ShrinkerGun

ShrinkerGun: COMPRESSOR

A shrink ray you can buy in the shop. Shoot anything to shrink it. Shoot it again to restore it.

A note from Vippy

After way too long of a break, I'm finally back and working on these again:D Every one of my mods just got a full pass: bugs fixed, reports read, a few things I'd always meant to do. New builds and fixes land in Vippy's Discord before they hit, so come hang out. Thanks for sticking around.

v0.7.0: now a grow gun too. Flip Gun / Mode to Grow and the ray makes things big instead of small: enemies, valuables, even you, with the deeper audio and longer reach to match. Grown enemies still fit the level. Shrink is the default. Needs ScalerCore 1.0.6 and REPOLib 4.2.0.

Enemies, valuables, items, players -- if you can hit it, you can shrink it. Or, in Grow mode, supersize it.

What happens when you shrink stuff

Enemies get tiny, squeaky, and mostly harmless. They still chase you, but their damage and speed drop with their size. Their grab force goes to zero, so you can pick them up and throw them.

Valuables shrink for easy transport. No more struggling with oversized items through doorways. Shrink it and toss it in the cart. They stay small until they take damage, so carry them carefully.

Drop it too hard and it pops back to full size:

Players can shrink each other. Tiny players get squeaky voices, big anime eyes, and adjusted camera so it actually feels right. Walk under doors you'd normally crouch through. Take damage to pop back.

Carts, cart cannons, and cart lasers become pocketable when shrunken. Shrink one, press an inventory key, stash it. Pull it out later, still tiny. Shoot it again and it's full size on the ground.

Items shrink too. Grenades get smaller explosions. Orbs get smaller radius. Even doors. Why not.

Works great with cart mods

Already using ScaleInCart or SylhShrinkerCartPlus? The COMPRESSOR handles everything those don't: enemies, players, doors, stuff that hasn't reached the cart yet. They work fine together.

• Shrink a valuable before you pick it up, then carry it through tight corridors
• Shrink an enemy mid-chase and punt it across the room
• Shrink your friend for laughs (squeaky voice and everything)
• Shrink the extraction haul early so you're not fumbling at the truck
• Pocket a shrunken cart for later

Balance

It costs a weapon slot and uses ammo. Everything has counterplay:

| What you shrink | What keeps it fair |

|-----------------|-------------------|

| Enemies | Auto-restore after 2 minutes. Still fight back at reduced damage. |

| Valuables | Pop back to full size if you drop them too hard. |

| Players | Take any damage to restore. |

| Carts/items | Shrunken players can't pocket shrunken items. The cart drops if you get shrunk too. |

Configuration

Settings (in-game config / BepInEx/config, host's settings rule in multiplayer):

| Setting | Default | What it does |

|---------|---------|--------------|

| Gun / Mode | Shrink | Shrink or Grow. Grow makes targets big instead of small. |

| Targets / ShrinkDeadHeads | Off | Let the ray hit dead Semibot heads. |

| Battery / ShotsPerCharge | 0 | Shots a full battery gives, up to 100. 0 leaves the built-in amount. Needs a restart. |

| Battery / Rechargeable | Default | Whether the gun tops up at a charging station. Default leaves the built-in setting. Needs a restart. |

| Challenge / ShrinkChallengeMode | Off | Everyone starts shrunken. The gun grows you back for a while, damage shrinks you again. |

| Chaos / LevelCollapse | Auto | Shooting the map starts a 90-second collapse. Auto = April 1st only, On = always, Off = never. |

| Debug / EnableDebugKeys | Off | Turns the two keys below on. |

| Debug / ShrinkKey | F9 | Shrink or unshrink yourself, no gun needed. |

| Debug / CollapseKey | End | Start the collapse by hand. Host only, and only while LevelCollapse is active. |

Hardcoded defaults:

| Behavior | Value |

|----------|-------|

| Scale factor | 40% shrink / 200% grow |

| Enemy restore | 2 minut