One of the reasons that led to the the Panther Eye being cut was problems with its feet sliding, a technical issue facing quadruped-type creatures in the game. The Gargantua also appear to have a similar tongue, which is used in several animations, and is hard to see because of its placement. There is a version of the tongue animated using skeletal animation used by the red Panther Eye. The tongue can be seen in a screenshot included along with the document. It consists mostly of high-pitched groaning sounds (reminiscent of the "Sound Dog" concept) and undetermined noises.Īccording to "Skeletal Animation.txt", a text document in Half-Life Alpha, the Panther Eye was to have a tongue, and was to be animated using vertex animation. The leaked Half-Life Alpha contains 4 Panther Eye sounds, used for when it is idle. Overall, its behavior was to be more or less like a panther or any feline animal from earth, hence its name.īoth the blue and red versions has compound eyes, likely allowing the creature to see with a very large view angle. Other animations see it crawling on its belly to avoid being noticed. The creature was to run very fast, making it a very efficient opponent, and waving its tail while being idle. It was also to slash and push its victims with the claws of its upper paws. Of the size of a panther, it was to throw its victims on the ground and attack them somehow with its mouth and some sort of beige tongue located behind its chin (as seen in the red version), while blocking them with its paws. This theme relates to the Houndeye, who bears a similar name. Originally created for Quiver, it was first called "Sound Dog". Like many of the Xen creatures, it has a single eye and is overall very similar to the Vortigaunt.
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