# Hot Press

Hot Press is a character archetype in Folded Thunder.

Character · Fictional · Established

Stable ID: `folded-hot-press` · Revision 1 · Updated 2026-10-30

Context: [Folded Thunder](/field-guide/collections/folded-thunder/)

[Web page](/field-guide/entities/folded-hot-press/) · [JSON record](/field-guide/entities/folded-hot-press/record.json)

## At a glance

- Animation: idle

- Animation: roll

- Animation: press

- Animation: vulnerable

- Animation: defeated

## Visual notes

- art deco midnight lacquer

## Appearances

- [Folded Thunder](/gamelab/folded-thunder.html) (context: [Folded Thunder](/field-guide/collections/folded-thunder/))

- [Hot Press](/gamelab/projects/foldedthunder/character-labs/hot-press.html) (context: [Folded Thunder](/field-guide/collections/folded-thunder/))

- [Hot Press · Ember Archive](/gamelab/projects/foldedthunder/boss-fight-labs/hot-press.html): Named in this published page.

- [Folded Thunder: About the Machine](/tiltlab/machines/folded-thunder/about.html): Named in this published page.

## Dated changes

- 2026-10-30: Added from the named source to the Field Guide.

## Sources

- [Folded Thunder](/gamelab/folded-thunder.html)

- [Hot Press](/gamelab/projects/foldedthunder/character-labs/hot-press.html) (revision sha256:1b0ea9230acd39aadb25b9a0ced8c55a73c7fadd112afa05bfcc6b04fa2c6b26)

## Portrait

![Hot Press in the original game artwork.](/field-guide/assets/portraits/catalog-game-folded-hot-press-v1-1200.webp)

Authored game sprite, frame hot-press/idle/0. The complete frame silhouette is preserved; transparent margins are removed only for display.

[Download original](/field-guide/assets/portraits/catalog-game-folded-hot-press-v1.png) · [Folded Thunder authored character sprite](/gamelab/projects/foldedthunder/assets/art/blank-works/hot-press-strip.png) · v1 · SHA-256: `9472d2315eb42e4bedcce7a643edff9df5469fd5a7c5d792ede4b99581847626`