Armadillo deformation

[BFC]

Is it by design that the 'Dillo is able to deform? That is, it can be made to change it's size/shape if enough force is exerted on it.

I am able to force the Dillo through an opening that, after passing through this opening it then comes to a full rest on top of the same opening it just passed through. The opening does not deform as it's made of 2 anchor points.

This seems to me to be pretty obvious that the Dillo can indeed deform and fit through openings that normally it can not if you exert enough force on it.

Just curious if this is intended or not. If it's intended, nice little feature I wasn't aware of until today

-BFC

[FFT]

What were you using on each side of the opening?

[BFC]

I was testing with rubber at the two anchor points on either side forming an opening smaller than the Dillo.

I imagine it's possible that the rubber on the "pin" that is the anchor point could compress. However, I haven't seen this behavior before and it happens so fast that slow isn't slow enough to be able to tell.

Put two anchor points in space. Attach a piece of rubber between them. Make sure it's one single piece of rubber. Try and break that piece of rubber now and you will see it's rather difficult to break it. Especially if you apply the force directly at an anchor point, which is what I am doing.

-BFC

[Zut]

I think maybe theres a tiny bit of lateral give in that rubber.

If you force the armadillo against a surface that cant move (e.g. one metal sheet between two anchor points) the armadillo will be forced through that surface rather than squashing. It will bounce back up again though, as if it had compressed.

Im currently making a level to see if you can push it all the way through!

[Skrying]

With enough pressure you can force the armadilo straight through metal. Here, this is one of my levels that demostrates what the 'dilo does with basically no opening and under LOTS of weight:

Push Through


P.S: If that doesnt work please tell me, the FTP was throwing a fit this morning.....

[squint]

I've managed to make pieces of rubber pass completely through each other using very little force - I think something about the the rubber imparticular is a bit odd...

[Critters]

Thats strange, I have seen on a few levels where loops of cloth have passed through metal

Solved your lvl BTW