Cheeseslime

"Burble? Burple blorp? Gloop."
— A Cheeseslime.

Cheeseslime is an enemy in Pizza Tower.

Description

Cheeseslime is a shiny gooey yellow cheese creature with two dark-bagged eyes and a gaping black mouth. It doesn't have any visible limbs so it just struts itself forward, though in some cases it's been shown with retractable cheesy arms.

As explained by Toppinbot on the Pizza Tower Discord, Cheeseslime is oblivious to its surroundings. It mostly shows no sign of malice towards the player and has no affiliation with any of the major villains. This is not the case for some Cheeseslimes, however; Cardboard Tanks, which actively try to hurt the player by ramming them or throwing projectiles, are revealed to be controlled by three Cheeseslimes on their defeat.

Behaviour

"Totally useless. Cannon fodder. These guys are basically just strolling around, not aware that a deranged Italian man is destroying their home."
— The manual.

Cheeseslime oozes back and forth on the ground, turning at ledges and walls. It cannot directly hurt the player in any way, shape, or form, becoming stunned on contact and instantly defeated when hit at Mach 2 or higher, thrown after a grab, or thrown another enemy. Most transformations are lethal to Cheeseslime.

Trivia

• Cheeseslime once had a full defeat animation that's went unused since the SAGE 2019 Demo.
• In Noise's Hardoween, Cheeseslime is recoloured blue. This is mostly likely a reference to blue cheese.
• Cheeseslime and Forknight are the only two enemies that are used in all levels of the SAGE 2019 Demo.
• In the Preearlytestbuild, Cheeseslime was able to hurt the player if they touched it from the side.
  • Although this was scrapped, Cheeseslime was planned to again be able to hurt the player via an unused Heat Meter.
• Cheeseslime is the only enemy in the Earlytestbuild that can be properly defeated, though no Pizza Points are given.

Gallery

Regular animations

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  Cheeseslime's walking animation.

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  Cheeseslime's scared animation.

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  Cheeseslime's stunned animation.

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  Cheeseslime's defeat sprite.

Scrapped animations

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  Cheeseslime's idle animation.

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  Cheeseslime's turning animation.

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  Cheeseslime's falling animation.

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  Cheeseslime being stomped.

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  Cheeseslime recovering after being stomped.

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  Cheeseslime swinging a baseball bat that would've been associated with an unused Heat Meter.

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  Cheeseslime's old defeat

Miscellaneous

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  Cheeseslime's Pizza Crawler Sprite.

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  Concept art of Cheeseslime, as well as various other enemies.

• Toppinbot's description of Cheeseslime on the Pizza Tower Discord.

  Toppinbot's description of Cheeseslime on the Pizza Tower Discord.

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  Cheesy Tier on the Patreon