Fun fact, if there's something we learned with game balance, is that spreadsheets are unavoidable…

… especially since the game has 20+ party members, and that other mods like the Olympus Coliseum allow the player to choose whomever in the party.

Our mod is rebalancing pretty much everything in "Kingdom Hearts 3" (except the Gummi ship…), including total stats for all of Sora's party members, their weapons, level bonuses, etc.

For the upcoming 2.0 update, all Guardians will level up like other party members, with new level up stat bonuses!

In rare cases, he will be visible in the menu; his existing party member slot (that we're using in this mod) has this hard-coded functionality, eg. if you are KO:d when he is in your party.

As such, we set him up there with idle animations… but not without error and trial with the camera framing…

Also, Terra joins the party!

For the next update, we've developed him and added the list of party members in the game (without replacing anyone).

Aside from combos, he can summon meteors, cast Curaga, and use his Ultima Cannon shotlock from BBS.

Here is he in one of Olympus's battlegates:

One good example for today is Kairi!

In LvD 2.0, as a party member, she'll use Barrier to guard and counter-attack enemy damage, prioritising airborne foes, and using the same (expanded) moveset as when you directly play her.

Likewise, all party members will actively evade or dodge damage. (2/2)

The core of our "Light vs. Darkness" mod is a full rebalance of all of #KingdomHearts 3, including animations, stats, abilities, story rewards…

Part of it consists of making party members more useful and active in battle. In our mod, they have expanded abilities and new behaviours in combat. (1/2)

We're currently developing the 2.0 of our main PC mod, "Light vs. Darkness"!

This update will rebalance further all of KH3's gameplay, including combat, synthesis, stats, rewards, enemies, party members, abilities, UI…

This will come alongside new additions, such as Terra as a party member ;-)

We're the team behind the PC mod "Light vs. Darkness" for #KingdomHearts 3, finally joining here!

In 2022, we presented at @marchcaprice.com and then released the first version of our mod: a full rebalance of KH3's gameplay, with a "Dark World" overhaul.

3 years later, there's still more to come!