The Enemies and NPCs of Chickadee - Part One

Both Chickadee development and production have continued as of this week! Thank the lord for fall break! With this update to Chickadee on StortzumSoft, I'd like to talk about a handful of NPC and enemies that Chickadee will encounter on his Breakout-styled journey. Let's begin with two friendly faces, shall we?

OLD REDBIRD THE CARDINAL

This is Old Redbird, the wisest of Chickadee's treetop village. Foolishly, Dr. Egghead, the villain of our tale, did not bird-nap this bird along with Chickadee's friends, thinking he was too old to be of any use. Fortunately, there are plenty of uses for Old Redbird during Chickadee's journey, providing sage advice and wisdom to the baby bird on his adventure. Need to know what a certain contraption does? Old Redbird's your bird!

MR. INCHES THE INCHWORM

Don't mind Mr. Inches the Inchworm-- he's just laying about in his hole in the forest world of Chickadee. Well, that isn't entirely true. You WILL mind him if you end up crushed in between two Mr. Inches at once or be in between Mr. Inches and a solid object when he pokes his head out! Other than that, Mr. Inches is perfectly harmless and just wants to pop of his hole and say hi!

EIGHTLEGS THE SPIDER

Let's talk about the first enemy that Chickadee will encounter if you play through the forest world first. (Remember that you can play any of the six worlds at your leisure.) Eightlegs the Spider usually hangs out-- literally-- from ceilings, only dropping down to cause Chickadee trouble when the player bounces near him. Eightlegs cannot be attacked from the front, as he'll just smack Chickadee around, messing with the player. Instead, attacking from the sides or from the rear will take good care of our eight-legged pest.

CRABCAKE THE CRAB

As you'd imagine with a crab, Crabcake only moves side to side. It must make getting around such a pain if you can only move sideways. If you're moving east to west, you'll never experience the joy of moving north to south! What a terrible and tragic life Crabcake must lead! No wonder why he's so angry and an enemy to Chickadee, being able to only be attacked from the front or rear! I'd hate the world too if I could only move sideways!

BIGEYE THE SHIELDBOT

The final character to share tonight is Bigeye the Shieldbot. You can't see it with this image, but Bigeye has up to two shields that spin around his body. These shields will make Chickadee bounce off them as if he were nothing. Timing your shot correctly is the difference between hitting Bigeye's body and hitting his shield. Obviously the former is what you want to do!