Orthosquare | |
A gathering of orthosquares |
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Element ID | 45 |
Layer | Floor controls |
First appears | DROD 2.0 |
Is brain visible | No |
- For the DROD RPG element, see Ortho square (RPG).
Orthosquares, or more formally orthogonal squares, are tiles that prevent all diagonal movement.
Behavior[]
- See the interactions page for a list of all interactions for this element.
- Creatures can neither enter nor leave orthosquares via a diagonal movement.
- If any tile of a rock giant is bound by orthosquares, the giant cannot move diagonally.
- Objects and creatures cannot be pushed diagonally into or out of an orthosquare.
- Briar, aumtlich beams, explosions, and weapons completely ignore orthosquares.
- Roach queens can lay eggs diagonally across orthsquares.
- Waterskipper nests can spawn waterskippers diagonally across orthosquares.
- Gentryii heads respect orthosquares, but their chains do not.
- Slayer wisps respect orthosquares.
- Active fegundos will not explode when trying to move diagonally into or out of an orthosquare.
- Orthosquares completely prevent the growth of tarstuff and fluff. Puffs standing on orthosquares cannot merge into fluff. If a fluff vent is on orthosquares, it can only ever produce puffs.
- Trying to push a puff diagonally into or out of an orthosquare will not crush it, unless the pusher is wielding a caber.
- Orthosquares do not prevent a tarstuff mother from growing tarstuff onto her own tile.
- Brains do not recognize orthosquares as potential obstacles when guiding monsters.
- Orthosquares prevent the player from activating orbs by bumping them diagonally while affected by a power token. However, they do not prevent Halph from hitting orbs diagonally.
- Citizens and engineers can place build markers across orthosquares diagonally, but they cannot reach relay stations across orthosquares diagonally.
Trivia[]
Although a diagonal analogue of orthosquares was proposed as far back as 2003[1] and considered in 2012 as a potential new element in DROD 5.0,[2] it has not been introduced in any release.