Interloping Artifact

A new artifact which causes enemies to swarm you after a period of time.

Config

This mod includes support for Risk of Options, which exposes a few settings to tweak.

Section	Option	Description
Loitering	Time until loiter penalty	The amount of time from the start of the stage until the loiter penalty is enforced. Minimum of 60 seconds. Only Applies when artifact is enabled. Can not be changed mid run. Default is 5 minutes (300 seconds).
Loitering	Loiter penalty frequency	he amount of time between forced enemy spawns. Only Applies when artifact is enabled. Can not be changed mid run. Default is 5 seconds.
Loitering	Loiter penalty severity	The strength of spawned enemies. 40 is equal to 1 combat shrine. Only Applies when artifact is enabled. Can not be changed mid run. Default is 40.
Limit Enemies	Limit Blind Pest	Enable Blind Pest limit. Can not be changed mid run.
Limit Enemies	Blind Pest Amount	The percentage of enemies that are allowed to be blind pest. Only affects the Loitering penalty. Can not be changed mid run. Default is 10%.
Warning	Warning Sound Volume	Volume of the warning sound. Set to 0 to disable.
Warning	Use Ticking Sound	Use a clock ticking sound instead of a bell. Recommended if you have Kampanaphobia.
Warning	Enable Halfway Warning	Play the warning sound when the loiter timer reaches half way.
Warning	Time Before Loiter Penalty	How long before the Loiter Penalty the bells start tolling. Requires a scene change to update. Default is 15 seconds.
Artifact	Force Unlock	Force artifact to be available. This will not grant the achievement. Requires restart. It's also no fun :(
Artifact	Disable Code Hints	Prevent artifact code hints from appearing in game. Requires restart.

Installation

To install with r2modman automatically, either click the "Install with Mod Manager" button at the top of the page on Thunderstore or search for InterlopingArtifact within r2modman.

To install manually, either click the "Manual Download" button at the top of the page on Thunderstore, or download the latest release from GitHub. Once downloaded, if you are using r2modman, launch r2modman and navigate to your preferred Risk of Rain 2 profile. From there, go to Settings > Profile > Import local mod, and then select HDeDeDe-InterlopingArtifact-{Version_Number}.zip (or just InterlopingArtifact.zip) when prompted. Confirm the settings and you should be good to go.

If you do not have r2modman, then make sure you have the required dependencies (they can be found at the top of the page on Thunderstore), navigate to your Risk of Rain 2 install folder > BepInEx > plugins and extract the following files from InterlopingArtifact.zip to the same subfolder: InterlopingArtifact.dll, InterlopingArtifact.language, InterlopingArtifact.pdb, Inter_WarningSounds.sound, interloperassets

Feedback

Any and all feedback is appreciated, if you want to let me know anything please feel free to open an issue on the GitHub Page or @ me on the modding discord (hdedede).

Artifact hints

Artifact 1:

Hint 1

    The stars told us the way.

Hint 2

    Before the fall of humanity.

Hint 3

    We could not back away from our fate.

Artifact 2:

Hint 1

    We reached for the sky.

Hint 2

    The roots followed in pursuit.

Hint 3

    The tree of mycelium led us astray.

Creds

Ants - Made the Artifact Icon

HIFU - Provided base game icon backgrounds

.score, Bubbet, iDeathHD, and others on the RoR2 Mod Discord - Helped me figure out issues and learn more along the way

anartoast - suggestion for code formula location