Skullworm

Small and Long

Player experience

A worm of skulls cuts through the horde. Faster and more deadly, these wind up and strike from a short distance, so you deal with them first. There is a shorter one and a longer one. It does not shove aside the way a skull does, and it paths on its own loop: seek, attack, cooldown.

Product goal

Skullworm is the first body that is not just another skull. A cloud-clearing kit is not enough. You have to commit to the line moving through the crowd. The two sizes are one creature. Which rounds spawn them lives on the level.

As built

Elite enemies

These are the non-swarm enemies and the boss that exist in the project now.

As-built

What the player can do

During a life the player can meet skullworms, quadrupeds, Orobas, scorpions, portals and their weakspots, mega portals, and the Skull Squid boss. Each has a definition and a pool factory in as-built assets. Portals bring more enemies. Weakspots are how a portal is broken. The boss runs projectile patterns from BossPatternDefinition assets.

What ends it

An elite dies, a portal collapses, or the boss pattern ends. All of them unload with the gameplay scope. Kinds that are not in those assets are not spawned.

What is saved

Nothing per creature. A quest step can credit a boss id or a family, and that quest lifetime is saved with the profile.

Configuration

SkullWormDefinition

Assets/Data/_AssetData/Addressables/DeepForestLabs/Slumber/SkullWorm/SkullWormDefinition.asset

_segmentCount: 11
_headHealth: 9000
_segmentHealth: 8000
_contactDamage: 50
_speedMultiplier: 4
_knockbackResistance: -1
_noiseAmplitude: 0.7
_noiseFrequency: 0.9
_lateralAmplitude: 0.25
_verticalAmplitude: 0.24
_waveFrequency: 0.2
_verticalPhaseOffset: 1.57
_speedAmplitudeScale: 0.001
_dropsManaOrb: true
_manaOrbDropCount: 2
_tier: Assets/Data/_AssetData/Addressables/DeepForestLabs/Slumber/SkullWorm/SkullWormTierConfig_Small.asset
_tailStab: Assets/Data/_AssetData/Addressables/DeepForestLabs/Slumber/SkullWorm/SkullWormTailStabProfile.asset

SkullWormDefinition

Assets/Data/_AssetData/Addressables/DeepForestLabs/Slumber/SkullWorm/SkullWormDefinition_Long.asset

_segmentCount: 40
_headHealth: 20000
_segmentHealth: 2500
_contactDamage: 75
_speedMultiplier: 3
_knockbackResistance: -0.5
_noiseAmplitude: 0.7
_noiseFrequency: 0.9
_lateralAmplitude: 0.1
_verticalAmplitude: 0.11
_waveFrequency: 0.17
_verticalPhaseOffset: 1.57
_speedAmplitudeScale: 0.01
_dropsManaOrb: true
_manaOrbDropCount: 4
_tier: Assets/Data/_AssetData/Addressables/DeepForestLabs/Slumber/SkullWorm/SkullWormTierConfig_Long.asset
_tailStab: Assets/Data/_AssetData/Addressables/DeepForestLabs/Slumber/SkullWorm/SkullWormTailStabProfile_Long.asset

SkullWormLocomotionConfig

Assets/Data/_AssetData/Addressables/DeepForestLabs/Slumber/SkullWorm/SkullWormLocomotionConfig.asset

_segmentSpacing: 0.82
_rotationSmoothing: 5
_maxBendAngle: 70
_wavePhaseStep: 0.18
_neckSpacingRatio: 0.6
_neckRampSegments: 3
_gravity: (0, -2, 0)
_linearDamping: 0.7
_constraintIterations: 12
_bendStiffness: 0.7
_useMuscleRipple: false
_rippleHeadLockSegments: 2
_rippleBlendSegments: 3

SkullWormLocomotionConfig

Assets/Data/_AssetData/Addressables/DeepForestLabs/Slumber/SkullWorm/SkullWormLocomotionConfig_Long.asset

_segmentSpacing: 0.8
_rotationSmoothing: 5
_maxBendAngle: 75
_wavePhaseStep: 0.18
_neckSpacingRatio: 0.6
_neckRampSegments: 3
_gravity: (0, -2, 0)
_linearDamping: 0.6
_constraintIterations: 12
_bendStiffness: 0.6
_useMuscleRipple: false
_rippleHeadLockSegments: 2
_rippleBlendSegments: 3

SkullWormTailStabProfile

Assets/Data/_AssetData/Addressables/DeepForestLabs/Slumber/SkullWorm/SkullWormTailStabProfile.asset

_windupDuration: 0.5
_strikeDuration: 0.25
_recoverDuration: 0.6
_cooldown: 1.5
_triggerRange: 14
_reach: 20
_leadTime: 0.2
_rearHeight: 6
_rearPullback: 4
_stabApexHeight: 3
_stabDepth: 2
_strikeLeadTime: 0.1
_maxAimSpeed: 8
_strikeHomingCutoff: 0.6
_damage: 15
_hitRadius: 1.5

SkullWormTailStabProfile

Assets/Data/_AssetData/Addressables/DeepForestLabs/Slumber/SkullWorm/SkullWormTailStabProfile_Long.asset

_windupDuration: 0.5
_strikeDuration: 0.25
_recoverDuration: 0.6
_cooldown: 2
_triggerRange: 14
_reach: 20
_leadTime: 0.05
_rearHeight: 6
_rearPullback: 4
_stabApexHeight: 3
_stabDepth: 2
_strikeLeadTime: 0.1
_maxAimSpeed: 8
_strikeHomingCutoff: 0.6
_damage: 40
_hitRadius: 1.5

SkullWormTierConfig

Assets/Data/_AssetData/Addressables/DeepForestLabs/Slumber/SkullWorm/SkullWormTierConfig_Long.asset

_displayName: Long
_poolSize: 8
_seekWeight: 3
_steeringForce: 10
_velocityDamping: 2
_verticalDamping: 3
_minSpeed: 3
_maxSpeed: 6
_contactRadius: 2
_contactCooldown: 0.1
_contactStride: 3
_minPlayerSpawnDistance: 20
_spawnBurstSpeed: 10
_spawnGraceDuration: 0.5

SkullWormTierConfig

Assets/Data/_AssetData/Addressables/DeepForestLabs/Slumber/SkullWorm/SkullWormTierConfig_Small.asset

_displayName: Small
_poolSize: 4
_seekWeight: 3
_steeringForce: 10
_velocityDamping: 2
_verticalDamping: 3
_minSpeed: 4
_maxSpeed: 6
_contactRadius: 1.5
_contactCooldown: 0.1
_contactStride: 2
_minPlayerSpawnDistance: 16
_spawnBurstSpeed: 10
_spawnGraceDuration: 0.5