the cast progresses, so a cage closes, a lotus opens and a pendulum's satellites run round their orbit with no per-frame CPU work. The same attributes drive the fragment shader: aEdge for anti-aliased arrises, aInfo for per-part and per-face tint, and aStyle for hot core parts.
The hero is stood by its archetype (abilities/codex/RigHero.js): a spire thrusts up through the floor, a cage drops and closes, a well sinks and then stretches, a pendulum is hinged at the hand. Everything is live in the editor under Hero rig (heroSize, heroReach, heroLift, heroSpin, heroSwing, heroGlow, heroEdge, heroOpacity and a palette) and Detail pieces (detailSwing, detailEdge).
Like the older Codex casts, each of the 80 also marks the bodies it fells and leaves the hand with a flare:
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The mark. A felled body is stained with its element through Dummy#corrode: caked in dust (earth), glassed over (crystal), seared white (light), turned to lead (gravity), aged to sepia (time) and so on, one look per element (MARK in tools/pure-settings.mjs). The stain sets in over markTime and the body sheds motes for markLife. It is in the editor under Mark.
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The hand. The cast leaves the fist in a small flare with a spray of sparks along the aim and a few motes left hanging (handFlare, handSparks, handMotes, under Hand).
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The colour. Like the older casts, every layer is coloured from a ramp rather than three pastels: the spell's white core, its own pale tint, a saturated body and a dark deep, all on the spell's hue. TONE in tools/pure-settings.mjs sets, per element, how saturated and how dark the body and the deep go and nudges the hue, so earth, gravity, light, holy, time, motion and force no longer share one gold. Rigs and pieces are shaded light to body to deep, and the burst, ground, dust and chips take the deep tone.
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The trail. The 37 line casts leave the line behind them, the way Railgun and Riptide do: a ribbon along the cast's own path that thins and breaks up from the tail forward, a scar on the floor that cools from the element's hot seam to a dark bed, and a wake decal every few metres (crack, frost, scorch, arc … by element). Four path families cover them: straight for lances, a sideways bow for whips, one arc per bolt for volleys (which wake once, where each bolt lands), and a sweep round the hand for pendulums. abilities/codex/LineTrail.js owns the strips and the wake; each cast's own Materials file carries its trail and scar shaders, written by tools/pure-trail.mjs with the GLSL twin of the path and the element's surface. Live under Trail (trailWidth, trailLife, trailBreakup, scarWidth, scarLife, wakeSpacing and the rest).
To see the rigs without running the app: node tools/rig-sheet.mjs sheet.png [id ...] renders a contact sheet (each hero at rest and fully folded, with its piece) through Playwright.
Unified combat state
Every cast in the sandbox, from every pack, reports into one combat state, combat/ucsm (the Unified Combat Spec's Universal Combat State Manager). Nothing vendored is edited: PackAdapter wraps the places casts already pass through (cast, update, the field's hit passes, Dummy#kill, a summon deploying, a buff switching on) and turns them into normalised events: cast-start, hit, status, terrain-impact.
- What it tracks. Statuses on bodies (wet, burning, charged … one per element), element regions where casts landed, and who owns what. It runs on a fixed 30 Hz tick: events in (tick, sequence) order, ids and reactions exactly once, expiry before anything new lands.
- Reactions. When an arriving element meets one already there (a status on the body it hits, a region under it, a region its footprint overlaps), the pair resolves in one of four tiers: the spec's 15 authored pairs (Storm Conduction, Glacial Bloom, Wildfire …), 70 tag rules (heat + air → Firestorm, electric + device → Overload …), generic stacking with no invented fusion, or a stated incompatibility (Lightning into Earth is Grounded). All 276 unordered pairs are covered. Order matters: an authored reaction lands harder when its driver arrives second.
- Bounds. Chain depth (default 3), reactions per tick and per body, one reaction of a name per cast, diminishing returns on repeats and an intensity cap. A reaction's own product never sets the same reaction off again. Only the manager deals secondary damage, through an outbox the adapter applies once; VFX never do.
- In the sandbox. A feed lists reactions as they land, chips above each body show its statuses, and a reaction rings the floor in both elements' colours. Toggles and the budget are in the editor under Combat — unified state. From the console:
matrix.combat.preview('water', 'storm'), matrix.combat.pairs(), matrix.combat.log().
- 31 playable mechanic moves. The five family representatives (Infernal Circuit, Aegis Exemplar, Shatterpoint Reversal, Continental Uprising and Storm Catalyst) and 26 more run through UCSM in the sandbox. Open Combat mechanics, select a move (buttons or Alt+Z/X/C/V/B) and click the arena. The opt-in incoming attack drill supports real counter/block/dodge practice. Each family's look is live in the editor (Convergence, Counter, Stance, Weave and Worldshape folders). See mechanic contracts and controls and validation evidence.
- Unimplemented content stays locked.
EXPANSION_REGISTRY holds the full 161-entry design roster: 46 standard castables and 115 mechanic moves. A standard entry is selectable once its Matrix Expansion cast is live (37 are), a mechanic move once it is implemented (31 are); the other 93 stay . New portable presets are in .
tests/ucsm.test.mjs pins the pair coverage, determinism, order sensitivity, exactly-once commits, the budgets, expiry, team policy and the registry; tests/line-trail.test.mjs pins the trail.
