⚠️ Spike

What is a spike?

A spike is a triangular hazard placed on the grid. Like blocks, spikes snap to the 32×32 px grid and can be drag-painted. When the player's hurt touchbox intersects the spike's damage zone (based on the active touchbox mode), the player loses HP and eventually dies.

Orientation

A spike has a tip (pointy part) and a flat base. The orientation is controlled by rotation:

Touchbox modes

The touchbox mode controls which part of the spike is lethal. There is a world-wide default set in Map Config, and each spike can have its own individual override.

• normal World default The danger zone — roughly the upper 60% of the spike — is lethal. The flat base is safe to stand on. This is the recommended default for floor spikes.
• full The entire bounding box is lethal. The player cannot touch any side of the spike safely. Useful for tightly-packed hazard walls.
• tip Only the very tip of the spike (~top 25%) is lethal. The rest is safe. Great for spikes that are mostly decorative and only punish direct contact with the point.
• ground Ground collision only — the flat base counts as a solid surface the player can stand on, but the spike never damages. Used to create spike-shaped platforms.
• flag No hurt and no ground collision. The spike is purely visual — players and physics ignore it entirely.
• air No collision with the ground, and no damage. The spike is a non-solid visual. Identical to flag from a gameplay perspective.

Drop Hurt Only

When Drop Hurt Only is enabled (globally in Map Config, or per-spike), the spike only damages the player if they are moving toward the spike tip. For example, a floor spike (tip up) will only hurt a player who is falling downward into it — walking along the side or jumping up through it from below is safe.

This is useful for creating forgiving jump challenges where the player can retry without dying to wall contact.

Object config settings

Saw Blade (spinner)