Hopper Master Sheet
Key Visual Features:
- Melee Creature (Bouncing Sandbox Bomb)
- Classic Progression\Power (5 tiers)
- Elemental Progression
- Exotic Progression
Hopper General Description:
The Hopper is a volatile crazy little creature providing chaos and amusement in equal measure. They can be found alone or in small group hopping around the world in a passive state. When activated he turns hostile and will detonate like a bomb on impact creating a whole variety of results. If triggered, he will protect himself by hiding into a tight ball which the player can roll or grab. He can then be pulled, thrown or dragged using a grapple using the creature as a sandbox tox. When in a ball state they cannot be damaged, but if they hit a surface with enough force then they detonate.
Combat and Armour
This post will target the more combat based creatures and shine a light on the visual relationship we have to how those creature visibly relate āProgressionā with āArmourā. This is the last post on focusing entirely on our aesthetic representation of the progression section of the creature master sheets.
- High combat threat and destructive damage is best to be visibly portrayed in both Ranged and Melee Creatures as being the primary indicator of difficulty.
Armour is a therefore our visual indicator on how hard that creature is to combat.
The higher the tier of progression, the more of the creatureās body is shown to be protected by armour.
Looking at both the Spitter(Ranged) and the Hopper(Melee) mastersheets youāll notice an area on each mesh covered by āArmourā. The area covered in Armour on each creature is chosen by itās key ai behaviours and animations (in terms of combat - so not in personality like the Wildstock or Road Runner) and what we as a team want to convey about each creature visually.
Armour on the Spitter
On the Spitter itās armour is the grey section on top of itās flesh/body covering the top of his head, spine and in particular and consistently the tail throughout every tier.
Before, during and after his shooting projectile attack - he shakes his tail like a ārattle snake mis-directing your attention before attacking from his faceā!
- This ties in the armour nicely to how he goes about in combat and in turn becomes a key part of his identity.
Armour on the Hopper
The Hopper is a little different because his armour is localised always in particular around his feet consistently from tier 1 onwards and thereafter his back and most of his body added on in tier 5.
This is because when you successfully get him to hide into a ball in combat, youāll be able to use him against his will as a player!
If you roll him, we plan for his momentum to be āfoot heavyā therefore always rolling to an upright position allowing him to get up naturally and hop away (retreat!).
So this is it for week 1 everyone! Next week, Iāll finish off the series and complete the set!