Using an ability as a preset
Each preset is the ability's complete settings block:
{ "format": "collective-ability-preset@1", "uid": "matrix-new/starfall", "pack": "matrix-new", "id": "starfall",
"cast": "zone", "castAnim": "cast3", "settings": { "range": 20, "zoneRadius": 5.5 } }
- Copy the engine that owns the ability:
packs/sandbox/src for the native groups, or packs/<pack>/src for a source pack.
- Load the preset and merge it:
applySettings({ [preset.id]: preset.settings }).
- Cast it:
abilityManager.cast(origin, direction, distance, preset.id).
Bridge API
The sandbox exposes the same API by URL, JavaScript and postMessage.
- URL:
?ability=<uid> selects it, &cast=1 casts it on load, &auto=<s> recasts on a loop, and &hud=0 runs it embedded.
- JS:
window.matrix.list(), select(uid), arm(uid), cast(uid), auto(uid, s), clear(), runAction(pack, action), move(name), preset(uid), applyPreset(uid, json), resetPreset(uid).
- postMessage:
{ matrix: 'cast', uid: 'casting/dragon' }.
- Duel and targets:
window.matrix.duel and window.matrix.targets, below.
Duel the Arch-Wizard
The original caster, the Mixamo wizard every source pack shipped, is back as a CPU opponent. Open Arch-Wizard duel (under Combat mechanics), choose a difficulty and what it may cast, and press Start duel, or Watch (demo) to have it work through its loadout on the dummies with no input from you.
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The wizard. It uses the same files the old caster did: models/Idle.fbx (rig and idle), models/diffuse.png (skin) and the three gestures cast1–3.fbx, which bind by bone name with no retargeting. It is a Dummy built from that rig (combat/duel/WizardBody.js), so every cast in every pack reaches it through the usual DummyField contract. A health bar floats over its head, and both HP bars sit at the top of the screen.
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Its loadout. Any castable from any pack, Matrix Expansion included, and any of the 31 implemented mechanic moves. The presets are Random element, One element, Mirror my loadout (your slot and recent picks) and Custom (a filterable list). A few casts cannot work from a second caster and are listed disabled, each with the reason: summons (they take over WASD and Space), self buffs, casts that move their caster (Blink Step, Voidstep Rift, Parallax Blink, Chrono Recall), casts that copy the caster's body (Hall of Echoes, Mirage Construct, Ashen Doppelgänger), the Ability Casting lance (it reads the player's hands every frame) and the drawn Fire Portal.
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How it fights (combat/duel/DuelAI.js). It keeps about 9 m away and strafes, flipping sides every few seconds. When a cast is off cooldown and its reach covers the distance, it plants, raises the gesture and puts an aim marker on the floor (the footprint of a zone cast, or the lane of a line cast, filling in until release). It then casts at where you are, or where you will be. It picks the least recently used cast in range, and may sidestep a cast that is coming down its line.
| Difficulty | Cast every | Telegraph | Aim error | Dodge | HP |
|---|
| Apprentice | 3.4–4.6 s | 0.8 s | ±0.30 rad, no lead | 10% | 90 |
| Adept | 2.3–3.2 s | 0.55 s | ±0.13 rad, half lead | 35% | 120 |
| Archmage | 1.5–2.2 s | 0.38 s | ±0.05 rad, full lead | 60% | 150 |
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Casting from a second caster. Native and Matrix Expansion casts go through a second AbilityManager that uses the player's own context with the wizard as character. Hosted packs' casts go through that pack's manager, below the aim. Mechanics go through MechanicSystems.command with the wizard's own owner id (team ). None of this touches your slot, aim or cooldowns, and the gestures play on the wizard's rig.
Targets
The dummy field holds up to 24 bodies of five archetypes. Each is the same rig with its own tint, rim and a small procedural piece on the head, so no new model files are needed:
| Archetype | Look | Rule |
|---|
| Standard | cold black, cyan rim | one hit and it falls |
| Armored | steel, gold rim, helm | shrugs off armorHits (3) blows with sparks; the next fells it |
| Runner | green rim, headband | strafes back and forth across its spot (runnerSpeed, runnerRange) |
| Giant | 1.35× scale, ember rim, horns | heavy: a blow throws it giantImpulse (45%) as hard |
| Caster | violet rim, pointed hat | raises a shield bubble on a timer; a blow on the bubble pops it instead |
Formations: Ring (the original scatter round the caster), Line (one rank across the view), Cluster (a tight knot for zone casts), Gauntlet (three staggered lanes running away from you) and Scatter (anywhere inside the outer radius). The Targets panel sets the count, the formation and the mix (a weight per archetype, shared out over the slots and interleaved). Everything is in settings.dummies (count, formation, mix, archetypes) and in the editor's Target dummies folder, and ships in each group's _shared.json with the other shared blocks. From code: matrix.targets.set({ count: 12, formation: 'gauntlet', mix: { armored: 1, runner: 1 } }) (or mix: 'armored,runner') and matrix.targets.state(). URL: &targets=12&formation=gauntlet&mix=armored,runner. The rules are in combat/DummyArchetypes.js.
