Infiltration platformer

Rothulk

Burn it from the inside. Climb the spine of the nest and light the core.

A rothulk is a beached Scourge breach-ship grown into the ground — a mountain of rotting host-flesh and dead-world machinery with a heartbeat. The current playable prototype tests the lone Pyre saboteur climb first: platform up its spine, reach the breach-core, and set it on fire.

PrototypeThe Pyre

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The platformer-feel case study: movement, collision, hazards, and one finished level.

Core loop

What the build delivers.

The level is the enemy

Ascend chambers of pulsing host-flesh, ride spore-geysers, and crush living platforms on the way to the heart that keeps the nest connected.

Stay out of the light

While the core is lit, the whole hulk knows where you are. Route around the Choir's massed clusters — the gaps between them are your path.

Ignite and run

Reach the breach-core, burn it, then platform back out ahead of the collapse as the severed node goes feral around you.

Playable operators

Pick your way into the breach.

Rothulk saboteur

Pyre Saboteur

Climbs a living breach-ship to its heart and sets the core on fire.

Light, agile climber built for jumps, swings, and wall-work
Carries sabotage charges — reaching the core matters, not clearing the room
Survives by routing through the gaps in the Choir's massed sight

Known threats

What the breach sends at you.

elite

Graft-Breacher

It walks past you to get to the wall. Then it shears the wall apart.

Advances at a methodical pace while swarm units route around it to fill the gap it punches.
Prioritizes structures over infantry — towers, walls, and barricades draw aggression first.
A massive demolition-claw shears fortified material apart in two or three swings.