Ice Worm

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</group> </infobox> The Ice Worm is a large aggressive fauna species that burrows beneath the surface of the ice. They appear to be ambush predators, drawn towards heat and sound above them.

Possible Future Plans

• Bust up through Ice, and go back down and leave a hole
• Could have LD made worm chambers with breakable model capping it. Player can go back into chamber and explore
• Simpler approach just have it randomized where it comes up, and doesn’t leave a hole
• Very large - big enough to attack vehicles
• Slam head into ground and send ice chunks around that can do damage
• Not game monster. Not paying attention to you, just more of an obstacle
• Worms navigating through network of tunnels
• Maybe grab onto vehicle and you have to get out and get them to release it
• Attracted to (triggered by) rapid movement or heat
• Visible as heat sources on some kind of radar display (hovercraft)
• If it is indifferent to player, perhaps give it some other purpose (hunting other creatures?) to give it more ‘set piece’ impact
• Prototype goals: figure out how big is big enough, try variations of behavior (attack player vs ambient hazard vs set-piece)
• Consider smaller systemic worms for general gameplay + a larger ‘emperor’-style worm for a fictional set-piece.

Trivia

• The game's ice worms may be inspired by real - life ice worms, although the ones in real life are much, much smaller and only feed on microscopic organisms.