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Procedurally animated characters #28
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Since this is already a very mathy, physics-driven game, maybe the characters themselves could lean into that as well. The animation system that comes to mind is that of Rain World:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sVntwsrjNe4
This style of procedural animation lends itself very well to a falling-sand environment, since it’s designed to flow along uneven terrain rather than getting easily blocked by unevenness the way standard character controllers do.
It’s a more advanced method, but art-wise it’s probably cheaper because it relies far less on custom character animations for various actions. They could still be quite humanoid as well, just a bit more stretchy/squishy. Basically a pixelated version of Gang Beasts / Party Animals.
This approach can also have implications on the AI of NPCs, as explained in Rain World’s notion of AI behavior (locomotion) == animation.
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