Abilities, by element
Every castable has one element, set in packs/sandbox/src/config/elements.js and carried in the catalog as element. The matrix groups its spellbook by element by default; switch to By pack to see where each one came from. The keys each source pack uses on its own are in that pack's README.
Fire · 10
| Ability | uid | Group | Kind / aim | Range (m) | Circle (m) |
|---|
| Cinder Fall | linear/meteor | Linear Ability Casting | line | 3–20 | |
| Pyre Crown | linear-ext/pyre | Linear Ability Ext | zone | 0–18 | 4.2 |
| Fire Portal | linear-ext/firePortal | Linear Ability Ext | scribe | 3–18 | |
| Fire Boost | linear-ext/fire | Linear Ability Ext | buff | | |
| Volcanic Ward | linear-extended/ward | Linear Ability Casting Extended | zone | 0–20 | 5 |
| Serpent Tide Field | handcast/phoenix | Hand Cast Ability | zone | 0–22 | 5 |
| Dragonfire Circle | casting/dragon | Ability Casting (Elemental Sandbox) | zone | 0–22 | 5.5 |
| Meteor Swarm | collective/swarm | Collective Originals | zone | 2–16 | 3.6 |
| Emberveil Lattice | matrix-new/emberveil | Matrix New | zone | 0–16 | 5.5 |
| Solar Lash new | codex/solarlash | Elemental Codex | line | 2–20 | |
Frost · 10
| Ability | uid | Group | Kind / aim | Range (m) | Circle (m) |
|---|
| Frost Lance | linear/ice | Linear Ability Casting | line | 2.5–15 | |
| Glacial Crown | linear/glacier | Linear Ability Casting | zone | 0–18 | 4.6 |
| Glacial Shard Storm | handcast/glacial | Hand Cast Ability | line | 4–30 | |
| Glacial Prison | handcast/frost | Hand Cast Ability | zone | 3–20 | 3.2 |
| Permafrost Bloom new | codex/permafrost | Elemental Codex | zone | 0–18 | 4 |
| Avalanche Wake new | codex/avalanche | Elemental Codex | line | 3–22 | |
| Hoarfrost Mirror new | codex/hoarfrost | Elemental Codex | zone | 2–18 | 4.4 |
| Rime Halo new | codex/rimehalo | Elemental Codex | zone | 2–18 | 4.6 |
| Whiteout Needle new | codex/whiteout | Elemental Codex | line | 2–18 | |
| Glacier Calving new | codex/calving | Elemental Codex | zone | 2–18 | 5 |
Lightning · 10
| Ability | uid | Group | Kind / aim | Range (m) | Circle (m) |
|---|
| Storm Lance | linear/thunder | Linear Ability Casting | line | 2–24 | |
| Voltaic Snare | linear/snare | Linear Ability Casting | zone | 0–20 | 4.4 |
| Electrical Sphere | linear-ext/electrical | Linear Ability Ext | zone | 0–18 | 4.5 |
| Electric Boost | linear-ext/boost | Linear Ability Ext | buff | | |
| Stormheart Gyroscope | casting/gyro | Ability Casting (Elemental Sandbox) | zone | 0–20 | 6 |
| Chain Arc | collective/chain | Collective Originals | line | 3–18 | |
| Ion Storm Pillar | matrix-new/ionstorm | Matrix New | zone | 0–18 | 5 |
| Arc Relay | atlas/relay | Ability Atlas | line | 3–18 | |
| Ball Lightning new | codex/balllightning | Elemental Codex | line | 2–20 | |
| Fulgur Cage new | codex/fulgur | Elemental Codex | zone | 2–18 | 4.4 |
Water · 10
| Ability | uid | Group | Kind / aim | Range (m) | Circle (m) |
|---|
| Kraken Crown | linear-ext/kraken | Linear Ability Ext | zone | 0–18 | 4.6 |
| Tidewrought Ring | linear-ext/aether | Linear Ability Ext | ring | 3.5–18 | |
| Sumi Tide | linear-extended/ink | Linear Ability Casting Extended | zone | 0–22 | 5 |
| Abyssal Maw | casting/shark | Ability Casting (Elemental Sandbox) | zone | 0–20 | 1.1 |
| Maelstrom Vortex new | codex/maelstrom | Elemental Codex | zone | 2–18 | 4.2 |
| Riptide Lash new | codex/riptide | Elemental Codex | line | 2–20 | |
| Brine Geyser new | codex/brine | Elemental Codex | zone | 2–18 | 4.2 |
| Glass Tide new | codex/glasstide | Elemental Codex | line | 2–18 | |
| Undertow Chains new | codex/undertow | Elemental Codex | zone | 2–18 | 4.8 |
| Pearl Tempest new | codex/pearltempest | Elemental Codex | line | 2–18 | |
Earth · 10
| Ability | uid | Group | Kind / aim | Range (m) | Circle (m) |
|---|
| Earthen Spire | linear-ext/earth | Linear Ability Ext | line | 0–18 | |
| Monolith Rift | linear-extended/quake | Linear Ability Casting Extended | line | 3–17 | |
| Dune Scourge | collective/dune | Collective Originals | line | 3–18 | |
| Obsidian Wall | matrix-new/obsidianwall | Matrix New | line | 2–18 | |
