You got it! Our little performance cleaner… 
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- does it literally eat torches
- will they go for torches
if both 1 and 2 are yes
- how high can they jump?
I would love to just place torches a bit too high for them to reach and you can just see them jumping after it constantly xD
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This was a bit of a Spoiler from our Creature lists 
but … yes. We got a creature that eats torches but his behaviour is under development at the moment and i can’t reveal too much now or they are going to use the Ground Basher on me… 
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Why do you have to keep things like a creature list secret?
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Secret is probably the wrong word. Is Under Development and not ready to share with the world 
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Ah, I see.
But couldn´t you just give us a list of code names so we can play the guessing game? 
If I may suggest something:
How about an alternative version of the exploding hopper that, instead of having the red/orange lava theme, has an Oortian theme (violet/pink highlights with Oortian glpyhs on the body) that instead of “just” blowing up stuff randomly scrambles all blocks inside the ‘explosion’ radius. Like this:
Before:
After:
The effect could trap player inside the structure so they would have to dig themselves out. To avoid block generation “inside” the player he/she could receive a good bit of damage if a block is generated on the location of a player instead of generating said block.
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Here’s what I think about the Exploding Hoppers
- because I think this would make them the MOST interesting
and - to distinguish them from Creepers
I think they should start out looking like #4
then as they are going to explode they look like #10
after the explosion they look like #7
Idealy they would drop some common loot in stage #4
but the GOOD/RARE loot they can drop only drops when they look like #10, which it only for about a second or so right before they detonate.
the #7 stage drops nothing
so you’d have to choose:
- accept the common loot by killing them quick
- or hold off a bit and risk dying for the rare loot
- and failing to get it do you kill it for safety?
- or wait till it rearms itself and try again
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This is a really cool idea. It’s the “vortex mixer” or the “voxel inverter” or something. Love it. 
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This could also be a good idea for the Ground Pounder
I thought about “matter clutter(er)” or “matter disruptor”.
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Just “disruptor”
Edit: these creatures are atomicly unstable as a result of passing through a portal they were not attuned to. The detonation reflects this scrabble atomic property.
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Fun fun fun! Thanks for posting!
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11 is my fave…he looks pissed and i love the cracks in his back like he is soo cranky, one misstep will have him explode!
EDIT: OH! also when he explodes, he spews out spores or eggs to make more little guys? and maybe have them scatter so they can crawl in a hole to grow up nice and cranky 
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The exploding hopper model is looking great! Also the ground basher is an interesting concept, I’m interested for when it gets modeled.
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This looks really good,I love the Groung smasher look. And I’d put one eye on the Hopper.
But Great good!!! Keep it up
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Awesome idea! Yeah we’re certainly playing with the next creature actively engaging the sandbox…and hopefully creating some scaling variety too! 
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That makes sense. Because exploding would definitely not be an evolutionary advantage.
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Might be explainable (spreads eggs/children? Maybe we become unknowing hosts. …and now we’re a sci-fi horror game :P)
This might be a little info to think about.
It’s how creepers spread.
I imagine this creature hopping up, tucking in its ligaments, and doing a sonic suicide dash attack.
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