They weren’t my ideas to begin with, and a lot of them have been developed further and expressed more clearly since then. We just have better words for things, like saying hitbox vs hurtbox, instead of calling everything a hitbox. Someone had to be clever enough to find a precise term that stuck, which is an ongoing process that takes time and effort. So here are a few articles and videos that have done a better job of capturing and expanding the concepts i tried to convey. I’ll keep adding to this list from time to time.
Footsies Trilemma by HiFight
– Simplified rundown of the most common fundamentals of footsies: hit attack (advancing attack), cover attack (preemptive poke), and whiff punish attack
The Art of Footsies, Chapter 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 by Johnny Worms
– Concise and eloquent breakdown of the “footsies triangle” as whiff punishment, approaching, and poking – along with feinting as a half-layer for each option
The Rules of Footsies by Celia Wagar
– An expanded overview of the various rock-paper-scissors triangles involved in footsies, with detailed examples of ground-run-centric anime fighting game interactions