| Basalt Columns new | codex/basalt | Elemental Codex | zone | 0–16 | 4 |
| Fault Choir new | codex/faultchoir | Elemental Codex | line | 2–18 | |
| Scarp Break new | codex/scarp | Elemental Codex | zone | 2–18 | 4.2 |
| Sinter Plate new | codex/sinter | Elemental Codex | zone | 2–18 | 4.2 |
| Loess Curtain new | codex/loess | Elemental Codex | line | 2–18 | |
| Keystone Drop new | codex/keystone | Elemental Codex | zone | 2–18 | 4.45 |
Crystal · 10
| Ability | uid | Group | Kind / aim | Range (m) | Circle (m) |
|---|
| Amethyst Verdict | casting/amethyst | Ability Casting (Elemental Sandbox) | zone | 0–18 | 3.2 |
| Geode Eruption | matrix-new/geode | Matrix New | zone | 0–16 | 4.5 |
| Crystalline Heart | matrix-new/crystallineheart | Matrix New | zone | 0–14 | 5 |
| Quartz Spire new | codex/quartzspire | Elemental Codex | zone | 2–18 | 4.5 |
| Prism Fault new | codex/prismfault | Elemental Codex | line | 2–18 | |
| Geode Cage new | codex/geodecage | Elemental Codex | zone | 2–18 | 4.2 |
| Shard Choir new | codex/shardchoir | Elemental Codex | zone | 2–18 | 4.7 |
| Lens Well new | codex/lensewell | Elemental Codex | zone | 2–18 | 4.45 |
| Facet Volley new | codex/facetvolley | Elemental Codex | line | 2–18 | |
| Needle Glass new | codex/needleglass | Elemental Codex | line | 2–18 | |
Wind · 10
| Ability | uid | Group | Kind / aim | Range (m) | Circle (m) |
|---|
| Tempest Spiral | collective/tempest | Collective Originals | zone | 2–16 | 3.2 |
| Gale Sever | matrix-new/gale | Matrix New | line | 1–22 | |
| Zephyr Shuriken new | codex/zephyr | Elemental Codex | line | 2–20 | |
| Downburst new | codex/downburst | Elemental Codex | zone | 0–18 | 4 |
| Shear Wall new | codex/shearwall | Elemental Codex | line | 2–18 | |
| Dust Devil March new | codex/dustmarch | Elemental Codex | zone | 2–18 | 5 |
| Katabatic Sheet new | codex/katabatic | Elemental Codex | line | 2–18 | |
| Rotor Stack new | codex/rotor | Elemental Codex | zone | 2–18 | 4.7 |
| Venturi Gate new | codex/venturi | Elemental Codex | zone | 2–18 | 4.2 |
| Crosscut Gust new | codex/crosscut | Elemental Codex | line | 2–18 | |
Sound · 10
| Ability | uid | Group | Kind / aim | Range (m) | Circle (m) |
|---|
| Resonance Pulse | collective/sonic | Collective Originals | line | 3–18 | |
| Siren Note new | codex/sirennote | Elemental Codex | line | 2–18 | |
| Vortex Bell new | codex/vortexbell | Elemental Codex | zone | 2–18 | 4.6 |
| Harmonic Reed new | codex/harmonic | Elemental Codex | zone | 2–18 | 4.2 |
| Subtone Lance new | codex/subtone | Elemental Codex | line | 2–18 | |
| Clangor Cage new | codex/clangor | Elemental Codex | zone | 2–18 | 4.7 |
| Overtone Halo new | codex/overtone | Elemental Codex | zone | 2–18 | 4.7 |
| Whisper Well new | codex/whisperwell | Elemental Codex | zone | 2–18 | 4.2 |
| Cadence Volley new | codex/cadence | Elemental Codex | line | 2–18 | |
| Glissando Sweep new | codex/glissando | Elemental Codex | line | 2–18 | |
Nature · 10
| Ability | uid | Group | Kind / aim | Range (m) | Circle (m) |
|---|
| Verdant Gate | linear-ext/portal | Linear Ability Ext | gate | 3–17 | |
| Arborist's Growth | linear-extended/growth | Linear Ability Casting Extended | zone | 0–22 | 4.2 |
| Wildroot Reliquary | casting/reliquary | Ability Casting (Elemental Sandbox) | zone | 0–18 | 3 |
| Spore Bloom | collective/spore | Collective Originals | zone | 2–16 | 3.4 |
| Pollen Nova new | codex/pollen | Elemental Codex | zone | 0–18 | 4 |
| Seedstorm Volley new | codex/seedstorm | Elemental Codex | line | 2–20 | |
| Briar Cathedral new | codex/briar | Elemental Codex | zone | 2–18 | 4.8 |
| Mycelium Wake new | codex/mycelium | Elemental Codex | line | 2–18 | |
| Thorn Volley new | codex/thornvolley | Elemental Codex | line | 2–18 | |
| Bloom Crown new | codex/bloomcrown | Elemental Codex | zone | 2–18 | 4.4 |
Poison · 10
| Ability | uid | Group | Kind / aim | Range (m) | Circle (m) |
|---|
| Caustic Bloom | linear-extended/acid | Linear Ability Casting Extended | zone | 0–20 | 4.4 |
| Venom Surge | linear-extended/venom | Linear Ability Casting Extended | line | 2.5–16 | |
