Game: Enemies

Enemies

Design notes by Aaron Bishop (Dunlar). This list covers both implemented enemy behaviors and ideas for future enemies.

Enemy Behaviors & Traits

• Gauntlet ghost absorb
• Directional immunity
• Grab character
• Turn to stone and heal
• Ranged attack
• Heal other enemies
• Spawn small enemies
• Respawn from generator
• Homing attack
• Eyeball watches player
• Change in behavior when player sighted (run quick at player)
• Mounted
• Teleport
• Throw player around
• Doesn't move
• Move slowly
• Move quickly
• Steal player money (NetHack Leprechaun)
• Steal player items (NetHack Nymph, uninterested in females)
• Block arrows to defend archers
• No reflection
• Weaknesses and resistances
• Mimic scenery object
• Invisibility
• Appear in large group
• Self destruct and explode
• Can't be killed (Death from Gauntlet)
• Can't fight hand to hand (Lobbers from Gauntlet)
• Eat corpses to replenish health (Devourers from Diablo)
• Possess NPC (Seiken Densetsu 3, Eagle)
• Block passage with large form (Snorlax from Pokemon)
• Mimic player actions or appearance (Shade from Prince of Persia)
• Make player dizzy
• Move in a pattern
• Paralyze player, bite and hold until broken free
• Act as only light source
• Only vulnerable at certain times (Gannon from Zelda)
• Run away when looked at
• Jump high (Spiders from Zelda)
• Walk on water (Blue spiders from Zelda)
• Stops player from attacking (Skulls from Zelda, sets reload time)
• Invulnerable, shoots at player (Trap statues from Zelda)
• Respawn when killed
• Split when killed (hold hidden item in each hand)
• Flying mount (jump every time used)
• Poisonous
• Only vulnerable to non-weapon (Whistle from Zelda, Bats?)
• Rabite rain
• Push player off cliff
• Zap any character that gets too close (Myth obelisk)
• Drains player mana
• Heals player if unarmed (NetHack Nurse)
• Permanently damage player, enchant MaxLife (Undead boss)
• Catch player on fire
• Tongue grab, eat player, egg drop
• Toggle water level or open doors when hit
• Damage player for each point done (Eye for an Eye)
• Petrify player if looking at each other (Medusa)
• Deflect ranged attacks
• Blows player around (Wind Tunnel, Vortices)
• Mimic background tiles (Floor tile mimics from Zelda)
• Mimic weapon until player grabs it (make eyes blink)
• Scares NPC helpers
• Scared of fire
• Scared when ally dies (Fallen from Diablo)
• Uses a shield to block
• Gets three big attacks, then weak (Shade from Myth)
• Too big to squeeze through small passage
• Leaves trail of damage sparklies (Light Cycles Tron)
• Other enemies die when killed (Room Leaders from Zelda)
• Attack in formation — circles and lines
• Door/Wall creature (Seiken Densetsu 3)
• Sleeping until approached or attacked
• Pops out of water/lava/ground (Zola from Zelda)