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Amphib. Adds #4 - Dead Frogs Draft #71475

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@TheSaddestGoomba TheSaddestGoomba commented Feb 3, 2024

Summary

Content "Add 7 new frog zombie varities and audit existing frog zombies"

Purpose of change

To add more distinct frog zombies to fit the existing frog mutants and to clean up entries for existing frog zombies.
For example, giant treefrogs and toads will no longer zombify into zombullfrogs but rather more fitting variants.

Describe the solution

Add an abstract entry for frog zombies and have all others use "copy_from" to reduce json size.
Remove flags like FILTHY from frog mom and dad, and remove the FROG species from gastro bufo.
Adds 7 new zombie frogs:

  1. Zombie Toad - a simple reskinning of zombullfrog for mutated toads to zombify into.
  2. Bloated Zoad - a mid-point toad zombie that trails light sludge and leaves a puddle of it on death.
  3. Warted Monstrosity - large version of bloated toad, full sludge trail and huge splash of sludge on death.
  4. Deathmask Zoad - zombification of the great beaked toad mutant that keeps its bony platings and beak.
  5. Zapping Zombfrog - zombie for the electric frog mutants; this one is intended to only have the electric abilities it had in life (like an electric eel), in anticipation of shocker zombies being reworked
  6. Croaked Climber - zombified giant treefrog, weaker but more nimble than zombie toads and zombullfrogs.
  7. Shadow Leaper - shady variant of the zombified treefrogs.

Describe alternatives you've considered

Moving the gastro bufo entry into the same file as the rest, or moving all frog zombies into their own .json file.

Testing

Testing is complete:

  • All zombifications and upgrades are functioning as intended.
    • As noted elsewhere ( Cocoon Samples #63791 ), the sample drop issue rears its head here when 'warted monstrosities' revive from 'gargantuan toads.'
  • Combat tests completed for each new creature (using the standard loadouts).
    • Most are manageable by even early game characters that are prepared (rubber gloves against 'jumping jolter', etc.)
    • Numbers and situation (such as fighting 'leaping shadows' at night) make them much more challenging.
    • The 'death mask zoad' is appropriately difficult even late game; like a weaker but more mobile 'skeletal juggernaut.'
    • Special abilities like sludge trails feel properly tuned.
    • Difficulty ratings seem fitting to experience.

Additional context

4th implementation of #67029
Thanks to BlizzDA for help with naming

-Adds zombie frog abstract
-Applies copy-from to existing frog zombies and condenses entries appropriately
-Adds entries for seven new frogs zombie varities
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-Gives the creature a bodytype (snake)
-Adds the amphibian proficiency to families
-Removes the FILTHY flag
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Added correct plural for warted monstrosity
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BlizzDA commented Feb 3, 2024

The variants seem neat but the names don't exactly scream 'undead' to me. Aside from the one that actually says 'Zombie Toad'. Maybe something like 'Zoad' or 'Zrog' could make it easier to keep track of?

e.g. Zapper Zrog, Deathmask Zoad. (Shady Zrog also makes me think of Crazy Frog)

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...the names don't exactly scream 'undead' to me.

Thanks, and yeah, that's a concern I had with some of them. I tried to avoid the 'add a Z to the front' naming convention but it does help with clarity. I like Zoad, I think I'll give that treatment to the 'Bloated Zoad' and 'Death Mask Zoad.'

-Change 'toad' to 'zoad' for some creatures
-Space 'hindlegs' into 'hind legs'
-Add terms to dictionary
Add zoads, plural to dictionary
Created 'sludge death' and 'sludge death mega' as monster attacks based off of existing boomer death special.
-Gave it the same 'speech' lines as shocker zombies
-Changed name to 'jumping jolter'
-Added 'jolter' to dictionary
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Nebnis commented Feb 5, 2024

I'm really against more electric shooting enemies in the game specially when most people already hate shockers to the guts, and specially because those electric frogs show up very often too. I don't think i would like a swarm of electric spitting frogs everywhere

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If the other (living) electric frogs are too common then that's a mostly separate issue. Those are also non-aggressive and only have zapback.
This (zombie) one will only appear as a revival of those and not from any other source.

-Give death drops of body parts to bloated zoad and warted monstrosity
-Increase warted monstrosity death sludge aoe
-Normalized entries, giving grab_drag and grab_followup where appropriate
-Gave gastro bufo ACID_BARF
-Updated all ranged_pull to have a conditional for maimed_tongue, and log messages
-Fix minor grammer error in frog_dad description
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BlizzDA commented Feb 7, 2024

Thanks, and yeah, that's a concern I had with some of them. I tried to avoid the 'add a Z to the front' naming convention but it does help with clarity. I like Zoad, I think I'll give that treatment to the 'Bloated Zoad' and 'Death Mask Zoad.'

if 'Zom' doesn't fall under the same umbrella, 'zombullfrog' is in the game and 'zomfrog' or 'zompfrog' (like 'swamp') rolls a bit better of the tongue than 'Zrog'. If you're considering anything for the remaining evos. Shocker, Shady Zom/Zompfrog etc.

-Add zombullfrog to its own upgrade group so that they don't always evolve the first time.
-Created upgrade groups for zombie toads and zombtreefrogs
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-Replace shockstorm from shocker frog with an electric tongue attack; in anticipation of shocker zombies being reimplemented, these only have what the living version already had
-Add translation note to 'Croaked Climber'
Change 'great beaked toad's' venom to be pain-inducing rather than paralytic. Intended to bring it in line with earlier evolutions, painful, stinging toxins.
Fix zombtreefrog upgrades
-Gave the sludge-releasing zoads the very important SLUDGEPROOF flag
-Gave each of them a ranged_pull
-Gave Gastro Bufo a small acid trail and removed its RANGED_ATTACKER flag
Based on BlizzDA's suggestions, renamed zombified electric frog to "Zapping Zombfrog"
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Spell checker encountered unrecognized words in the in-game text added in this pull request. See below for details.

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  • zapping zombfrog
  • zapping zombfrogs

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Leaping Shadow -> Shadow Leaper
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@TheSaddestGoomba TheSaddestGoomba marked this pull request as ready for review February 15, 2024 18:52
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This is ready for review.
The only test fails are unrelated mapgen errors.

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@Maleclypse Maleclypse merged commit 9284d12 into CleverRaven:master Feb 17, 2024
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Looks neat. Thanks!

@TheSaddestGoomba TheSaddestGoomba deleted the Dead-Frogs branch February 18, 2024 21:49
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