| Toxic Shield | handcast/toxic | Hand Cast Ability | zone | 3–20 | 3.4 |
| Plague Swarm new | codex/plague | Elemental Codex | zone | 0–18 | 4 |
| Miasma Spit new | codex/miasma | Elemental Codex | line | 2–17 | |
| Acid Choir new | codex/acidchoir | Elemental Codex | zone | 2–18 | 4.6 |
| Bile Lance new | codex/bilelance | Elemental Codex | line | 2–18 | |
| Spore Coffin new | codex/sporecoffin | Elemental Codex | zone | 2–18 | 4.2 |
| Noxious Halo new | codex/noxioushalo | Elemental Codex | zone | 2–18 | 4.5 |
| Vitriol Rain new | codex/vitriol | Elemental Codex | zone | 2–18 | 4.8 |
Light · 10
| Ability | uid | Group | Kind / aim | Range (m) | Circle (m) |
|---|
| Nova Beam | linear/beam | Linear Ability Casting | line | 3–26 | |
| Starbreaker Lance | casting/lance | Ability Casting (Elemental Sandbox) | zone | 0–22 | 1.2 |
| Sunfall Prism | collective/prism | Collective Originals | zone | 2–16 | 3.2 |
| Starfall Rite | matrix-new/starfall | Matrix New | zone | 0–20 | 5.5 |
| Caustic Lance new | codex/caustic | Elemental Codex | line | 2–18 | |
| Aureole Ring new | codex/aureole | Elemental Codex | zone | 2–18 | 4.2 |
| Photon Well new | codex/photonwell | Elemental Codex | zone | 2–18 | 4.7 |
| Filament Volley new | codex/filament | Elemental Codex | line | 2–18 | |
| Noon Blade new | codex/noonblade | Elemental Codex | line | 2–18 | |
| Lattice Flare new | codex/latticeflare | Elemental Codex | zone | 2–18 | 4.2 |
Holy · 10
| Ability | uid | Group | Kind / aim | Range (m) | Circle (m) |
|---|
| Celestial Rend | linear-extended/rend | Linear Ability Casting Extended | zone | 0–24 | 5 |
| Chains of Penance | casting/chains | Ability Casting (Elemental Sandbox) | zone | 0–18 | 1.1 |
| Dawn Sanctuary | atlas/sanctuary | Ability Atlas | zone | 0–16 | 3.2 |
| Seraphic Descent new | codex/seraph | Elemental Codex | zone | 0–18 | 4 |
| Halo Guillotine new | codex/haloguillotine | Elemental Codex | line | 2–18 | |
| Reliquary Dawn new | codex/reliquarydawn | Elemental Codex | zone | 2–18 | 4.6 |
| Censer March new | codex/censers | Elemental Codex | zone | 2–18 | 4.45 |
| Relic Lash new | codex/reliclash | Elemental Codex | line | 2–18 | |
| Vow Cage new | codex/vowcage | Elemental Codex | zone | 2–18 | 4.45 |
| Hymn Well new | codex/hymnwell | Elemental Codex | zone | 2–18 | 4.2 |
Cosmic · 10
| Ability | uid | Group | Kind / aim | Range (m) | Circle (m) |
|---|
| Astral Void Blast | linear-extended/astral | Linear Ability Casting Extended | zone | 0–24 | 5.5 |
| Astral Tome | casting/tome | Ability Casting (Elemental Sandbox) | zone | 0–20 | 6 |
| Astral Fang | casting/wolf | Ability Casting (Elemental Sandbox) | zone | 0–20 | 1.1 |
| Nebula Collapse new | codex/nebula | Elemental Codex | zone | 0–16 | 4 |
| Pulsar Lash new | codex/pulsar | Elemental Codex | line | 2–18 | |
| Comet Harpoon new | codex/cometharpoon | Elemental Codex | line | 2–18 | |
| Redshift Lance new | codex/redshift | Elemental Codex | line | 2–18 | |
| Magnetar Volley new | codex/magnetar | Elemental Codex | line | 2–18 | |
| Zodiac Halo new | codex/zodiac | Elemental Codex | zone | 2–18 | 4.45 |
| Quark Spire new | codex/quarkspire | Elemental Codex | zone | 2–18 | 4.7 |
Gravity · 10
| Ability | uid | Group | Kind / aim | Range (m) | Circle (m) |
|---|
| Graviton Collapse | collective/graviton | Collective Originals | zone | 2–16 | 3.2 |
| Event Horizon new | codex/horizon | Elemental Codex | zone | 2–18 | 5 |
| Dark Matter Well new | codex/darkwell | Elemental Codex | zone | 2–18 | 4.8 |
| Orbit Lock new | codex/orbitlock | Elemental Codex | zone | 2–18 | 4.6 |
| Sling Well new | codex/slingwell | Elemental Codex | zone | 2–18 | 4.7 |
| Tide Bars new | codex/tidebar | Elemental Codex | zone | 2–18 | 4.2 |
| Perigee Halo new | codex/perigee | Elemental Codex | zone | 2–18 | 4.2 |
| Mass Lance new | codex/masslance | Elemental Codex | line | 2–18 | |
| Shear Orbit new | codex/shearorbit | Elemental Codex | line | 2–18 | |
| Plumb Swing new | codex/plumbswing | Elemental Codex | line | 2–18 | |
Shadow · 10
