How would you calculate a character toppling a massive tree? (Ori)

[1000TonsofFun]

In Ori and the Will of the Wisps, Shriek knocks over the Spirit Willow as a result of her flying into the ground. How would you calculate the energy required to do this?

 

[Lloydblitzed]

In Ori and the Will of the Wisps, Shriek knocks over the Spirit Willow as a result of her flying into the ground. How would you calculate the energy required to do this?

U calc the energy required to make those cracks on the ground which pushed Willow back (I think)

 

[1000TonsofFun]

U calc the energy required to make those cracks on the ground which pushed Willow back (I think)

I don’t think the cracks pushed the Willow back though. It seems like shriek either shook the ground so hard that the Willow fell over or destroyed the ground beneath it ( more likely the former). But I don’t know how you would calculate that. Would it be an earthquake or is the distance to small? If so what magnitude? And if not how would it be calculated?

 

[MaybeWantsToEdit]

There's a couple ways to calculate toppling a tree, one coming to mind easily being the kinetic energy that the tree generated when being toppled, which you can do by finding the weight of it and then finding its speed all through pixel scaling

 

[Arkenis]

That isn’t just the tree. It’s the ground and the tree, you’d need to find the size of these first. This could also be radiated waves from crashing to the ground.

 

[1000TonsofFun]

That isn’t just the tree. It’s the ground and the tree, you’d need to find the size of these first. This could also be radiated waves from crashing to the ground.

So potentially an earthquake?

 

[Lloydblitzed]

So potentially an earthquake?

Ye