--- key: mechanic/game-mechanics--gm-feeding-enemies-to-creatures type: mechanic id: game-mechanics--gm-feeding-enemies-to-creatures lang: en title: Feeding enemies to creatures summary: The player exposes an enemy to an attacking creature. updatedAt: '2026-10-22' status: active url: >- https://gamemechanics.pro/en/knowledge/mechanic/game-mechanics--gm-feeding-enemies-to-creatures/ jsonUrl: >- https://gamemechanics.pro/api/v1/knowledge/en/mechanic/game-mechanics--gm-feeding-enemies-to-creatures.json markdownUrl: >- https://gamemechanics.pro/content/knowledge/en/mechanic/game-mechanics--gm-feeding-enemies-to-creatures.md aliases: - Use creatures against enemies tags: - Game design techniques - Environmental hazards - Killing sourceIds: - source-f7441d52b2ede78b - source-f02a8f436d03fe0c - source-43e7e85fe68ff2b8 - source-5b7d6f2c86bdbe8d - source-3f445a4685b33633 sources: - id: source-f7441d52b2ede78b title: 'Game Mechanics: Feeding enemies to creatures' url: 'https://gamemechanics.org/patterns/feeding-enemies-to-creatures' verifiedAt: null - id: source-f02a8f436d03fe0c title: Bulletstorm (2011) url: >- https://gamemechanics.org/patterns/feeding-enemies-to-creatures/game/bulletstorm verifiedAt: null - id: source-43e7e85fe68ff2b8 title: Far Cry 3 (2012) url: >- https://gamemechanics.org/patterns/feeding-enemies-to-creatures/game/far-cry-3 verifiedAt: null - id: source-5b7d6f2c86bdbe8d title: 'Assassin''s Creed IV: Black Flag (2013)' url: >- https://gamemechanics.org/patterns/feeding-enemies-to-creatures/game/assassins-creed-iv-black-flag verifiedAt: null - id: source-3f445a4685b33633 title: The Last of Us Part II (2020) url: >- https://gamemechanics.org/patterns/feeding-enemies-to-creatures/game/the-last-of-us-part-ii verifiedAt: null relations: [] placements: - catalogId: game-mechanics id: gm-feeding-enemies-to-creatures title: Game design techniques url: >- https://gamemechanics.pro/en/mechanics/game-mechanics/#gm-feeding-enemies-to-creatures categoryIds: - gm-category-killing - gm-category-environmental-hazards supersededBy: [] attributes: preview: updatedAt: '2026-10-22' title: Use creatures against enemies description: The player exposes an enemy to an attacking creature. image: src: images/mechanics/world-feeding-enemies-to-creatures.webp width: 498 height: 276 game: Bulletstorm sourceUrl: 'https://gamemechanics.org/patterns/feeding-enemies-to-creatures' originalUrl: 'https://cdn.gamemechanics.org/webm/bulletstorm_feeder.webm' sourceFrameSeconds: 0.6 credit: >- People Can Fly / Epic Games; frame from clip via GameMechanics.org; visible source watermark: GRAVITY BOOTS rights: >- Game imagery © its respective rights holders. Source host: GameMechanics.org. Visible source watermarks preserved. All rights reserved; excluded from MIT and CC BY 4.0. caption: An enemy is thrown toward a carnivorous plant alt: 'Bulletstorm: An enemy is thrown toward a carnivorous plant.' markers: - x: 43 'y': 48 label: Enemy airborne after the hit - x: 45 'y': 25 label: Carnivorous plant beside the target tips: - 'Make the relationship between creature, route and enemy visible.' examples: - title: Bulletstorm url: 'https://gamemechanics.org/patterns/feeding-enemies-to-creatures' endsAt: null provenance: >- Editorial reference index based on the 199 public Game Mechanics pattern pages checked on 2026-10-20. Original concise RU/EN definitions by gamemechanics.pro; pattern names, category associations and game-reference URLs retained from gamemechanics.org. The source gallery includes a film analogy. Linked materials retain their original rights; references are upstream attributions, not independent verification. license: CC-BY-4.0 codeLicense: MIT attribution: gamemechanics.pro contributors catalogKey: catalog/game-mechanics --- # Feeding enemies to creatures id: game-mechanics--gm-feeding-enemies-to-creatures type: mechanic key: mechanic/game-mechanics--gm-feeding-enemies-to-creatures lang: en status: active url: https://gamemechanics.pro/en/knowledge/mechanic/game-mechanics--gm-feeding-enemies-to-creatures/ The player exposes an enemy to an attacking creature. ## At a glance ![Bulletstorm: An enemy is thrown toward a carnivorous plant.](https://gamemechanics.pro/images/mechanics/world-feeding-enemies-to-creatures.webp) [Bulletstorm](https://gamemechanics.org/patterns/feeding-enemies-to-creatures) · Game imagery © its respective rights holders. Source host: GameMechanics.org. Visible source watermarks preserved. All rights reserved; excluded from MIT and CC BY 4.0. [Source recording](https://cdn.gamemechanics.org/webm/bulletstorm_feeder.webm), 0.6 s 1. Enemy airborne after the hit 2. Carnivorous plant beside the target - Make the relationship between creature, route and enemy visible. - [Bulletstorm](https://gamemechanics.org/patterns/feeding-enemies-to-creatures) ## How it works The player exposes an enemy to an attacking creature. ## Variants ### How the technique works - The player exposes an enemy to an attacking creature. ## Context and limits All 199 Game Mechanics entries at the check date: player actions, systems, presentation techniques and contested patterns. Entries are grouped by their first source-card category; all categories appear in their descriptions. Definitions use original wording. References link to game-specific galleries; images and videos remain at the source. ## Connected materials ## Sources and provenance Editorial reference index based on the 199 public Game Mechanics pattern pages checked on 2026-10-20. Original concise RU/EN definitions by gamemechanics.pro; pattern names, category associations and game-reference URLs retained from gamemechanics.org. The source gallery includes a film analogy. Linked materials retain their original rights; references are upstream attributions, not independent verification. - [Game Mechanics: Feeding enemies to creatures](https://gamemechanics.org/patterns/feeding-enemies-to-creatures) (id: source-f7441d52b2ede78b) - [Bulletstorm (2011)](https://gamemechanics.org/patterns/feeding-enemies-to-creatures/game/bulletstorm) (id: source-f02a8f436d03fe0c) - [Far Cry 3 (2012)](https://gamemechanics.org/patterns/feeding-enemies-to-creatures/game/far-cry-3) (id: source-43e7e85fe68ff2b8) - [Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag (2013)](https://gamemechanics.org/patterns/feeding-enemies-to-creatures/game/assassins-creed-iv-black-flag) (id: source-5b7d6f2c86bdbe8d) - [The Last of Us Part II (2020)](https://gamemechanics.org/patterns/feeding-enemies-to-creatures/game/the-last-of-us-part-ii) (id: source-3f445a4685b33633) CC-BY-4.0 · gamemechanics.pro contributors