Here is the "jumping spider" I was talking about the other day.
I had this idea for a long while (I love spiders, they are among my favorite animals), but when I looked around for fitting sprites I never could find anything that I liked so when I started working on the code a few weeks ago I used some placeholder sprites (the good old imp trite). After the jumping behavior was mostly done I looked once more for better sprites and I finally saw the Mite sprites made by Amuscaria. That was a perfect fit, and of course it inspired the final name of the Nitromite. Had to rewrite some of the code to make it fit the animations that were now available but I think it turned out great. Well, I let you be the judge
Info
Name: Nitromite
Difficulty: easy
Connections: none
Summon: Nitromite
Melee: Explosion
Distance: no
Type: Demon, Explosive
Brightmaps: yes
Actor modification: no
ACS: no
Description:
This evil critter is a cross between a jumping spider and a landmine.
By some demonic machinations, the Nitromite is full of nitroglycerin and ready to detonate any moment.
It can easily traverse any terrain by jumping over ledges and moving on ceilings.
Once close enough to the target, it will sacrifice itself and explode.
If killed before detonating itself, the volatile nitro in its body will explode after a short delay.
Credits
Code: DeVloek
GLDefs: DeVloek
Sounds: Raven Software, 3D Realms, DeVloek
Sprites: Amuscaria, id Software
Sprite Edit: DeVloek
Idea Base: Jumping spiders, Mite from Hellforged 2
Preview
Download
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1uEn5RXt4HKUpk4t4agDSEAj00MC4TGX8/view?usp=sharing
PS. I don't know exactly how the original Mite works in Hellforged 2 where it is from, never played it. But I read that it is spawned by a bigger monster, which is something I'd like to do as well, maybe a boss kinda like the Mother Spider from Blood. The Defiler that spawns the Mites in HF2 doesn't really fit the theme though, so I'm looking for some other sprites, any ideas are welcome.