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movement/movement_params.gd

@@ -12,7 +12,10 @@ class_name MovementParams
 @export var jump_velocity: float = 8.5
 @export var coyote_time: float = 0.15
 @export var jump_buffer: float = 0.12
-@export var air_control: float = 0.35
+# Retuned to half its old 0.35 (2026-08-01). Air control is how much of the
+# player's input authority survives leaving the ground; at 0.35 a jump could be
+# steered almost like a run, which flattened the cost of committing to a leap.
+@export var air_control: float = 0.175
 @export var air_acceleration: float = 30.0
 @export var max_air_speed: float = 18.0
 @export var gravity: float = 22.0
@@ -41,7 +44,11 @@ class_name MovementParams
 @export var slide_min_speed: float = 4.0
 @export var slide_cooldown: float = 0.35         # prevents rapid slide re-entry
 @export var slide_steer_rate: float = 2.5        # how fast slide direction bends toward input
-@export var slide_jump_speed_boost: float = 1.5  # extra m/s added when jumping out of slide
+# Retuned to a tenth of its old 1.5 (2026-08-01). Jumping out of a slide still
+# PRESERVES the slide's speed — that is `out_speed` in state_slide, and it is
+# untouched — this is only the bonus stacked on top of it, which at 1.5 m/s a
+# chain could compound into the bunny-hop cap almost for free.
+@export var slide_jump_speed_boost: float = 0.15 # extra m/s added when jumping out of slide
 
 # ── Wall Run ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
 @export var wall_run_speed: float = 13.0
@@ -83,7 +90,10 @@ class_name MovementParams
 @export var grapple_shoot_speed: float = 70.0     # hook travel speed (m/s)
 
 # ── Dash ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
-@export var dash_speed: float = 13.0
+# Retuned to three quarters of its old 13.0 (2026-08-01). This is the speed a
+# dash ADDS: state_dash projects the current velocity onto the dash direction
+# and adds this on top, so a forward dash at full run used to gain a flat 13 m/s.
+@export var dash_speed: float = 9.75
 @export var dash_duration: float = 0.18
 @export var dash_charges: int = 2           # dashes available before recharging
 @export var dash_cooldown: float = 2.0      # seconds to regain ONE charge