PlayForm is out now on Steam!
We look forward to everyone playing the game! :)
The blue guy, named Stan, is a physically simulated character, also known as an "active ragdoll". An active ragdoll is basically a ragdoll with motor skills: He is constantly figuring out what muscular forces to apply to keep himself standing upright in response to gravity, collision, friction, impacts and whatever other physical challenges the world imposes. For example, if he is standing on an object that suddenly begins to move, you'll see him shift his weight to stay balanced, using his hands to get back on his feet if needed. If he is thrown into a wall - or a wall is thrown into him - he'll often brace for the impending impact by reaching in the direction it's coming from.
A challenge was making sure the character moves with the sort of agility you'd expect as a player. He still does things we don't anticipate: The character's abilities are not limited to what animations are available and can be improvised uniquely to the situation he is faced with.
For launch, we added in new levels, rope and elastic physics guns, traps, and our physics based grappling gun!
Thanks for watching our development progress and your comments!
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