[Gameplay] Player is defeated while 16 HP remains

Patch tracking

Fix and regression status

The health bar empties completely at death. Awaiting a documented v0.2.0 retest.

Fixed in: v0.2.0

Severity

Major — feature broken or gameplay heavily impacted with no workaround

Build

v0.0.9.7

Reporter

Akshanth Borawar

Discord

havokbucks

Reproducibility

10/10 — Always

Build channel

Steam Playtest

Observed

2026-09-28T03:23

Operating system

Windows 11

CPU

AMD Ryzen 7 5800X 8-Core Processor (3.80 GHz)

GPU / driver

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 (8 GB)

RAM

32 GB

Resolution / frame rate

1080 @240hz

Screen mode

Fullscreen

Graphics settings

Ultra

Input / peripherals

Mouse & keyboard

Character class

Warrior

Character level

Level 1

Location / zone

Novum - Northern Gate

Quest / objective

Tutorial

Gameplay state

Player is progressing through the tutorial and is engaged in combat with enemies. The player has 16 HP remaining before being defeated.

Steps to reproduce

1. Launch the build v0.0.9.7 and proceed to the main menu. 2. Start a New Game. 3. Progress into gameplay and encounter enemies. 4. Allow the enemies to damage the player. 5. Observe the player's HP. 6. Continue taking damage until the player's HP reaches 16. 7. Observe the player being defeated.

Actual result

The player is defeated while the displayed HP is still at 16.

Expected result

The player should only be defeated when their HP reaches 0.

Workaround / recovery

No workaround found.

Crash status

No