Classes

Classes

Pick a class for your animal in Ultimate Chicken Horse. Every class has one ability and one drawback.

Early state. This is the first public version. It has been tried with two players on one machine; several classes have only been tested briefly, and nothing has been tested online yet. Expect bugs and unbalanced classes.

How to use

• At the start of every match the class sheet opens before the first Party Box. Every player has a pointer of their own (stick, or the mouse for the keyboard player; pick with jump or click). Choose a class, then READY. The match starts when everyone is ready, or after 60 seconds.
• F6 opens the same sheet at any other time. Classes can be changed in the lobby and between runs, not during a run.
• Classes marked [button] are used with the ability button:
• keyboard: F (can be changed in the config)
• controller: the rotate right button from the building phase (R1)
• In the lobby you can try the abilities freely.

The corner of the screen shows the class of each local player and whether the ability is ready.

Classes

| Class | Ability | Drawback |

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

| Sprinter [button] | Short dash in the direction you hold | Accelerates slower |

| Glider | Hold jump in the air to fall slowly | Jumps a bit lower |

| Climber | Does not slide down walls (hold down to slide) | Runs a bit slower |

| Hopper | Double jump | No wall jump, no wall slide |

| Stomper [button] | In the air: slam down and knock nearby players away | Jumps a bit lower |

| Grappler [button] | Once per round: pull yourself to a block in the direction you hold | Runs a bit slower |

| Dwarf | Smaller | Jumps a bit lower |

| Giant | Bigger, jumps higher, cannot be shoved | Easier to hit |

| Slider | Ice and honey do not affect you | Accelerates much slower |

| Teleporter [button] | First press sets a mark, second press jumps back to it (once per round) | Cannot move for a moment after the jump |

| Tank | Survives the first hit of every round | No wall jump, no wall slide |

| Cat | Three extra lives per match | Never gets the bonus for finishing first |

| Fireproof | Immune to the kind of trap that killed you last | Runs a bit slower |

| Shield [button] | Hold the button while standing: nothing that hits you from the front can kill you | Cannot move while the shield is up |

| Shover [button] | Shove players right next to you | You are pushed back yourself |

| Screamer [button] | Knock back everyone around you | Long cooldown, you cannot move for a moment |

| Swapper [button] | Once per round: swap places with a random living player | You do not know with whom |

| Sticky | Leaves a sticky trail that slows other players | Gets stuck in the trails of other Sticky players |

| Slow Motion [button] | Once per round: the whole game runs at half speed for a moment | It slows you down too |

| Avenger | Whoever kills you with a trap is marked. Killing them with your trap gives an extra point | Trap kills on anyone else give no points |

| Underdog | Reaching the goal while in last place gives an extra point | No bonus for finishing first while in the lead |

| Stealth | The piece you place is invisible to the others for one round | none yet |

| Carrier [button] | Pick up a player next to you, press again to throw them | Slow while carrying |

| Thief | Touch a player who carries a coin to steal it | Cannot pick up coins from the level |

| Doppelganger | Looks like another player's animal during the run | Keeps their own hat and name |

| Ghost [button] | Once per round, after dying: knock the nearest living player away | Does nothing while alive |

| Architect | The pieces you place cannot be blown up | none yet |

| Demolitionist [button] | Once per round: light a fuse and explode, killing everyone close by | Including yourself. Your traps give no points |

| Trapper | Projectiles from your traps fly faster | Dying to your own trap costs a point |

| Hoarder | The Party Box holds one more piece while you play | none yet |

| Copycat | Gets t