Walking tree
From SuperTux
Milestone 3
This design, feature or badguy will not be included in Milestone 2 but has been pushed to Milestone 3. If this feature is already present in the SVN repository, it will be removed. It may be reintroduced later, but possibly in a different manner. Don't use it!
| Walking tree | |
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| Found in: | Forest |
| Appearance: | A walking tree with eyes. |
| Behaviour: | Walks around. Stays on platforms. |
| Squishable: | yes |
| Burnable: | yes |
| Butt-Jumpable: | yes |
| Freezable: | yes |
| Status: | unstable |
| Badguys | |
Walking tree (sometimes also Mr. Tree) is a badguy in the Forest. When jumped on by Tux, breaks into two Poison Ivy and one Stumpy.
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[edit] Design considerations
- This section may be outdated.
Hurt Tux Option 1: Run over him.
Hurt Tux Option 2: Runs over him and throws harmful objects at him. Mr.tree starts throwing fire balls after being hit with a fire shot from Tux.
Hurt Tux Option 3: Mr.Tree throws (spawns) harmful leaf/hair clump creatures by pulling clumps from his head. These leaf/weed creatures attack Tux.
Hurt the enemy Option 1: Jump onto it.
Hurt the enemy Option 2: Knock down Mr.Tree by throwing a Snail shells at him. Snails creatures can be stunned and then thrown at the tree. If Mr.Tree is hit with fire the animation changes and Mr.tree starts throwing fire balls at Tux. It is not a good idea for the player to light trees on fire, it just makes Mr.Tree mad.
Additional and/or Future Gameplay Ideas: Tux could jump into the tree from under and control them since they're hollow, but only if Tux is invulnerable. However, he can't jump inside them, other than out of them.
Side Notes: normal trees in the background may shake their branches to disturb Tux and other creatures. Also, nonwalking trees in the background might shake their branches disturbing Tux and other creatures.
There might be rolling logs as well. Floating logs could also be useful when crossing a river/waterfall; Tux could control them if he jumped on them.
[edit] Proposal for burning Mr. Tree
When Mt. Tree is hit by a fireball, it might be set on fire. A burning Mr Tree runs around, killing small enemies (like Poison Ivies) and setting on fire other Mr Trees and straw blocks. If a burning tree hits Mr Bomb, they both die (Mr Bomb explodes). After a while, Mr Tree's leaves will burn completely, reducing it to a normal Stumpy (or killing it). A burning tree might be immune to fireballs.
[edit] Proposal for Spooky Mr Tree
In Ghost forest, Mr Tree could have no leaves and have a carved out, spooky face with jagged branches. In Milestone 0.3, Mr Tree releases one or two Poison Ivies when jumped on. Spooky Mr Tree could release bats or some such thing.
[edit] Proposal for Branches
Mr Tree could have a thin branch sticking out either side of him which Tux can stand on to be carried around. This could serve a purpose if there was something that badguys could walk through but Tux couldn't.
| Badguys | |
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| Version 0.1 | Bouncing Snowball · Flame · Flying Snowball · Jumpy · Mr. Bomb · Mr. IceBlock · Snowball · Spiky · Stalactite |
| Milestone 2 | Cannon · Crystallo · Fish · Haywire · Krush and Krosh · Mrs. Snowball · Owl · Short Fuse · Sleeping Spiky · Snowman · Snowshot · Spike · SkyDive |
| Milestone 3 | Poison Ivy · Snail · Spider · Walking totem · Walking tree · Zeekling |
| Proposed | Captain Snowball · Igel · Ispy · Kugelblitz · Mole · Toad · Walking leaf · Will-o-wisp |
