Blade Art Online Template

BAO: Anime Sword Combat RPG Template

An anime-style sword-fighting RPG template with a working greatsword combat system, an item economy, quests, a duel arena and a large town-and-wilderness map, built on a modular Knit codebase.

Combat

• Server-validated melee with hitbox checks and a combat module system
• Greatsword combat with a 5-hit combo, blocking, a posture system and guard-break stuns
• Directional dashes (front, back, left, right)
• Camera-facing strafe movement, with the head following the camera while idle
• Ragdoll on death, camera shake, and a VFX library (combat, death, movement, blue fire, lightning)

Progression and items

• Inventory with equippable weapons, armor, cloaks, clothing and potions
• 13 weapon models: 6 greatswords, 2 katanas and 5 swords
• Chestplates, cloaks, full armor sets, basic clothing, one-piece outfits and suits
• Yen currency, XP and levels, stats HUD and a marketplace service
• Saved player data for inventory, stats and quests (ProfileService)

World and gameplay

• Large town, buildings and wilderness
• Duel arena with a duels-won leaderboard (per session)
• Quest system with two sample quests (duel quest and find-item quest)
• Roaming NPCs that walk path routes, and hittable training dummies
• Day/night cycle

UI

• Console menu with Map, Profile, Social, Chat and Settings
• HUD with stats and inventory screen

Code

• Built on Knit with ProfileService, Trove, Signal, Promise and Component
• Modular services, built to work with Rojo
• Data-driven items, quests and hitbox data

Included as a starting point (needs your own scripting)

• Katana and sword models are equippable, but only the greatsword has attack animations and hitbox data. Add yours to use the other weapon types.
• Merchant NPCs, a gem merchant, a ranked NPC, bounty boards and floor teleporters are placed in the world with prompts, but you’ll need to wire up their logic and teleport destinations.
• Hair, face and skin colour assets are included, with no character creator.
• Circling NPC spawner points and zones are laid out, with no behaviour script.

Good for: developers who want a head start on an anime sword-fighting or duel game and are happy to build on a greatsword-based combat core.