Creatures

From the world editor, press F2 to bring up the menu of creatures. A wide variety are available, each with dif- ferent characteristics.
Bears
Centipedes
Lions
Tigers
Objects
Pushers
Ruffians
Sharks
Slime
Spinning guns

Attributes:
Many types of creatures have attributes, such as in- telligence, sensitivity, and direction, that can be custom- ized. These attributes affect different aspects of a crea- ture's movement.
Some creatures have an Intelligence setting. This affects how well the creature will find the player. One with a low intelligence moves largely at random, while an intelligent creature actively follows the player.
Note:
There is not space to de- scribe each creature in much detail. You must learn by ex- perimenting and watching the behavior of all of the crea- tures.

Bears
Bears are attracted to the player when the two are close together. Their goal is to attack the player.
When a bear comes into contact with a Breakable Wall, both disappear.

Ruffians
Ruffians move sporadi- cally, alternately moving and resting. They will try to catch the player.

Objects
Objects are a versatile kind of creature and can be customized using the ZZT-OOP programming language.
When placing an Object on the board, you may pick any character to represent it. Then, you enter commands to control the creature during game play.
If you want to modify the program of an already-existing Object, position the cursor above it and press [ENTER].
Programming instructions.

Sharks
Sharks cannot move on land; they can only move in water. Be careful when walking around shark- infested waters, because they can very quickly jump out and harm you.

Slime
A single Slime will spread out by replicating itself until an entire region is filled. Slime only oozes through empty space, so it is blocked by walls.
As slime spreads out, it leaves a trail of breakable walls. The player can stop the slime by touching it> the only threat it poses is in trapping the player.

Spinning guns
Spinning guns rotate and shoot in random directions. By placing walls on various sides of a gun, it can be aimed in any desired direc- tion.

Pushers
Pushers move slowly in a given direction, pushing Boul- ders and Sliders ahead of them. They can move the player, but do not pose a direct threat.

Lions
Lions move quickly about the board, attracted to the player according to their in- telligence. Lions can not shoot.

Tigers
Tigers move toward the player and shoot bullets.
These bullets are harmful only to the player. In fact, no creatures will directly harm other creatures.