| Ability | uid | Group | Kind / aim | Range (m) | Circle (m) |
|---|
| Corrupted Shard | handcast/shard | Hand Cast Ability | zone | 0–22 | 3.6 |
| Umbra Grasp | matrix-new/umbra | Matrix New | zone | 2–14 | 2.2 |
| Nightfall Scythe new | codex/nightfall | Elemental Codex | line | 2–20 | |
| Wraith Host new | codex/wraiths | Elemental Codex | zone | 0–18 | 4 |
| Umbral Guillotine new | codex/umbral | Elemental Codex | line | 2–18 | |
| Shade Puppets new | codex/shadepuppet | Elemental Codex | zone | 2–18 | 4.4 |
| Eclipse Needle new | codex/eclipseneedle | Elemental Codex | line | 2–18 | |
| Penumbra Sheet new | codex/penumbra | Elemental Codex | line | 2–18 | |
| Dusk Spire new | codex/duskspire | Elemental Codex | zone | 2–18 | 4.45 |
| Mourn Halo new | codex/mournhalo | Elemental Codex | zone | 2–18 | 4.2 |
Void · 10
| Ability | uid | Group | Kind / aim | Range (m) | Circle (m) |
|---|
| Void Slash | handcast/voidslash | Hand Cast Ability | line | 4–30 | |
| Voidstep Rift | matrix-new/voidstep | Matrix New | line | 3–16 | |
| Void Bloom new | codex/voidbloom | Elemental Codex | zone | 2–18 | 4.6 |
| Null Well new | codex/nullwell | Elemental Codex | zone | 2–18 | 4.45 |
| Event Cage new | codex/eventcage | Elemental Codex | zone | 2–18 | 4.2 |
| Absence Lance new | codex/absence | Elemental Codex | line | 2–18 | |
| Hollow Volley new | codex/hollowvolley | Elemental Codex | line | 2–18 | |
| Rift Pendulum new | codex/riftpendulum | Elemental Codex | line | 2–18 | |
| Quietus Halo new | codex/quietus | Elemental Codex | zone | 2–18 | 4.45 |
| Unspire new | codex/unspire | Elemental Codex | zone | 2–18 | 4.7 |
Blood · 10
| Ability | uid | Group | Kind / aim | Range (m) | Circle (m) |
|---|
| Shimmering Flux | handcast/flux | Hand Cast Ability | line | 3.5–28 | |
| Crimson Rite | collective/crimson | Collective Originals | zone | 2–16 | 3.2 |
| Bloodroot Thorns | matrix-new/bloodroot | Matrix New | zone | 0–16 | 6 |
| Sanguine Tide new | codex/sanguine | Elemental Codex | line | 3–20 | |
| Hemorrhage Ring new | codex/hemorrhage | Elemental Codex | zone | 2–18 | 4.5 |
| Clot Armor new | codex/clotarmor | Elemental Codex | zone | 2–18 | 4.2 |
| Arterial Whip new | codex/arterial | Elemental Codex | line | 2–18 | |
| Crimson Baptism new | codex/baptism | Elemental Codex | zone | 2–18 | 4.4 |
| Heartstake new | codex/heartstake | Elemental Codex | line | 2–18 | |
| Vein Lattice new | codex/veinlattice | Elemental Codex | zone | 2–18 | 4.6 |
Arcane · 10
| Ability | uid | Group | Kind / aim | Range (m) | Circle (m) |
|---|
| Magic Boost | linear-ext/magic | Linear Ability Ext | buff | | |
| Baleful Cascade | linear-extended/cascade | Linear Ability Casting Extended | zone | 0–24 | 4 |
| Aetherblade Cascade | matrix-new/aetherblade | Matrix New | line | 2–20 | |
| Glyph Barrage new | codex/glyphs | Elemental Codex | line | 3–20 | |
| Sigil Gate new | codex/sigilgate | Elemental Codex | zone | 2–18 | 4.4 |
| Rune Meteor new | codex/runemeteor | Elemental Codex | zone | 2–18 | 4.2 |
| Bind Rune new | codex/bindrune | Elemental Codex | zone | 2–18 | 4.45 |
| Ley Whip new | codex/leywhip | Elemental Codex | line | 2–18 | |
| Mana Well new | codex/manawell | Elemental Codex | zone | 2–18 | 4.7 |
| Sigil Volley new | codex/sigilvolley | Elemental Codex | line | 2–18 | |
Illusion · 10
| Ability | uid | Group | Kind / aim | Range (m) | Circle (m) |
|---|
| Mirage Construct | matrix-new/mirage | Matrix New | zone | 0–12 | 3 |
| Hall of Echoes | atlas/echoes | Ability Atlas | zone | 0–16 | 3.2 |
| Prism Lie new | codex/prismlie | Elemental Codex | line | 2–18 | |
| Mind Lattice new | codex/mindlattice | Elemental Codex | zone | 2–18 | 4.5 |
| Doppel Lance new | codex/doppel | Elemental Codex | line | 2–18 | |
| False Floor new | codex/falsefloor | Elemental Codex | zone | 2–18 | 4.2 |
| Mirror Halo new | codex/mirrorhalo | Elemental Codex | zone | 2–18 | 4.7 |
| Feint Cage new | codex/feintcage | Elemental Codex | zone | 2–18 | 4.7 |
| Glamour Sweep new | codex/glamour | Elemental Codex | line | 2–18 | |
| Afterimage Swing new | codex/afterimage | Elemental Codex | line | 2–18 | |
