Gameplay Mod (Reworked) VENOR - New Terrifying Monster

[Kan3]

^{"Limbs under ground
Beneath your feet
Will have you bound
And begun to eat"}

 

Almost exactly 1 year ago I was releasing a cute little buddy on Realm667, the Venor.

 

Based on the famous yellow slime mold and willing to make a sort of trap-like monster, I made some disgusting sprites, wrote down a custom AI ^{(if you want to call it like that)}, slapped some creepy sounds and the recipe for an interesting fella was complete!

 

I was pretty proud of the thing, especially because I wasn't that good with ZSCRIPT and making a monster that could target not only the players, but any living creature that would come closer, that could chase his target without those annoying 45 degrees turns, that could pull his targets before eat them and pass through other actors and tall steps was already wizardry to me.

 

But NOW, that I have reached several new levels of (z)scripting perks, I decided that I could make something more!

And here we are, presenting you the perfected version of the Venor!

 

Spoiler

 

^{Real spoiler: The video is freaking looooong, but there's a time stamp that will directly bring you to the testing if you're not interested into the "behind the scenes"}

 

In this "quick" video I thoroughly explain literally everything about the guy in question: how it works, how the functions controlling his (bad) behavior operates and in the end the field testing.

 

Of course, directly during the video I found a couple of things that could have been done better, so I took my time today to fix everything and now I decided to release this little angel to the public! (Will try to update it on Realm667 too if this new version will be accepted).

 

Quick explanation of this monster is and can do:

• Flat sprite monster
• Completely "asleep" until any living being become too curious and wake him up (can be used as a monster-eater monster if the player is smart enough)
• Constant tracking and chasing of the target
• Able to pass through anything, actors, walls, american borders
• 3 kind of attack pattern: 
  1. Normal melee/bite attack
  2. Pulling force
  3. Void grab ^{no spoiler}
• Not fast and not durable, can be killed easily ^{and it would be better to do that fast}

Spoiler

 

So go forth, oh you intrepid knight of Doom, test your strength against this abomination risen from Hell!

GET YOUR FREE COPY OF THE NEW VENOR HERE!

^{no refunds}

What you're going to find inside the zip file:

• 100% functional New Venor monster
• 100% ZSCRIPT magic
• 100% explanations of that same magic through comments
• 100% configurable arguments to adjust your Venor as you please
• 97% nightmares!

 

I consider this thing to be in beta, since I'm the only one who tested it for now and something out of my scope might break somewhere, so if someone has the will to report any bug/glitch or even improvements, come forth!

 

I will also share the OLD VENOR from Realm667, just for checking purposes