[npc] getpiranha

[deice]

a less janky version of the custom sprite from hyper vi

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on it's own, it's just a worse muncher that follows you around. however, it can eat any standard powerup or a fairy pendant (inflicts harm type 9) to gain a special set of abilities.

powerup descriptions

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mushroom

• greatly increased movement speed

fire flower

• shoots a fireball periodically

leaf

• slightly increased movement speed
• increased jump height

tanooki suit

• slightly increased movement speed
• increased jump height
• impervious to all harm types except 2 and 6 (from below, lava)

hammer suit

• slightly increased movement speed
• throws a hammer periodically
• impervious to some things such as fireballs (harm types 3 and 4)

ice flower

• slightly increased movement speed
• periodically spits out an active ice block

fairy pendant

• ignores block collision
• begins to fly and chase the player around kind of like a phanto

additional notes

• is affected by filter blocks (because i thought it would be funny)
• doesn't care about powerup tiers. any powerup it eats will override what it previously had (pretty sure this is accurate to its behavior in the source game)
• doesn't eat friendly powerups
• doesn't eat anything if it is itself friendly
• powers down if it eats a poison mushroom (can be disabled using the npc config "nopoison")
• has a per-instance setting in the editor if you wish to have it spawn with a specific powerup

download (get)

[AirShip]

The only thing that bothers me is the lack of a transition when picking up the powerup.

Other than that, excellent work!

[deice]

The only thing that bothers me is the lack of a transition when picking up the powerup.

Other than that, excellent work!

in hyper vi they also don't have a transition save for the swallowing sound, but i get why one would be desirable (something more visual, i didn't wanna make the powerup sound play when they ate one to avoid confusing the player haha).
if i get the time i might implement one, thank you for the feedback ^^

[Chilly14]

I'd like to see an interaction between these guys and Poison Mushrooms, such as returning to their normal white coloration upon eating them.

Other than that, this is evil and I like it.

[deice]

I'd like to see an interaction between these guys and Poison Mushrooms, such as returning to their normal white coloration upon eating them.

that was actually very easy to implement and i'm surprised i hadn't thought of it before.

i've updated the download link with a new version that includes said poison mushroom interactions as well as a brief animation that happens when they eat a powerup.