Time · 10
| Ability | uid | Group | Kind / aim | Range (m) | Circle (m) |
|---|
| Chrono Fracture | collective/chrono | Collective Originals | zone | 2–16 | 3.2 |
| Chrono Recall | atlas/recall | Ability Atlas | line | 3–18 | |
| Stillpoint | atlas/stillpoint | Ability Atlas | zone | 2–16 | 3.2 |
| Hourglass Sunder new | codex/hourglass | Elemental Codex | zone | 0–16 | 4 |
| Second Self new | codex/secondself | Elemental Codex | line | 2–18 | |
| Rewind Snare new | codex/rewindsnare | Elemental Codex | zone | 2–18 | 4.6 |
| Stasis Bell new | codex/stasisbell | Elemental Codex | zone | 2–18 | 4.4 |
| Late Bolt new | codex/latebolt | Elemental Codex | line | 2–18 | |
| Chrono Well new | codex/chronowell | Elemental Codex | zone | 2–18 | 4.45 |
| Tick Cage new | codex/tickcage | Elemental Codex | zone | 2–18 | 4.2 |
Motion · 10
| Ability | uid | Group | Kind / aim | Range (m) | Circle (m) |
|---|
| Blink Step | collective/blink | Collective Originals | line | 3–18 | |
| Parallax Blink | atlas/parallax | Ability Atlas | line | 4–18 | |
| Pendulum Cleaver new | codex/pendulum | Elemental Codex | line | 2–18 | |
| Vector Lance new | codex/vectorlance | Elemental Codex | line | 2–18 | |
| Sling Volley new | codex/slingvolley | Elemental Codex | line | 2–18 | |
| Shear Step new | codex/shearstep | Elemental Codex | line | 2–18 | |
| Orbit Pendulum new | codex/orbitpendulum | Elemental Codex | line | 2–18 | |
| Kinetic Halo new | codex/kinethalo | Elemental Codex | zone | 2–18 | 4.7 |
| Press Cage new | codex/presscage | Elemental Codex | zone | 2–18 | 4.45 |
| Surge Well new | codex/surgewell | Elemental Codex | zone | 2–18 | 4.7 |
Tech · 10
| Ability | uid | Group | Kind / aim | Range (m) | Circle (m) |
|---|
| Cyber Serpent | linear-extended/cyber | Linear Ability Casting Extended | line | 3.5–26 | |
| Monowheel Bot | handcast/monowheel | Hand Cast Ability | summon | 0–7 | |
| Sentinel Drone | handcast/drone | Hand Cast Ability | summon | 0–7 | |
| Prism Refractor | atlas/refractor | Ability Atlas | line | 3–18 | |
| Railgun Lance new | codex/railgun | Elemental Codex | line | 2–26 | |
| Orbital Strike new | codex/orbital | Elemental Codex | zone | 0–18 | 4 |
| Servo Pylon new | codex/servopylon | Elemental Codex | zone | 2–18 | 4.2 |
| Raster Lance new | codex/raster | Elemental Codex | line | 2–18 | |
| Gimbal Whip new | codex/gimbal | Elemental Codex | line | 2–18 | |
| Hardpoint Halo new | codex/hardpoint | Elemental Codex | zone | 2–18 | 4.45 |
Force · 10
| Ability | uid | Group | Kind / aim | Range (m) | Circle (m) |
|---|
| Aegis Bulwark | collective/aegis | Collective Originals | zone | 0–16 | 3.2 |
| Polarity Garden | atlas/polarity | Ability Atlas | zone | 2–16 | 3.2 |
| Vector Chakram | atlas/chakram | Ability Atlas | line | 3–18 | |
| Aegis Reversal | atlas/reversal | Ability Atlas | zone | 0–16 | 3.2 |
| Impulse Well new | codex/impulse | Elemental Codex | zone | 2–18 | 4.7 |
| Tensor Cage new | codex/tensor | Elemental Codex | zone | 2–18 | 4.2 |
| Vector Halo new | codex/vectorhalo | Elemental Codex | zone | 2–18 | 4.7 |
| Shear Force new | codex/shearforce | Elemental Codex | line | 2–18 | |
| Moment Swing new | codex/moment | Elemental Codex | line | 2–18 | |
| Press Lance new | codex/presslance | Elemental Codex | line | 2–18 | |
Matrix Expansion · 49
Native sandbox casts whose rules go past a single hit: an ash echo that follows your recent path, a thread that locks struck bodies in ice, a storm that attaches to one target, poison that evolves on its host, a sentry that reads enemy exposure and fires the counter-element. Each cast lives in packs/sandbox/src/abilities/expansion-2026/<cast>/, is built to the same contract as the originals (packs/sandbox/SANDBOX_NATIVE_CONTRACT.md) and binds the expansion combat adapter (docs/expansion-combat-adapter.md) for its hits, statuses and terrain. Promotion is per UID in expansion-2026/status.js: a live cast is installed in the sandbox and listed in the matrix, while a candidate stays hidden. Presets are in presets/expansion/ (node tools/extract-expansion.mjs regenerates them).
