Top Left: Valkyrie Exoframo, which includes extra arms along with the usual legs walks forward to scoop up the operator. Bottom Left: Exoframo operator is in a sort of kneeling position as the legs they wear become extensions of their human legs. They are also shooting a Diverflekso and hold rifle often referred as the "Elprovo" which is intended for use in Exokirasso. Right: a cutaway view of an operator in a Exokirasso. They sit in a crouch position similar to ball turrets in WW2 bombers. The operator is fastened by a waist harness in place of the symbiote Agarthians often wear. The picture depicts the operator looking forward, but this is not necessary as their vision is replaced by sensor data of their armor.

Some sketches of how Agarthian armor works, how the operator is positioned in it and how it's worn.
#Cross_Pollinator

Originally I was intending to color this, but the scene is set in a dark tunnel, so I left it with just the basic saturation blocking.
Super-soldier concept from #Cross_Pollinator.

My coding development is a bit jammed right now, so I'm switching to drawing for a little while. Whenever I have power at home. Krita is pretty demanding on my little laptop.
Here are some concepts of Agarthian designs along with words for their devices depicted. #Cross_Pollinator

Sketch of Agarthian soldier spreading her arms away while her under-arm diverfleksanto ("variable curve") guns point and shoot down and away. She is wearing the ever essential Agarthian medallion, head shields they call pauldrons" which are also spread out, and the exoskeleton which adds a lot of bulk to the silhouette of the legs. Electronics cables run from the back of the neck to the elbows, imitating shoulder straps in military uniforms. A belt of ammunition draws from the hip harnesses into the guns, providing continuous fire without reloading. The text next to the signature includes the Agarthian emblem and spells "Anjelo Mortkialo", Angel of Death, or literally Death Causing Angel.

My Framework 12 stylus finally arrived.
I got a Lenovo Precision Pen 2 before, but couldn't get it to work. It should, through MPP2 protocol, but the tech support
@frame.work
couldn't figure out why.

#Cross_Pollinator
I made this #sketch of an Agarthian soldier in RNote with the new Stylus!

I've updated the Agarthian writing system and wrote a guide that can help learning it. It's the native script meant for the native language of the characters in #Psychosomatic_Existence and #Cross_Pollinator.

#indiedev #gamedev #godot Windback Wednesday: demo of "Freeroam" (exploration/RPG) mechanics at work in #Cross_Pollinator. Animations weren't working properly yet, But you could move the characters, detect areas of the map the characters enter and interact with props/characters, like the cabinet.

For Windback Wednesday, here is a #Cross_Pollinator concept character where I first used the name "Nova Zeta", before recycling it for the character in #Psychosomatic_Existence. This alternate version was made to look somewhat slavic, rather than asian as in the comic.

When developing the story of #Cross_Pollinator, I played a few hour-long videos compiling all the alien stories people have thrown around. I wanted to re-interpret #UFO incidents as Agarthian activity. The vast majority of these stories are super goofy and inconsistent.

In #Cross_Pollinator I had some some rough ideas for Agarthian weapons and would give them fancy sounding names like Zatarc or Raycaster, but I've now realized that I should rename them to something based on their language. It has been fun to come up with things like Diverfleksanto and Transrekto.

This is an early idea for the Agarthian protagonist of #Cross_Pollinator. On Windback Wednesday, I'll tell you that changes in lore and story have rendered the backstory of this character meaningless. Also, I have now defined how the language of Agarthians work and her name has changed accordingly.🧵

It's Windback Wednesday for #Cross_Pollinator, so here's a block diagram on how characters are handled and how interactions and quests are set up.

I forgot about Windback Wednesday, so I'll do it today. Here is an early test of characters finding tiles they can move to in #Cross_Pollinator. #indiedev #gamedev

A concept for #Cross_Pollinator. Forgot to mention.

#indiedev #godot
Today's #gamedev of #Cross_Pollinator was focused on figuring out a debug mode to better visualize NPC AI prioritizes for movement. Tiles are colored by score: red = negative, green = near zero, blue = positive.
A little ledger tells you the range of scores all decisions fall into.

It's Windback Wednesday for #Cross_Pollinator #gamedev #godot
The game will feature four protagonists. Ethan Lennox, Sven Moller, and later resident Agarthians Seigro Gamma and Eksono Delta, once you need to fight actually tough enemies. Each member has a card suit codename, blood type and sex.

Today I have the military uniform concept for the Agarthians of #Cross_Pollinator. They will act as powerful mini-bosses.

You can also see Rhioko using this uniform in #Psychosomatic_Existence, while the rookies only use the vest but with a jumpsuit instead of armour and exoskeleton/holster parts.

#indiedev #gamedev #godot
So I'm going to explain the issues I'm having with NPC AI in #Cross_Pollinator. Currently I just want them to walk to behind cover in a sensible way, according to the position of player characters (their enemies).