Multi tile monsters

Game Talk The Drawing Board
1

Now now, hear me out.

We already have a system in place for doing diagonal, vertical, and horizontal objects - the vehicle system. It can translate a specific template for various directions and IMO does an excellent job of it. Why not steal this and make a similar system for creatures?

You could even go so far as to have differing tiles have different stats - one tile for example might be crucial to the creature being alive while others are superfluous- something like those creepy purple eyeball creatures or whatever they are that keep growing back, while only the center is vulnerable. Or something like the underground worms – only the head can actually die, while you could make a multi-tile body. Not only would it make many creatures a lot more interesting, it would give a much higher amount of combat depth and give obvious uses in flanking and rear attacks.

In addition, why not make the player able to grow to multi-tile size with the Huge line?

Creatures that could use being multi-tile:

Bears (2x2)
Moose (1x2)
Graboid/worm (1x5)
Triffid Queen (2x2)
Giant Frog (2x2)
Shoggoth (2x2)
Tripod (2x2)
Chickenbot (3x3)
Tankbot (4x4)
Fat Zombie (2x2)
Zombie Brute/Shocker brute (2x2)
Zombie Hulk (3x3)

2

I don’t know…sounds very cumbersome.

Plus if something like this actually comes around then fat zombies should just be one tile.

3

Sounds really hard to implement and even harder to represent correctly.

4

Support this, and yeah, Bears and Brutes should be 1x1. Hulks can be 2x2, and Big Bears could be 2x1.

5

Near impossible to code. If you want it, code it yourself.

6

The problem isn’t necessarily the drawing of multitile monsters but the pathfinding. A 2x2 vs 1x1 isn’t quite 4 times the work, but it should give you an idea of why it’s a problem.