| Ability | uid | Element | Kind / aim | Range (m) | Circle (m) |
|---|
| Ashen Doppelganger | matrix-expansion/ashen-doppelganger | Fire | zone | 0–18 | |
| Absolute Zero Thread | matrix-expansion/absolute-zero-thread | Frost | line | 1–20 | |
| Fulminant Relay | matrix-expansion/fulminant-relay | Storm | line | 2–20 | |
| Thunderhead Parasite | matrix-expansion/thunderhead-parasite | Storm | zone | 0–18 | |
| Tidal Memory | matrix-expansion/tidal-memory | Water | line | 2–20 | |
| Faultwake Bastion | matrix-expansion/faultwake-bastion | Earth | line | 2–18 | |
| Prism Choir | matrix-expansion/prism-choir | Crystal | line | 2–20 | |
| Pressure Inversion | matrix-expansion/pressure-inversion | Wind | zone | 1–18 | |
| Overtone Spiral | matrix-expansion/overtone-spiral | Sound | zone | 1–18 | |
| Predatory Canopy | matrix-expansion/predatory-canopy | Nature | zone | 2–18 | 4 |
| Celestial Cartography | matrix-expansion/celestial-cartography | Cosmic | zone | 2–18 | 4.2 |
| Toxin Evolution | matrix-expansion/toxin-evolution | Poison | zone | 2–18 | 3.5 |
| Nightshade Inheritance | matrix-expansion/nightshade-inheritance | Shadow | zone | 2–18 | 3.5 |
| Heliostat Verdict | matrix-expansion/heliostat-verdict | Light |
The next wave · 23
One new cast per element, the registry's next standard entry for that element (batch-d.js). Each was built to the castable quality standard: an authored hero form at zone scale, solid lit materials for solid things, bespoke shaders on a four-stop ramp, a floor that answers and stays, and a linger that keeps moving. Each has a storyboard in docs/castables/matrix-expansion/ and a unit test in tests/expansion-2026/.
| Ability | uid | Element | Kind / aim | Range (m) | Circle (m) |
|---|
| Combustion Debt | matrix-expansion/combustion-debt | Fire | zone | 2–18 | 3.2 |
| Winter's Borrowed Breath | matrix-expansion/winters-borrowed-breath | Frost | zone | 2–18 | 3.4 |
| Synaptic Override | matrix-expansion/synaptic-override | Storm | zone | 2–18 | 3.6 |
| Hydraulic Marionette | matrix-expansion/hydraulic-marionette | Water | zone | 2–16 | 3.4 |
| Strata Exchange | matrix-expansion/strata-exchange | Earth | zone | 3–18 | 1.9 |
| Refraction Tribunal | matrix-expansion/refraction-tribunal | Crystal | zone | 5–20 | 3.8 |
| Skyhook Draft | matrix-expansion/skyhook-draft | Wind | line | 3–16 | |
| Resonance Theft | matrix-expansion/resonance-theft | Sound | zone | 1.5–18 | 3.8 |
| Symbiotic Exchange | matrix-expansion/symbiotic-exchange | Nature | zone | 2–18 | 4 |
| Venom Mimicry | matrix-expansion/venom-mimicry | Poison | zone | 2–18 | 3.2 |
| Photon Doppel | matrix-expansion/photon-doppel | Light | zone | 2–18 | 3.2 |
| Martyr's Accord | matrix-expansion/martyrs-accord | Holy | zone | 2–18 | 4 |
| Vacuum Genesis | matrix-expansion/vacuum-genesis | Cosmic | zone | 2–17 | 3.4 |
| Equivalence Engine | matrix-expansion/equivalence-engine |
Moves
- Walk and run (the soldier's own clips), and dash (the run, leaned into)
- Idle (Soldier.glb), shared by every pack
- Cast gesture I, II and III (cast1–3.fbx), each thrown with the cast lunge
- Cast lunge
- Summon drive (Sentinel Drone and Monowheel Bot)
- Hand-tracking cast: pack-only
- Duel Hall burn: pack-only
Archived
Kept in packs/<pack>/src/archive/. Built for freehand path input and not reachable from the live apps.
- linear · Fire (path cast)
- linear · Water (path cast)
- linear · Earth (path cast)
- linear · Wind (path cast)
- linear · Air Scooter (walk mode)
- linear-ext · Water (path cast)
- linear-ext · Air Scooter (walk mode)
Licence
MIT. See each pack's LICENSE file.
