Monster Spotlight: Grine
Here’s a quick look at a new enemy type we’ve been working on - the Grine.
Dennis had this to say about them in his design doc:
Grine (Monster)
Grines are living reflections; duplicates of Adventurers made of shadow that emerge from Mage Doors — Grine appear as a copy of whatever class the player is. They fight to kill the Adventurer they’re duplicating. If they kill the target, they collapse to a mote of light and rush back into the mirror.
Rig: Normal
Environmental Cues: Grine are magical parasites that infect Mage Doors. This infestation, which turns the Mage Door glowing red, is easily visible; but once the Grine is defeated, the Grine Mirror turns back to a normal Mage Door.
Variations: Grine always match the class of the player, so later, there are Brute and Arcanist Grine as well.
Steven (our VFX artist) sent out this .gif showing the Grine’s cool new dissolve effect earlier this morning, so I figured we’d better share it with you guys as well! The usual work-in-progress caveats apply.
That’s it for today. Thanks for following, and stay tuned to see a lot more of Necropolis in 2015. Happy Holidays!