feat (material): add a vine around the player and set a material on it

Assets/Code/Scripts/Enemies/LivingRoot/RootCrawler/RootCrawler.cs

@@ -2,33 +2,55 @@ using UnityEngine;
 
 public class RootCrawler : MonoBehaviour
 {
-
     public Transform target;
-    public float maxHeight;
-    public float crawlingSpeed;
+    public float maxHeight = 2f;
+    public float crawlingSpeed = 0.4f;
     public float radius = 0.5f;
     public float rotationSpeed = 5f;
+    public float noiseStrength = 0.06f;
+    public float noiseFrequency = 1.5f;
+    public int resolution = 80;
 
-    private float height = 0f;
-    private float angle = 0f;
+    private float currentHeight = 0f;
+    private float noiseOffset;
+    private LineRenderer line;
+    private float angleOffset = 0f;
 
-     void Update()
+    void Start()
+    {
+        line = GetComponent<LineRenderer>();
+        noiseOffset = Random.Range(0f, 100f);
+    }
+
+    void Update()
     {
         if (target == null) 
             return;
 
-        height += Time.deltaTime * crawlingSpeed;
-        height = Mathf.Clamp(height, 0f, maxHeight);
+        currentHeight += Time.deltaTime * crawlingSpeed;
+        currentHeight = Mathf.Clamp(currentHeight, 0f, maxHeight);
 
-        angle += Time.deltaTime * rotationSpeed;
+        angleOffset += Time.deltaTime * 2f;
 
-        float x = Mathf.Cos(angle) * radius;
-        float z = Mathf.Sin(angle) * radius;
+        int currentResolution = Mathf.Max(2, Mathf.RoundToInt((currentHeight / maxHeight) * resolution));
+        line.positionCount = currentResolution;
 
-        Vector3 basePos = target.position;
-        Vector3 offset = new Vector3(x, height - 0.8f, z);
+        for (int i = 0; i < currentResolution; i++) {
+            float t = (float)i / (currentResolution - 1);
+            float h = t * currentHeight;
+            float angle = t * rotationSpeed * maxHeight / crawlingSpeed + angleOffset;
 
-        transform.position = basePos + offset;
-        Debug.DrawLine(target.position, transform.position, Color.red);
+            float r = Mathf.Lerp(radius, radius * 0.5f, t);
+
+            float noiseX = (Mathf.PerlinNoise(noiseOffset + h * noiseFrequency, 0f) - 0.5f) * noiseStrength;
+            float noiseZ = (Mathf.PerlinNoise(0f, noiseOffset + h * noiseFrequency) - 0.5f) * noiseStrength;
+
+            float x = Mathf.Cos(angle) * r + noiseX;
+            float z = Mathf.Sin(angle) * r + noiseZ;
+
+            line.SetPosition(i, target.position + new Vector3(x, h - 0.8f, z));
+        }
+        float rotationMultiplier = 1f - (currentHeight / maxHeight);
+        angleOffset += Time.deltaTime * 2f * (rotationMultiplier + 0.1f);
     }
-}
+}

Assets/Code/Scripts/Enemies/LivingRoot/SlowdownArea.cs

@@ -27,10 +27,9 @@ public class SlowdownArea : MonoBehaviour
             jump.JumpForce = 1.5f;
             isInZone = true;
             if (currentCrawler == null) {
-              currentCrawler = Instantiate(rootCrawlerPrefab);
-
-            RootCrawler crawler = currentCrawler.GetComponent<RootCrawler>();
-            crawler.target = playerBody.transform;
+                currentCrawler = Instantiate(rootCrawlerPrefab, player.transform);
+                RootCrawler crawler = currentCrawler.GetComponent<RootCrawler>();
+                crawler.target = playerBody.transform;
             }
         }
     }