Spikes

Spikes
Games:	LittleBigPlanet LittleBigPlanet Portable LittleBigPlanet 2 LittleBigPlanet PS Vita LittleBigPlanet 3
Type:	Gameplay Kits
Category:	Dangerous
Obtained from:	Tutorials (LBP2/Vita) After the Wedding (LBPK) Start (LBP1/PSP/LBP3)

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Spikes, known as the Bed of Nails in LittleBigPlanet Karting, are sharp, pointy objects that instantly kill the player on contact. Every game has at least one variation of this object.

Usage and Behaviour

Spikes are square, thick-layer objects that can be resized. The layer of wood the spikes are embedded in are not lethal to the player, but making contact with the hitbox around the spikes will instantly kill the player. Spikes come in small and large variations that alter their size and hitbox.

History

Spikes went through multiple design revisions and alterations to their functionality during development. Very early versions of spikes were made out of hazardous material. An early design for the spikes depicted them as glass shards protruding from a thin cardboard base. Early hitboxes for the spikes have only a small portion at the top of the object with lethal properties, making it so that the sides of the spikes can be touched without dying.

Gallery

Renders

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  Generated icon for large spikes.
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  Ditto, small.
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  Unused rendered icon for the large spike plate.
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  Ditto, small spike plate.
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  Generated icon for an early version of the large spikes depicting shards of glass embedded in a piece of cardboard.
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  Ditto, small.

Concept Art

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  Concept art for how spikes would interact with Sackboy in unique ways. The final game uses a generic "fall out of screen" animation.
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  Whiteboxed model for spikes featured in a promotional render for LittleBigPlanet.

Trivia

• The hazardous properties of spikes are not exclusive to it, as objects like the shuriken and black rubber scorpion include special hitboxes and are used to the same effect as spikes in story levels.